Married for 6 Months, Now We Know the Reason for Her Divorce

[@FactsVerse]

Can't get enough of the beautiful Suzanne Pleshette? Check her out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIfGhZ-VpMx4lck

I am pro-vajazzle as many people know. maybe he was the real heartbreak kid

[@annetteelliott1494]

She had such a lovely voice.......

[@hazeleyes1951]

I loved Suzanne Pleshett she was so beautiful and a wonderful actress ❤

[@alexiakavros7422]

I loved Susan my boyfriend at he time said I remind him her

[@FactsVerse]

Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Suzanne. In your opinion, what is her finest role?

[@Riogi]

Suzanne was gorgeous and Troy was handsome. I admire both. May they rest in peace.

[@FactsVerse]

Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. We miss them 😢😢

[@califdad4]

I think she was the reason i watched the newhart show faithfully. Always loved seeing her, she was delightful to watch on the Tonight show and was one of Johnny Carson's favorite guests

[@geraldgarduna2225]

I love Suzanne Pleshette. She was a great actress, and I loved her voice Also she was very pretty.💯❤️📺🎥

[@FactsVerse]

We love Suzanne too! Which of her roles appealed to you the most?

[@bbailey17b]

That's Connie Stevens in the early part of the video, when the narrator mentions Sandra Dee. Later on we do see Dee, but then (after "If true,...") it's Joey Heatherton onscreen while there's still talk about Dee. Surfside Six was NOT a soap opera, as stated, but a detective TV series along the lines of 77 Sunset Strip and Hawaiian Eye (all WB productions, incidentally, and all successful internationally in the early 60s).

[@HelenS.739]

She was such amazing actress and a beautiful classy lady too 💐💐💐💐

[@FactsVerse]

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[@Rosey01222]

Late in life she married TV sitcom actor Tom Poston. They married in 2001 and stayed married until Poston’s death in 2007. Suzanne Pleshette died the following year, 2008, at age 70.

[@v.a.993]

To have loved, even for a short time, is better than to have never loved at all. Suzanne's and Troy's short marriage served them both well. They learned something from it.

[@amazinggrace5692]

Didn’t matter how much they liked/loved each other, they were not compatible for marriage.I’m an advocate of long engagements and actual,living together. Also pre-marital counseling.

[@lucy2014]

I remember having such a huge crush on Troy Donahue as a young girl. He was so handsome and Syzanne Pleshette was so beautiful, and I absolutely loved the movie Rome Adventure. I'm 73 and to me those were the days of a glamorous Hollywood with Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon and their beach movies and Where the Boys Are with Grace Kelly and George Hamilton, who I also had a major crush on back then. Those indeed were the "good old days"❤

[@FactsVerse]

Fun stuff, thank you so much for sharing your life story! We're a big fan of Troy too. What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

[@gandhiangles3213]

Grace Kelly was not in “Where The Boys Are.” Yvette Mimieux was.

[@justsaying343]

A Summer Place starred Connie Stevens, not Sandra Dee.

[@SaulPanzer3]

⁠Sandra Dee was in A Summer Place. Connie StevenswasinParrish.

[@winterlane2247]

Troy Donahue had real acting chops; watch My Blood Runs Cold and you will agree with me. His performance chilled me to the bone. I don’t know if he ever got any recognition for it but he should have IMO.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@leilanigreenwood5064]

Wow, I have not seen that movie since the early 70s.

[@frankcarter7146]

Love Suzanne Pleshette. Beautiful, talented, and THAT VOICE. ❤ Was particularly happy when she turned up as Karen Walker's mother on Will & Grace.

[@homegown1234]

I read the reason why Suzanne Pleshette divorced Troy Donahue who she married because he was "unreliable" and not committed to their marriage. He seemed to think about himself than to consider their marriage. Once she saw his patterned, she divorced him. I really can't blame her since she wanted a good marriage. I was glad she married again and this time it was worth it.

[@cathybrown4102]

That not Sandra Dee but Connie Stevens in the first picture

[@jtl4570]

Pleshette and Donahue were beautiful. It was the 60s being gay was the end for anyone. Troy lied and tried and Suzanne was heartbroken.

[@marycriske6024]

I read that he has money😢problem. She was smart, and left and didn't look back😊

[@hebneh]

I don’t believe Troy was gay…Tab Hunter, another blond star of the time, was.

