She took this screwy interview with grace and dignity. She was truly a gem. RIP.

Beth Howland was so pretty and a very underrated actress . She was amazing !

@robinbrl

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@susansusan138

4 жыл бұрын

Verrrrry underrated.....she's a natural

@inkyguy

3 жыл бұрын

Only underrated if you weren’t aware of her stage career.

@davidleigh443

2 жыл бұрын

I never realized how beautiful Beth Howland was out of her character's drab waitress uniform.

RIP Beth Howland. You were funnier and loved you as Vera on Alice.

Now that I cut the cord, I'm glad I found Antenna TV that airs the reruns of Alice. Good memories watching it now, and a kid in the late 70's.

@oiyabastard7275

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah its on back to back by me. Love it so Politically Incorrect I even get to see Bunker's Place beforehand

@dominickcory5458

4 жыл бұрын

I bought the first two seasons on dvd. Wasnt born til 1980 so didnt watch it new. Love the show. A shame Beth was a very beautiful woman but cigarettes killed her . Wish there was more on Vic Tyback but not a lot. All that is left is Alice and Flo. Do you belive Linda was jealous of Polly since Flo‘s character was more popular than Alice

@southernoregoncatmom6519

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too. I love the "classic sitcoms!"

@steveprice2718

2 жыл бұрын

If your referring to eliminating cable tv? Your not missing much. Maybe tv land or 2-3 other channels that aren't bullshit. Good for you. Cable is extremely overpriced and overrated.

RIP Ms. Howland. Loved you in the episode of Good night, Sweet Vera of Alice. I miss you a lot!

Talented actress who sank her teeth into every role she played. She is missed.

I can't believe the inappropriate questions delivered without sensitivity by Leta Powell Drake.

Wow...those questions...Interviewers would NEVER ask questions like that these days.

@robinbrl

4 жыл бұрын

I know. Did I actually hear her ask Beth if her ex-husband was paying alimony and child support? What?!

@funnypicturescomics

4 жыл бұрын

@@robinbrl Seriously...Like what did that matter with the interview...Those were different times!

@analoguecity3454

3 жыл бұрын

@@funnypicturescomics awsome times, 21st century sucks! We all know that! Can't do or say anything now!

I watched Alice because of Beth. I always thought she was so pretty, and such a gentle character. A great interview, and it shows how wonderful she was. God bless for bringing this gem 💎 to us.

What a strange interview. She spent the first two minutes praising her former co-star and asking about her, then grilling her about her personal life. Beth Howland really was gracious throughout the whole thing. She was a terrific actress.

Poor Beth - she's doing her best with Leta's bizarre questions. It's comforting to note how erudite she seems here.

"Alice" reruns brought me here...

@erinmefford8041

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Bouldin same

@Stryper101

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@JiggityJack

5 жыл бұрын

Ditto

Thank you for posting. Beth was so pretty, she looks lovely with her hair down.

@TempeSoldier123

6 жыл бұрын

videox222ify I wouldn't go that far.

@ebonyrushharrington4980

3 жыл бұрын

She reminds me of Karen Carpenter

@ebonyrushharrington4980

3 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Karen Carpenter

Hey ya know I'd agree Beth is a very pretty but also underrated celebrity and so was Joyce dewitt from Three's company and may they both lived on Happy trails and so do Alice and Polli

Beth Howland was a true class act. She took all those totally inappropriate question from that nut-case of an interviewer in stride, and answered them honestly, yet never sank to the level that I'm sure the interviewer wanted her to. An incredibly talented actress and a lovely human being. much missed. Rest in peace to rise in glory, Beth Howland.

I never watched the show again after Polly Holliday left. She made it worthwhile.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

I believe Mel and Vera carried the show really after Flo's departure, made the show 'still' worth watching-

@salvolondon

3 жыл бұрын

I agree .

@gregq55

3 жыл бұрын

Ah man kiss my grits.

I love Beth Howland! ♥️

I will always miss this sweet and talented lady !

Thanks for uploading this interview with a great lady. I am just now seeing episodes again of Alice. I forgot how much I had enjoyed the show.

Great Actress

RIP Beth howland 😘❤️❤️❤️

She played that role so well. Vic's nickname for her was Bones, and he actually called her that on the last episode. I found this show on Antenna tv and I love it. Also a lot of those questions this interviewer was asking was out of order.

Beth was Vera in the sitcom alice. Very Funny character!!!

