Where was Betty White
She played Sen. Bessie Adams, I heard her name when they voted, I never saw her on screen, was she cut out of the film? It is listed in here IMDB credits.
Watched it last night on TCM.
I watched it last night too - but I saw her. I bet you didn't recognize her because she's so young, slender and pretty! It was her voice that clued me in. She was the (apparently Republican - the administration is clearly intended to be Democratic) Senator from Kansas who spoke from the Senate floor relatively early in the film. She gives a dressing down to Ackerman (Grizzard).
It amused me that they chose Kansas as her state - because I thought immediately of Nancy Landon Kassebaum, ong the Senator from Kansas. At the time of the movie, the only female Senator was Republican Margaret Chase Smith (from Maine). But Betty White sounds so Midwestern that casting her means she'll play a Midwestern senator.
I had it recorded on my DVR (Thanks, Dish--despite the lawsuit.) and I still had to replay several scenes before I found her. I think the reason was not because I wouldn't have recognized her, but becuase it was in the middle of a part of the film which dragged, IMO.
Betty didn't look too young in that matronly outfit, but then that was the time. Not that I expected her to look like she did in her pre-stardom days (when she was a nude model). She was pretty similar to how she looked in that overly-wholesome sitcom she did in the 1950's, but most people probably haven't seen or don't even know of it.
And isn't it funny how Inga Swenson was also in this--looking far less like recognizable--when she later ended up playing Betty's rotten sister on an episode of The Golden Girls?
George Grizzard also appeared on two episodes of TGG, and had a couple of scenes with Betty, although most were with Rue McClanahan--as he played her character's brother-in-law.
"Well, for once the rich white man is in control!" C. M. Burns
But Betty White sounds so Midwestern that casting her means she'll play a Midwestern senator.
The same way that Lafe Smith's state was changed from Iowa to Rhode Island because Peter Lawford's English-tinged accent made him more suitable for New England. share
Actually, I believe that state was changed to New England since the role was a thinly veiled replication of the Hound-Dog junior Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy.
sharetrpdean, I recognized the voice first too, but still couldn't place that it was her until I saw her name in the ending credits. Then I rewound it and, yup, it was her. I also thought of Sen. Kassebaum.
I asked the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.
I immediately recognized the voice of the Senator from Kansas and thought to myself, is that Betty White? Yes, it sure was. What a nice surprise in this incredible movie!
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