[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

I believe both of them were Gay, it was a lavender marriage

[@Sandra61ize]

Yes I was. Big fan of both. Rome Adventure was one of my favourite movies and watch it again and again

[@FactsVerse]

One of our favorites too, you've got taste! What other types of video would you like to see?

[@msbelinda1000]

Myself as well. I was thrilled many years later to purchase a video tape of Rome Adventure. From 13 years old to now age 74, I still occasionally watch my dvd copy

[@CelaWhitney]

I loved both of them on screen when I was a teenager. Troy's biggest problem was he couldn't keep his pants zipped. I'm surprised he only had one child. they just had nothing in common.

[@FactsVerse]

Us too! Thanks for bringing back memories. What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

[@reginamaraist3340]

WHAT AN EYE-OPENER. I WAS GIVEN THE IMPRESSION THAT HE WAS GAY, SO THIS VIDEO WAS EDUCATIONAL.

[@kathleensue1]

He probably was. Just never came out.

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[@hebneh]

I don’t think Troy was gay. Tab Hunter and Anthony Perkins were, though. And of course Rock Hudson.

[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

​@@hebnehTroy had the same agent - Henry Willson- who took on pretty boy clients and they were expected to put out in exchange for movie roles. Rock Hudson confided in a friend that he had sex with Troy and it was terrible. As for Suzanne, she always struck me as a closet lesbian

[@sallykohorst8803]

Great video on these two stars.

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[@wilcox728]

She was one beautiful and classy lady, looks right up there with Liz Taylor

[@janejohnstone5795]

He was indeed handsome...and she beautiful and cool...

[@FactsVerse]

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[@carolynstewart8465]

Suzanne killed it as the queen of mean Leona Helmsley!

[@rivaridge7211]

This is going way back, but I recall Suzanne relating her experience, on a television talk show (it might have been Merv Griffin's) that when she was the subject of the "This is Your Life" show (early 1970's) the ONLY thing she thought was: "If they bring in Troy Donahue, I am walking out!" It was incredibly funny and, of course, she got a huge audience laugh. She said nothing more (on this show) about Troy after this. Of course people wondered why she said this. P.S. Tom Poston's last name is pronounced as if to say, POST -Ton (not as it is said here - "Posst-ton") He appeared on many television game shows in the 1960's-70's - including "To Tell the Truth" and "What's my Line?" You can see some of these shows out here on KZbin and hear him being introduced to the audience.

[@marknewton6984]

Troy was ---?

[@jakela671]

My parents and Suzanne's parents were good friends. She was six months or so older than I, but our mothers walked side by side when they walked us in our carriages. We moved out of Brooklyn and I did not grow up with Suzanne. I did happen to bump into her accidently one day when we were adults and identified myself to her. She was most gracious in that brief encounter and that was the last I saw her in person. She was gorgeous. What really killed her was her addiction to cigarettes.

[@FactsVerse]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this info about Suzanne. May she find peace 🙏

[@shadykatie100]

Suzanne Pleshette was absolutley gorgeous! I loved her on Bob Newhart. Troy was very handsome too.

[@laurenterrazas2367]

Left out his sexual preference as a possible reason for so many failed marriages.

[@thehair1474]

Or his nasty habit of beating up his women.

[@amazinggrace5692]

First thing I thought of too. Since they didn’t mention it I thought I was mistaken, but I think you are right.

[@amazinggrace5692]

@@thehair1474Oh man, didn’t know that. I asked my mom later in her life if she realized how amazing dad was because in my early life (baby boomer, dad was WWII and Korea vet). Most of my friends dads were not only dismissive, but did in fact hit the moms.

[@thehair1474]

@@amazinggrace5692 Donahue notoriously beat up his fiancee Lili Kardell....who left him. It was a big deal at the time and he had a huge rep for hitting women.

[@terryseufert8463]

Yes.....that may have had a negative impact on the marriage. No mention of it.