Those questions would not fly today

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

Rebecca L It's called being in a pussyminded society now.

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

Tavon Fenwick No I'm not American thank God.

I say Vera's character was the most interesting - I feel because you needed to go deeper to "get" her. Not just an on-the-surface type of person regarding looks or blatant sex appeal or talent; she was uncanny in her observations. I liked her writing numbers in the air when she did math :) And she wasn't stupid- I'd say "dumb as a fox." Flo was a riot, no doubt, but Vera had her own dimension as a character. Would have been a much more creative and unusual series if Vera had a spin off. Vera interacting with all type of people and situations/issues and offering her own perspectives. Better than the sort of bland/silly story lines many of the early 80s sitcoms had.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

Yea, an 'interesting' character definitely :)

@johnbrowneyes7534

3 жыл бұрын

That is my point. Vera did not need sex appeal to be interesting.

@johnbrowneyes7534

Жыл бұрын

Her “loft” bed above the closet. Too cool 😎

None of your gdm business! The interviewer is Nuts!!!

@denisenoles3159

5 жыл бұрын

lmao. She gave new meaning to up close and personal. Very inappropriate.

@garymattscheck9066

4 жыл бұрын

I'd do a much better job!

I loved the character of Vera. She was my favorite after Flo. Beth was truly a remarkable actress! May she RIP!

Why she all up in Beth's business?

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

paparazzi-after the 'real ' scoop

Would love a skit with Beth and Paul Lynde together! 😂❤️👍👀

Many TV sitcoms have characters who become the breakouts - they really stand out among the others in the cast. Examples: Florence- the Jeffersons Flo - Alice The Fonz- Happy Days Laverne & Shirley - Happy Days Maude - All In The Family Urkel- Family Matters Sondra - 227 JJ - Good Times Shirley - What's Happening Many got their own TV series spin-offs - some good, some not too successful. (Shirley, Flo, Florence, Maude, Laverne & S)

💐💐RIP Elizabeth Howland (May 28, 1941-December 31, 2015)(aged 74) you will truly be missed and my prayers go out to you and your family.💐💐

Beth was a wonderful stage performer including Broadway.

I just saw Michael in an old Andy Griffith show and looked him up. Of course, I knew he was in Bonnie and Clyde. I saw he was married to Beth from 61-69, but I didn’t know who she was until I saw she was in “Alice” and other shows I used to watch. RIP, Beth..

RIP Beth Howland.

Wow, the questions that the interviewer was asking are kind of personal and a little invasive; I mean, she even asked if Michael J. Pollard was paying child support and alimony! That question must have been so unsettling for Beth Howland.

@royalredus

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is SUPER nosy!! Could you imagine someone doing that now? :)

@oiyabastard7275

6 жыл бұрын

Alfred Bloomingdale.

@oiyabastard7275

6 жыл бұрын

Alfred Bloomingdale well in the interviewers defense back then journalist were actually journalists today you have Talking Heads that just read script from the network bosses also back then it was like kind of like everyone wanted to dig deep into the subject life and now everything is sugar-coated crap

@willhammers9761

5 жыл бұрын

@@oiyabastard7275 ... Very true, every interviewer nowadays has a political agenda.... Today, this interview would be all about who she voted for and how she feels about a particular social cause.

@vcrcooking

5 жыл бұрын

It's different because interviewing an actress or celebrity back then wasn't the a$$ kissing session it is today. "Your hair looks fabulous. Who are you wearing?" Also the actress doesn't launch into her soap box issues just because she has the forum. None of that nonsense. Good for this interviewer.

LEGEND

The interviewer said “Jo Ellen” instead of “Jolene”.

@MrCraigblaze

3 жыл бұрын

That is OKEY.. There was so many.. XD

The "Flo" episodes are streaming and there are a few on KZread!!! I liked "Flo"! Even though it's VERY honky-tonk, it just proves how good Polly Holliday was, she made that show good. I heard that Linda Lavin didn't like that Polly Holliday got so many jokes on "Alice," and wanted her off the show. Diane Ladd was getting a lot of attention, too, and it just so happens she disappeared after a short time. And then the final waitress ended up being very hum-drum.... I don't think that's a coincidence!

I l over the character of Vera on Alice!

Wow! This interviewer is extremely rude and nosey as hell.

@isabellamorgan7026

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly and she thinks Beth is Vera I believe she's got it all twisted 🤔

Very nice lady!

