Celebrity Death: Barbara Bosson, Hill Street Blues actress, dies at 83

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Barbara Bosson, Emmy-nominated 'Hill Street Blues' actress, dies at 83

Barbara Bosson, the Emmy-nominated actress best known from 'Hill Street Blues,' has died. She was 83.

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Many of her jobs were linked to her ex-husband Steven Bosco and he said one reason he kept using her because she would take the roles which other actresses did not want to do cause they were whinny.

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[Guardian17]

 

[Jussi]

Not many people alive anymore from that pilot.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

Hill Street Blues was great. I was really young, but that series changed me from being sitcom kid like most normal kids to watching the 10pm dramas like Hill Street Blues and St Elsewhere.

 

[Kane One]

Definitely before my time, but I remember watching a few episodes here and there with my dad on rerun and it was a f***ing masterpiece of a procedural.

 

[Ben Grimm]

This was the first adult show on broadcast tv, and it was great.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

This was the first adult show on broadcast tv, and it was great.

I will say that White Shadow was the first well done "grown up" show that was directed at high school/young kids.