[@ccastaneda669]

It's a shame when any marriage ends, but it's even worse when it ends so quickly. At least Susan Pleshett's 3 marriages except for the one with Troy Donahue lasted for years. Unlike Troy Donahue's four marriages that the longest one lasted only three years. He's one of those guys that basically should never gotten married he didn't know what he wanted. Susan Pleshett was a much better actor than Troy Donahue, her career lasted decades. I remember her from the comedy show Good Morning, Miami. I also remember one of her last appearances was as the grand marshall for the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade.🙂 A wonderful actress with a wonderful reputation. RIP: Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008, age 70. ✝️

[@1019q]

His last partner was a Chinese opera singer Zen Kao (I don't know her spelling), they lived together peacefully for over 10 years till his passing.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@johnburns8660]

It shows that he believed strongly in the institution of marriage. He never gave up on it.

[@darlenelang3681]

The picture u showed was Connie Steven's. Not Sandra Dee

[@kathrynshields8221]

THEY WERE A HANDSOME.COUPLE.......BUT OBVIOUSLY INCOMPATABLE.

[@Lisa-di1wi]

I remember reading their story in the March, 1964 issue of Photoplay Magazine. They had this huge big wedding at the Beverly Hills Hotel. And then all of sudden, their marriage was over after just six months, and that is really sad.

[@KelleneHubbard-dz4gt]

Great Actress and Great Voice!! 💋💜💯

[@FactsVerse]

Definitely! We feel the same way. Thank you for sharing your sentiments and for watching our content. What is your most memorable role of Suzanne?

[@HarryandCarlyle]

I was lucky enough to have parents who took me to the theatre at a young age. My very first play was THE MIRACLE WORKER. Anne Bancroft had left the show and Suzanne Pleshette was her replacement. She was wonderful in the role and I was quite taken with her beauty. From that point on, I was a devoted fan.

[@FactsVerse]

Thank you so much for sharing your life story! We're moved. We're happy to know that you're a fan of Suzanne!

[@johnburns8660]

When the narrator spoke of Troy and Sandra Dee in Summer Place, the woman in the picture they showed was Connie Stevens. Probably from Parrish or a TV series.

[@marknewton6984]

Parrish--- with the exquisite Diane McBain!

[@johnflynn9619]

Suzanne was a Doll. Troy was Handsome. RIP

[@FactsVerse]

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[@billschaffer9976]

Suzanne was a true beauty.

[@nancyloomis3046]

I didn't know that much about Troy Donahue but I always loved Suzanne Pleshette and thought she was really great in her career. So sad she succumbed to lung cancer too early. I think that any relationship you go through can inform the rest of your life. Even if it's just a matter of learning and growing from your mistakes.

[@marycriske6024]

I read that they BOTH smoked cigarettes. And thats why both has health issues😢

[@SWSimpson]

I got to meet and do some work for Suzanne Pleshette. She was just as beautiful in person as she was on the screen, big or small. She was very intelligent and had a great sense of humour. I told her that one of her films had aired on TV the night before, and she asked what it was and if the black and white contrast was good or not. She said she can't watch a black & white film unless the contrast is correct. Too light, no good. Too dark, no good. She was a professional and had been in the business a long time, and she knew what she liked, what she didn't like, and she knew what worked for her and what did not. She was tough. I was late meeting her one time and she wasn't pleased, but when I told her why, everything changed and she just wanted to know that I was okay. I was in a little fender bender. The company I worked for moved to Beverly Hills and we had a party so clients could see the new location. She and her husband walked in and she made a B-line directly to me and kissed me on the mouth! I was stunned, but thrilled. It was Gay Pride that day and a huge parade going down Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. Suzanne lived on Holloway, one street over from Santa Monica Blvd., and she and her husband were discussing how they would get home. Suzanne got an idea. I know! We can get a ride on a motorcycle with Dykes on Bikes and they can take us across the boulevard. Everyone laughed. I am certain they just took a round-a-bout way home. She was a great actress. In Hollywood, she was known for a time as the poor man's Elizabeth Taylor.

[@janicegilbert4029]

I love that movie Rome Adventure

[@justsaying343]

So did I😊

[@yolandacastano4321]

I would think his drinking would put an end to the marriage

[@designlady1732]

That's Connies Stevens in that first clip with Troy Donahue. Think the movie was "Susan Spade".

[@MrSteveb80]

he wasn't on Hawaii Five-O, I think you mean Hawaiian Eye for the last season.