You would think that Beth Howland would live to her 90s. Thin healthy woman with a good income.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

understand Beth smoked for years-

@Davey7358

3 жыл бұрын

died of cancer. weird thing is her family didn't advise the public she died until five months later!

@johnbrowneyes7534

3 жыл бұрын

I recall reading that her husband stated it was her wish not to have her death disclosed until six months after her passing.

RIP 😔💕

I think l would have appreciated it if Beth simply said to the interviewer, "It's none of business".

Nice actress

I never knew Beth had a child. The interviewer was a bit too nosy. I would have told her to mind her own business. I loved the show Alice and I think we all loved Vera! The original cast was the greatest.

@RockinDaBoombox

3 жыл бұрын

I’d prefer someone asking me about what I should be getting, alimony, instead of being fake and asking who I was wearing. This was the 70’s, not 2020. Wendy Williams is far worse.

@dawnrogers723

Жыл бұрын

This was the time of Women coming into their own..owning a business, being single, getting PHD's joining Supreme Court

Era stupenda la più bella

I didn't find out until she'd passed that she was married to Charles Kimbrough from "Murphy Brown".

I was watching Sabrina, the teenage witch recently and Beth was on there.

Lost respect for Linda Lavin after learning that she shoved Polly Holliday off the show.

@crystalhogan3834

5 жыл бұрын

She was always singing on the show and she couldn't sing

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

heard this from a lot of sources, so there must have been some kind of friction on set :(

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

@@crystalhogan3834 Lavin was O.K. singer, really her 'best' rendition was on 1st season opening-

@clownnookie

4 жыл бұрын

@Jude Fenwick Linda...? Is that YOU?

@clownnookie

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnerwin9024 I think LInda came on wanting to be the star of the show, and then when Polly was getting more laughs, it rubbed Linda the wrong way.

Beth was a tap dancer as well.

Awkward interview. I blame the hostess.

"STOW IT DINGY !" 😹😂😘💓... 🚬👓...

What a disappointment. But Ms. Howland tolerated this dreadful interviewer and her awful questions with such grace. I'm an even bigger fan than before.

I never knew that best had a daughter I've seen some clips on KZread of her singing and being in some other programs but I only knew her from Alice and I think she did The Love Boat a few things a few times she passed away in 2015 I didn't even know that but I heard that even Linda Lavin was not nice to her during her temperature on Alice but she lasted the longest besides Alice and Mel on the show you know they had three different Replacements and two different Tommy's so I'm sure Beth would never have spoken out loud or spoken out of contents about Linda Lavin but I've heard that Linda Lavin was not very nice to her either Linda Lavin was a control freak and she even Ruth Buzzi when she guest starred on the show with just being funny and Linda Lavin didn't like it and told her I'm the star of the show so you know I think that's unprofessional but I'm sure people that worked on the show and I think they did it True Hollywood Story of Alice or a behind-the-scenes as well Diane Ladd Spokeo frankly Polly Holliday is kept her Feud private Beth I'm sure would not have said anything she was a professional but I do have heard that Linda Lavin gave her a hard time but she lasted the nine years and you know I kind of disappeared I know she married before she passed away and you know God Rest her soul she was Vera besides Valerie Curtin who played in the movie Alice doesn't live here anymore

@erinmefford8041

5 жыл бұрын

j lee same I didn’t know she had a daughter either

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

sure, heard lot of sources say 'Alice' was Lavin's show, but, in any event I think people will always remember fondly the other characters on the show over Lavin's- -

@kcindc5539

3 жыл бұрын

That’s probably the longest single sentence I’ve ever seen

Apparently she doesn't understand that the public understood she was a damn good actress

@1972TJJ

6 жыл бұрын

lorenzo magazzeni You do know she is now deceased right?

@irenewoodruff9562

6 жыл бұрын

She acted better than she dressed!!

@vcrcooking

5 жыл бұрын

Choir robes look nice. LOL

@gofishglobal7919

5 жыл бұрын

She was so lovely on and off of the show.

She forgot Linda lavin and Polly Holliday interview

Mel: there’s that dinghy

You can tell there's some issues with Pollard, but she wouldn't even go there. Classy lady.

I don’t understand why everyone is wigging out about the Michael J Pollard questions. It was well known that he didn’t pay child support.

