Actress Julia Duffy on Working With—and Adoring—Bob Newhart
In Bob Newhart’s second hit sitcom, Newhart, he played a Vermont innkeeper with one simple goal: to read his newspaper without interruption.
It never happened.
One of the people who interrupted him the most was spoiled heiress-turned-incompetent maid Stephanie Vanderkellen. Played by Julia Duffy, this character was young, energetic, blonde and entitled. Newhart played… Newhart.