Television Characters

Alice Kramden's (The Honeymooners) first job was as a jelly donut stuffer before she was promoted to donut taster. John Robinson (Lost in Space) was a professor at the University of Stellar Dynamics and his daughter Penny had an IQ of 147. Sam Malone (Cheers) graduated from Boston Prep and then was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (jersey number 16) before he bought the bar where everybody knows your name... Detailed biographical information on 1,485 television characters who appeared from 1947 through 2004 is provided in this extensive reference work (more than 200,000 facts). Character entries (primarily from prime time network, cable and syndicated series) provide full names, years and place of birth, education, home address, marital status, jobs and much more. There is an index of performers and two appendices.