- Kathleen Ankers
Kathleen Ankers (
22 October 1919 -24 October 2001 Lenox Hill hospital, New York City ) was an Americanscenic designer . Born in Ealing, London, she moved to the US in the late 1940s. She did occasional Broadway costume design ("Fancy Meeting You Again" [1952] ; "My Sister, My Sister" [1974] ) and set design ("Mr. Pickwick" [1952] ) but spent most of her career in television.Her television credits include "
Late Night with David Letterman ",ESPN 's "SportsCenter ", the original "Sale of the Century ," "The Rosie O'Donnell Show ," "He Said, She Said", and "The $128,000 Question ".She appeared on "Late Night" as the "
NBC Bookmobile Lady", "Peggy, the Foul-Mouthed Chambermaid", and on "Late Show with David Letterman " as various characters.She won two
Daytime Emmy Awards for her work on "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (2000 and 2002 [posthumous] ) and one Primetime Emmy for "Late Night With David Letterman" (1995)
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