How Benny Hill babe Jane Leeves became the queen of U.S. TV
A fake Mancunian accent, an uptight Seattle psychiatrist and a dog named Eddie is what it took to help transform Jane Leeves from a one-time Benny Hill girl into one of the most successful British actresses on U.S. TV.It's been six years since the quirky TV comedy Frasier came to an end, and Jane, who played Daphne Moon, the somewhat kooky housekeeper, admits that the parting was a difficult one.
'It took us all a long time to get over the fact that the show had ended,' she says. 'It was a decade of some of the most fantastic experiences of my life, and there were times I'd wake up crying that it was all over.'
It's a sentiment shared by the show's fans for whom the pomposity and comic misadventures of radio show psychiatrist Frasier Crane - played by Kelsey Grammer - were a must-see for almost 11 years.
The show, a spin-off from the sitcom Cheers, won a record-breaking 37 Emmy nominations and critical as well as commercial acclaim.
It followed the fortunes of Crane alongside his equally refined yet uptight brother Niles (David Hyde Pierce), their disabled blue-collar father Martin (John Mahoney) and Martin's Jack Russell terrier, Eddie (played by canine star Moose).
It was Daphne though, Martin's physical therapist and the Cranes' housekeeper, who was called upon to inject a touch of common sense, 'and something about her earthiness appealed to people,' says Jane.
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