[@elaineisabelle427]

I love Suzanne P. Thx

[@Marty-ce2ct]

She was very talented and beautiful. He was charming and very good looking. They looked good together. Doesn't mean they were good together

[@FactsVerse]

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[@Marty-ce2ct]

Thank you

[@Marty-ce2ct]

@@FactsVerse most any thing in the sixty and seventies

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Suzanne Pleshette and Troy Donahue were married on the same day that Eva Gabor was beaten and robbed of a $25,000 diamond ring when both she and her husband at the time, Wall Street stockbroker Richard Brown, were in Miami (The Number One song on that same day was There I've Said it Again by Bobby Vinton; the last Number One song by an American artist before The Beatles and the British Invasion took over and completely changed popular music.) Later that same year, both she and Eva were in the Warner Brothers movie Youngblood Hawke with James Franciscus. And they had a close friendship as well.

[@sherries7962]

OK Troy was in movies with Connie Stevens.

[@beckyzaugg8513]

NOT SANDRA Dee! It was Connie Steven’s! You should be accurate.

[@plantsoverpills1643]

I think people should sort out their differences before they plunge head first into a doomed marriage.

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[@normanduke8855]

The old Studio System was still ruling actors private lives. They were both gay and had to get married like Robert Taylor and Barbara Stanwyck.

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[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

So true!

[@Jp22524]

That was not Sandra Dee, that was Connie Stevens. Sandra Dee appeared after the Connie Stevens clip.

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Oh yes.I loved her as Emily Hartley. Bob Newhart had another good looking TV wife. Mary Frann as Joanna Loudon on " Newharf".

[@valeriegarrity5773]

She was not in "The Miracle Worker". That was Anne Bancroft.

[@carmenfpanes7994]

GUAPISIMO TROY

[@suzannerau1627]

She replaced anne bancroft on Broadway in the miracle worker

[@madlenellul3430]

Troy was interesting. At one point he was married to both his co stars from a Distant Trumpet. Dianne and Susan. Mebbe he couldn’t make his mind up between blonde or brunette?…but he was a star.

[@Sandra61ize]

Troy was not gay. He off got mixed up with Tab Hunter as they looked similar. tab was the gay one not Troy

[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

His agent, Henry Willson, thought differently as did Rock Hudson

[@davefairburn3298]

Donahue was the Godfather II where he married Talia Shire, his for his character he used his real name.

[@FactsVerse]

We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!

[@Lisa-di1wi]

And let's not forget that Tom Poston was also a panelist on To Tell the Truth when Bud Collyer hosted the show.

[@jtudor4524]

Suzanne Pleshette never mentioned Troy Donohue when she was interviewed regarding her career. She spoke lovingly of her two " Tommys" . She probable figured out quick Troy was using her as a beard to cover his homosexuality.

[@phylliszanone3154]

Troy wasn't gay, he was always confused with that other blond actor, I think it was Tab Hunter.

[@FactsVerse]

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[@monicaqueenan9985]

Recently watched a Tab Hunter documentary on TCM. "Troy Donahue" was the stage name the studio executives wanted to give to Arthur (Tab Hunter) Gilean. TD was also given TH roles when Hunter left Warner Brothers. Assume their similar looks got these two actors mixed up.

[@RobertDAvanzo-rk3ew]

I believe both TD and Suzanne used this " lavender" marriage as a cover

[@janejohnstone5795]

She was a classy..conservative person...him more relaxed..

[@FactsVerse]

We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!

[@terryciavola5962]

Love Suzanne Pleshette!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@dangeroreilly2028]

I'd heard she was gay(or maybe bi), and that her marriages were more wonderful friendships rather than romantic.

[@danspencer4235]

Perhaps they should have dated a while longer. I don't have to marry everyone I like.

[@FactsVerse]

We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great day!

[@sheilarochon2818]

That's not Sandra Dee. It's Connie Stevens. .

[@ftjax]

Why did they keep showing different clips continuely while referring to opposite topics?

[@helenfong3339]

I was quite young when the Bob Newhart show aired. I only know about SP. What's the big deal about the multiple marriages & divorces? It's common in Hollywood.

[@Lise-ds1zb]

Well you didn't mention Pleshette in "A Rage to Live" opposite Ben Gazzara. And you didn't mention Troy Donahue in The Godfather 2, I believe it was No.2 I always thought it was because he was gay. People should marry many times until they get it right.

