Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star the world knew for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on "The Bob Newhart Show," died Saturday of respiratory failure at her Los Angeles home.

Suzanne Pleshette was a lot saltier than Emily Hartley. She’d be the person you’d want to sit next to at a party because you were sure to hear some choice comments, delivered with sass.

Suzanne Pleshette, the dark-haired, smoky-voiced actress who played Bob Newhart's confident and sexy wife, Emily Hartley, for six years on the popular 1970s sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," has died.

Suzanne Pleshette, 70, a smoky-voiced actress who appeared in hundreds of television programs and was best known as Bob Newhart's sardonic TV wife in the 1970s, died of respiratory failure Jan. 19 ...

HANSEN: In 2000, Suzanne Pleshette, married fellow cast member Tom Poston. He died in April 2007. Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer in 2006. She died of respiratory failure.

Suzanne Pleshette, the husky-voiced star best known for her role as Bob Newhart's sardonic wife on television's long-running "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age 70.

Suzanne Pleshette is very much alive -- and ever her saucy self. In a rare public appearance this week for a 35th-anniversary tribute to “The Bob Newhart Show” (1972-78), her most enduring ...

Suzanne Pleshette, actress: born New York 31 January 1937; married 1964 Troy Donahue (marriage dissolved 1964), 1968 Tom Gallagher (died 2000), 2001 Tom Poston (died 2007); died Los Angeles 19 ...

Brassier than Emily Hartley ever could be, Suzanne Pleshette can take control of a ballroom with her intense stare, deep voice or hearty laugh. When they’re working in concert, watch out. She ...