BEST 1960s Classic TV Sitcom Star Reinvented as TV Drama Star?

[Amerigo Vespucci]

[MilesColtrane]

1. Gidget/Sister Bertrille becomes Maggie Lockhart (ER)/Nora Walker (Brothers & Sisters)

Sally Field won Emmys for both dramatic roles.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. I forgot about that one...

...didn't see Brothers & Sisters, but the ER role was particularly heart-wrenching, and a difficult one to play. She played it well and deserved the Emmy.

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3. Rhoda becomes Rhoda

[AmandaRuth]

4. Susan Dey

Laurie Partridge becomes Grace Van Owen, LA Law

I know, it wasn't the 60's, but I wanted to add this because in my alternate fantasy life, I am Laurie Partridge. :)

[Iggo]

5. It wasn't the 60's?

Damn. Sure felt like it.

Oh wait a second. That's right. The mom's hair. That's 70's all the way.

Phew! Okay, everythings right again.

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6. What about Larry Hagman?

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7. What about Bill Bixby?

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8. What about Eddie Albert?

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9. What about Diahann Carroll?

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10. What about Elizabeth Montgomery?

3 Emmy nominations for drama in the 1970s.

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11. What about Mary Tyler Moore?

After the Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore shows, nominated for Emmys for First You Cry, Heartsounds and Lincoln, and won an Emmy for Stolen Babies.

[Dr Morbius]

12. Did she not win an Oscar for Ordinary People?

She was extraordinary in Ordinary People.

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14. She won a Golden Globe for it,

and she was nominated for an Oscar for it, but Sissy Spacek won the Oscar for "Coal Miner's Daughter." "Ordinary People" did win 4 Oscars, including writing, Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Timothy Hutton) and Best Director (Robert Redford).

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13. What about Lucille Ball?

Her performance as a homeless person in the drama "Stone Pillow" won acclaim if no awards.