Gail Fisher

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name = Gail Fisher

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birthdate = birth date|1935|08|18|df=y
location = Orange, New Jersey, USA
deathdate = death date and age|2000|12|02|1935|08|18|df=y
deathplace = Culver City, California, USA
emmyawards = Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series
1970 "Mannix"
goldenglobeawards = Best TV Actress - Drama
1973 "Mannix"

Gail Fisher (August 18, 1935 - December 2, 2000) was a Golden Globe Award- and Emmy Award-winning American actress, best known for her role as secretary "Peggy Fair" on the television detective series "Mannix", which she played from 1968 through 1975.

Biography

Fisher landed her first television appearance at age 25 in the 1960 syndicated program, "Play of the Week". Thereafter, her television work was sparse until the late 1960s. She made her first appearance in "Mannix" during the second season, when Mannix left the detective firm Intertect and set up shop as a private investigator.

In 1968, while a regular on "Mannix", she also made appearances on "My Three Sons", "Love, American Style" and "Room 222".

In 1970, Fisher was honored for her work on this series with an Emmy Award for outstanding performance by an actress in a dramatic supporting role. (She beat out Susan Saint James in "The Name of the Game" and Barbara Anderson in "Ironside"). In addition to this honor, Fisher was well regarded as a role model, having served (along with Diahann Carroll in 1968's "Julia" and Nichelle Nichols in "Star Trek") as one of the first African-American women to find substantive work in television.

After the 1975 cancellation of "Mannix", her television appearances were few; most notably, she guest-starred in a 1980 episode of "The White Shadow".

She was the lyricist for The Buckinghams' hit song, "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy."

She was twice married, with 2 children from her first marriage.

She died of renal failure and emphysema in 2000, aged 65, brought on by heavy smoking.

Filmography

* "Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1959)
* "General Hospital" (Unknown episodes)
* "He & She" (1 episode, 1967)
* "My Three Sons" (1 episode, 1968)
* "Room 222" (1 episode)
* "Love, American Style" (2 episodes, 1969-1971)
* "Every Man Needs One" (1972)
* "Mannix" (96 episodes, 1968-1975)
* "Medical Center" (1 episode, 1975)
* "Fantasy Island" (1 episode, 1979)
* "Knight Rider" (1 episode, 1983)
* "Hotel" (1 episode, 1985)
* "Mankillers" (1987 film)
* "Donor" (1990)

Awards and nominations

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Persondata
NAME= Fisher, Gail
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actress
DATE OF BIRTH= August 18, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH= Orange, New Jersey, United States
DATE OF DEATH= December 2, 2000
PLACE OF DEATH= Culver City, California, United States