Best/Worst Secretary

Callahan on The Bionic Woman

What about Janet Trego?

Where is Joan and even Peggy from Mad Men?

Oh and Agnes DiPesto.

Time for a trip to the optometrist, R3.

R3 I swear to god I looked for them and did not see them Some witchcraft is responsible for adding them on laterm I tell you!

Any of the Secretaries of the Trump administration, Pompeo (could find his dick he’s so fat), DeVos (uniquely unqualified to do her job), Steve “fishlips” Mnuchin, Chris “I refused to put down an insurrection Miller, Ross (basically 1 foot in the grave), Carson (no spine except to screw over poor folks), Azar (COVID… just COVID)… I’m done…

Miss Blankenship was more awesome than Joan and Peggy combined!

The best was probably Jennifer Marlow, who was one of the rare beautiful blondes on 70s TV who was actually incredibly smart rather than stupid. Carol Kester Bondurant was the second best (she always knew exactly what to do) and was my veyr favorite.

The worst were Murphy brown's temps, of which my very favorite was the Method actress who started talking and walking like Eliza Doolittle, and then out of nowhere transformed the next day into a tempestuous Southern vixen.

MURPHY: (shocked) "What happened to Eliza?"

SECRETARY: "Eliza is DEAD!! And Maggie the Cat is alive... ALIVE!!"

That may still be one of my my all-time favorite bits from a sitcom ever.

SHOULD I TELL HER YOU'RE IN THE TOILET????????

I had a candy dish!

Ann Sothern, Private Secretary.

Ms. Landingham on "The West Wing ".

Was she Susie, R12?

Pam was the receptionist, not the secretary

Best: "Mannix's" Peggy Fair (Gail Fisher).

The best?

Or should that be the worst?

Roxane Melman

Flaemmchen, the stenographer from Grand Hotel.

Margaret "Atta girl" from 9 to 5.

Bernice Clifton she was a receptionist at Sugarbakers for one day

Fräulein Ingeborg in One, Two, Three

Liz Matthews, Cory Publishing.

She could scheme and gossip like the best of them AND tear up a piece of pussy like no other.

Best or worst, I can’t say, but I can still quote this scene word for word.

Roxanne Melman carried Arnie Becker's torch for all those unappreciated years.

She should be a DL icon!

Mrs. Huh'Viggans!

Lucy Carmichael from The Lucy Show.

Della Street = Best Of All Time

r29 for the win

Della. Period.

But this does get the "Dumbest Thread of the Week" award. And that wasn't easy, given what went on here! Good job, OP!

One of the best:

Peggy Fair, played by Gail Fisher, on "Mannix"

But where oh where are Joan and Peggy from Mad Men?

[quote]But where oh where are Joan and Peggy from Mad Men?

I fucking stabbed them in the toilet.

Miss Bartholomew, the Karen Walker alter ego who unwittingly co-starred in Jack's sexual harassment acting video.

Schultzy from The Bob Cummings Show

Jane Hathaway is the original owner of this thread.

Della is the best by a country mile. Did she ever leave Perry's side? Evenings, weekends... Della seemed to have no life outside the office, nor did she appear to want one. Just assisting her boss/quasi-lover was all she asked. And the occasional steak dinner.

Jennifer on WKRP wasn't a great secretary. She made more money than anyone else in the office and didn't even take dictation or type. She answered the phone and wore clingy dresses, that's it.

Twin Peaks

Kimmy Robertson as Lucy Moran

Blanche

Elaine Vassal on Ally McBeal. She had all her reports complete, organised in a perfect filing system, knew case law and was the font of all office gossip!

In spite of how much she made from the Face Bra, she promised to never leave the firm!

Miss Lemon.

She is Best. ^^

Peggy Fair on Mannix (Gail Fisher) for drama

Carol Kester on The Bob Newhart Show (Marcia Wallace) for comedy

I second Miss Lemon!

The very best: Edie Adams in Billy Wilder's "The Apartment" in her pointy glasses and faux leopard coat, who puts the boot into her philandering, two-timing boss (Fred MacMurray) with one phone call to his wife after he sacks Adams.

[quote]The best was probably Jennifer Marlow, who was one of the rare beautiful blondes on 70s TV who was actually incredibly smart rather than stupid.

Actually, it was kind of head of it's time that this beautiful woman is the smartest person in the room, is really the person that runs things even if she doesn't have the title and everyone wants to get on her good side rather than treat her like a subordinate. Loni Anderson was actually very good at telling people to fuck off with a big smile on her face.

Carol Burnett as Mr Tudball's secretary on "The Carol Burnett Show".

Tess McGill in "Working Girl"

Della Street was the only secretary to have a secretary (Gertie).

Hedy La Rue.

r28 You haven't even MET Lucy Carter!

Blanche Devereux at The Gallery

No love for Pepper Potts of "Ironman" (I know it's Paltrow - just the same . . .)