Portrait of Brett Somers

Brett Somers

Acting

Biography

Canadian-American game-show personality, actress, and singer who was born in New Brunswick and raised in Maine. Brett was best known as a panelist on the 1970s game show Match Game and for her recurring role as Blanche Madison opposite her real-life husband, actor Jack Klugman, on The Odd Couple.

Born: July 11, 1924

Place of Birth: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Filmography

2018
Game Changers

as Self (archive footage)

1978
Battlestar Galactica

as Siress Belloby

1977
The Love Boat

as Anita Carmichael

1977
The Love Boat

as Sarah Cronkle

1975
Barney Miller

as Edna Relkie

1975
Barney Miller

as Mrs. Stavochek (as Brett Sommers)

1973
Match Game

as Self

1973
The Great American Beauty Contest

as Miss Texas Chaperone

1972
Bone

as X-Ray Lady

1970
The Odd Couple

as Blanche

1965
A Rage to Live

as Jessie Jay

1965
The F.B.I.

as Amelia Gates

1965
The F.B.I.

as Mrs. Benderson

1963
The Fugitive

as Miss Edmonds

1961
The New Breed

as Dorothy Blaylock

1958
Naked City

as Mrs. Garvin