[@aeriahyacinth9479]

She reminds me of Liz Taylor Barbara Perkins also the Liz Taylor look

[@RandolphStephenson-q1l]

Hear tell she and Steve McQueen were close friends. As for Suzanne and Troy perhaps the story line in Rome Adventure applies ' Lovers Must Learn ' .❤😢🤔🙏

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[@aeriahyacinth9479]

Barbara perkins jean simmons also classy looking and liz type

[@janejohnstone5795]

He was not the loyal type...a teenage heart..throbe..

[@susanrg]

It’s Tom POSTon - as in post office - not PAHSton.

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

I only remember her as Emily Newheart.

[@mesisson]

Poh-ston. Not Paws-ton.

[@jacksonmorganfroghin4815]

What happens when you get robots to do your job. Let's not do that.

[@michaelmitchell5098]

Her voice turned me all the way on!!!

[@jvanstyn]

She was in the show Good Morning Miami in 2002. it did not do very well and was cancelled in the first season. But Pleshette's role was funny. She was the compulsive gambling, cynical grandmother of the naive, idealistic young news producer.

[@kph11863]

Tom Poston's name is pronounced "poh-stuhn", like "postman", not like Boston. The facts are interesting; this mispronunciation is annoying.

[@lindac6919]

If it's not working, then get out. Too many women waste their precious love and attention on a marriage that is just not right, because they feel like giving it more time is the same as "trying harder."

[@andrerogers9961]

C’était une très belle femme. Elle me manque.

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[@andrerogers9961]

Anything Pleshette is fine.@@FactsVerse

[@bluwng]

This lady is so pretty.

[@davidvoelkel8392]

RIP 🙏

[@barbaraperry6955]

Suzanne was one of my favorites...... loved her in every role .....from Colombo to New Hart. ...fyi ...Suzanne was a chain smoker so why would her fans be surprised when she had lung cancer ?

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[@garyneilson3075]

Seen once you craved to see more of Suzanne

[@OriginalCaliKitty]

Sorry, but It's really annoying when people's names are mispronounced. Tom Poston (as in POST office) had a career as long or longer than Suzanne Pleshette did, so you should have known how to pronounce his name.

[@edzaslow]

Suzanne Pleshette was Jewish, a fact that few knew. She is buried in a Jewish cemetery in the LA area. RIP.

[@nancyamato686]

She was great in, The Queen of Mean! 😅

[@RobertHiguera-zi6tu]

I remember Suzanne pleshette The Bob newhart show she was so funny that's your character she played Emily

[@jimsteele3423]

She was a Beautiful Woman

[@FactsVerse]

Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Suzanne. Which of her roles appealed to you the most?

[@joyceyolandastorch8964]

Better they didn't stay married for a long time if they were not compatible. I made that mistake, and I saw bad ways in my husband the first week I was married. I was young and insecure and didn't want people to judge me as someone who had a failed marriage. It was awful most if the time for 13 years until we got a divorce .

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We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great weekend!☺

[@cindearbuckle6074]

Never knew they were a couple

[@bbdc1977-sg8dc]

It was a beard. Everyone knew it back then. She was gorgeous. He was handsome. He needed a cover, just as Rock Hudson did. That's what they did back then.

[@monicacappetta7017]

Troy Donahue was gay, He was so handsome and such a gentleman,

[@1019q]

Troy was not a gay, Tab Hunter was. Troy loved women too much.

[@RJS1974]

I always assumed that Troy Donahue was gay and that’s why they divorced.

[@angelorollo3350]

I adored Suzanne but her incessant smoking did her in too soon!🙏

[@marycriske6024]

Read that too. I can't believe she passed at 70 years old. That's YOUNG. To bad she didn't quit such a nasty habit.

[@annarichardson8284]

That wasn't Sandra Dee

[@valerielyda6414]

Class consciousness of one partner along with infidelity breeds split ups.

[@Ladybug-uf7uh]

If he starred in "A Summer Place" with Sandra Dee, why did you show pictures of Connie Stevens? Don't you know the difference between the two? Get your act together! This has happened with you in other videos you've uploaded.

[@sandraleeburgess4073]

No,I did not know

[@margomason4889]

Suzanne was the epitome of woman! Troy was also the epitome of man.

[@teresasalazar6819]

Watt no entender nada

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[@hebneh]

Suzanne was definitely charismatic. Troy - nope.

[@pamelawolfe5747]

I was always told he was gay and he covered it up by getting married

[@1019q]

No, you are totally wrong.

[@FactsVerse]

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