Fisher was the first Black woman to win an Emmy for her supporting role in the crime drama.
Why Gail Fisher is not more widely celebrated in the annals of Hollywood history is a mystery not even Joe Mannix could solve. Fisher was only the second Black actress to appear in a prominent role on weekly broadcast TV, after Nichelle Nichols ofFisher told THR 10 years after wining: “I was speechless then and I’m speechless now. It was one of the great moments of my life, if not the greatest.
The struggling show became a hit thanks to their chemistry. When she accepted her 1970 Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series — the first time that award was presented — in a silver-and-white tasseled jumpsuit, a genuinely shocked and delighted Fisher exclaimed, “Wow! … Needless to say, it’s a very exciting and most emotional moment for me.”‘s cancellation in 1975, Fisher made sporadic TV appearances but struggled with addiction. She died of kidney failure in L.A. in 2000.
This story first appeared in a June stand-alone issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine,
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