Beth should have told the interviewer what she already knew. It was Linda Lavin that sent Flo packing. See the character Flo was getting all the raves not the Alice character. Lavin didn't get along with Diane Ladd either. To me Polly Holiday was the show her and Mel. It should have been called ''MEL'S DINER''. Lavin reminded me of a ''want to be'' Judy Garland with Vegas throat.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

Concur, lot of rumours regarding Lavin, but, really, politics 'can be' politics in any field-

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

Mel & Flo were the 'standouts' on that show

Vera Louise Gorman

He pictures from the 1960s she looked beautiful.. I think she was a big smoker.

Vera wasn't flakey.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

not flakey 'dangerous- -she never wanted to stick somebody, LOL

Dippy blonde hostess. She must be a riot at dinner parties.

I never knew she was married, much less had a child.. Sounds like she chose a 'winner' for a husband/father of her child.. RIP Beth Howland..

@jknuttel

5 жыл бұрын

She was married twice. First to actor Michael J. Pollard and the second to actor Charles Kimbrough. The first ended in divorce and the second lasted until Beth's passing.

There's a new girl in town...

I'm glad she found a nice nightgown to wear for this interview

@toddcraig9035

6 жыл бұрын

lol

@anagarcia-millet9214

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@princessbell2530

6 жыл бұрын

bellbm lol I was like..is that a nightgown?!! very unattractive dress. very unflattering. DEFINITELY not a HALSTON.

@zimjun7

6 жыл бұрын

Thought the same thing. huh? oh

@maxinewatermaker6162

4 жыл бұрын

I believe they got it from the network's wardrobe department..... It was the nightgown previously worn by Caroline 'Ma' Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie....

Why is she wearing a Christening gown?

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

Werner Huehn Cause she wants to.

@JPLEYONKO4

4 жыл бұрын

And it was the 80s

@maxinewatermaker6162

4 жыл бұрын

@@JPLEYONKO4 Yes 80s female attire definitely lefty EVERYTHING to the imagination!!!

Way too personal!!!

She asks some very odd questions

Looks like Karen Carpenter.

@thomasdonohue1833

6 жыл бұрын

Not hardly

@erinmefford8041

5 жыл бұрын

John Browneyes I agree she does

@christopherramon-reid2000

5 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@yvonnestaley3564

5 жыл бұрын

Yes i thought so 2

I hope This woman Interviewer was fired after give this interview.. totally unprofessional uncalled for .

Looks like a skinny karen carpenter

@Ccyawn123

7 ай бұрын

I don't think there was any other kind, tbh

A very aggressive interviewer, Beth handled it well though 😅

Wow this interviewer is seriously bad

:/ her dress looks like a nightgown. ...is it?...

@bobholmes65

4 жыл бұрын

Obviously not!

@Ccyawn123

7 ай бұрын

Ma Ingalls had a nightgown just like it

This lady is intrusive and rude

This interview was nervy,pushy and rude.Appalling.

Sweet woman. I couldn't stand her character "Vera" on Alice though. Her character made this sitcom unwatchable for me. Such poorly written jokes for her, and the extreme stupidity of her character was more annoying than endearing. It's a shame her character and lines were as bad as they were. It was so embarrassingly bad, that I'm surprised she kept doing this show through multiple seasons.

@denisenoles3159

5 жыл бұрын

Agree! Her character wasn't funny at all.

@vcrcooking

5 жыл бұрын

I have to agree and I am a huge Alice fan. Stuff like "Leaping Lollipops!" is just dumb. Not clever. Not funny. Just stupid. Also the constant crying and freaking out. I know the original Vera in the movie did that but for the next 9 years too...got old.

@richardscott4318

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, bull. Beth Howland as vera sure as hell delivered her share of funny lines throughout the series' run. Case in point: Alice, vera, flo, mel and marie (mel's on and off again girlfriend) are trapped in a mountain cabin with a tornado heading straight towards them. Anyway, they all seek refuge in a bathtub that's been turned upside down and has been being used as a supper table. While they're all huddled together inside the tub, vera mentions to everyone how it reminds her of when she was a little girl and she'd take bubble baths with her cousin melanie. Alice trying to be pleasant during a tense situation replies "that's sweet, vera." Then, here it comes, vera says "Actually it was weird. Melanie was 38." The audience ROARED with laughter. Vera was sweet, ditzy and on many, many occasions, very amusing as well.

@LadySpace_888

4 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@johnerwin9024

4 жыл бұрын

@@LadySpace_888 Vera was 'offbeat'; do'in her own thing, a 'doofbunny' :)