Phyllis (TV series)

Phyllis was an American sitcom of the transmitter CBS and ran from 1975 to 1977. The series was a spin-off of the popular series The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Cloris Leachman played in The Mary Tyler Moore Show the curious landlady, Phyllis Lindstrom Mary's Saber. The character won two Emmys and got just as Valerie Harper with a own series Rhoda . ==Story Line[ Edit] == Phyllis and her daughter Bess moved from Minnesota to San Francisco, after the death of her husband Lars, where Phyllis originally came from. They moved in with Audrey Dexter, the mother of Lars, played by Jane Rose and her second husband Jonathan Dexter played by Henry Jones. Phyllis was Assistant with photographer Julie Erskine, whose role was played by Barbara Colby. Colby was murdered after three episodes were included and she was replaced by Liz Torres.

In the second season she changed jobs and became Administrative Assistant. The humor of the show came from the fact that Phyllis tried to fit in working life while her whole life had been a spoiled rich housewife.

Archenemy of Phyllis was mother Dexter (Judith Lowry), who have already had a piece in the 80 was and was the only one who could put Phyllis in place. In an episode in 1976 married mother Dexter with the about the same old Arthur Lanson (Burt Mustin), both died within two months after the episode aired.