Northeast Oregon TV Weekly
September 6 - 12, 2020 l 3
BY GEORGE DICKIE
Serinda Swan
OF ‘CORONER’ ON THE CW
In learning about depression and
mental illness for “Coroner,” did
you pick up any personal tools you
didn’t have previously?
Absolutely. I think the more that I learn
about her, the more I learn about myself.
And I think that’s sort of the beauty of
being an actor, is understanding that
I’m never going to be her but I will
be able to understand people in that
situation better. I’m never going to fully
understand everybody’s experiences but
I like that it gives me the opportunity
to be more connected and more
understanding, more empathetic toward
all these different experiences.
What about learning about forensic
medicine. Pick anything up there?
Oh yeah. I witnessed a real autopsy
so I got right in there. I am a bit of an
autodidact when it comes to studying
for roles and things like that so there
was only so much that I could read
before I was like, “I actually need
to be in the room because I need to
understand the movement and the (way
that) a pathologist moves and respects
the body and all of that. And so I was
lucky enough to work with an incredible
pathologist named John Fernandez –
who we actually lost last year to cancer – who was just the most incredible teacher, and walked me
through the very surreal experience of being present for a full autopsy.
Batty about Betty
BY JOHN CROOK
Questions:
1) “Life With
Elizabeth”
2) “The Jack
Paar Show”
3) “Password”
host Allen Ludden
4) “The Happy
Homemaker”
5) Lars Lindstrom,
Phyllis’ (Cloris
Leachman)
husband
6) Ellen
Answers:
Betty
White
1) “Hot in Cleveland” star Betty White earned her first Emmy
Award for her TV series debut in what 1953 sitcom about
newlyweds Elizabeth and Alvin White (Del Moore)?
2) From 1959-62, White appeared more than 70 times on
what nighttime talk show?
3) White was married for 18 years to a
popular game show host. Name the show
and her late spouse.
4) White won two Emmys as the predatory y
Sue Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler
Moore Show.” What was the name of the
household hints show Sue Ann hosted?
5) Sue Ann constantly pursued Lou Grant,
but she also had a fling with the husband
of one of the show’s characters. Who?
6) White appeared on “The Carol Burnett
Show” and “Mama’s Family” as Eunice’s
(Burnett) sister. What was the sister’s
name?