He. There, she unsuccessfully tries to start a romance with Martin and briefly lives with Niles and Daphne, where she quickly overstays her welcome. His station nickname is "Noel the Mole". She is also revealed, like Frasier, to have been an old friend of Dr. Phil, who frequently ended up owing her money as a result of their poker games. The two have a history of trumping each other tit-for-tat via the apartment board: while Frasier convinces the board to ban Cam from parking his Humvee in the provided garage, Cam, in passive protest, hangs an enormous American flag over Frasier's balcony, covering Frasier's view; as well as the obvious inconvenience, this incident also damages Frasier's standing with the board, as when he protests about the flag, Cam twists matters to make Frasier seem unpatriotic. In fact, Frasier's dates and girlfriends alone make up a large sub-section of the cast that the show gets absolutely right Felicity Huffman's horrendous Julia, Jean Smart as old flame Lana . Although his family and friends think she is perfect for him, Frasier's fear of abandonment prompts him to break up with her, leading to a serious evaluation of all his past relationships. They therefore decided to make the character permanently unseen.[15]. Miss Judy, Arts and crafts. Seems to be discussing a serious relationship problem with her sister when Frasier states in a fed-up tone that she should just "fix the dress" that was accidentally ripped. This extends to the point that, when Sherry and Martin split, Frasier attempts to reunite them despite it being against his own interests. Nanny G is Frasier's first wife and a well-known children's entertainer. Peri Gilpin Pet Chat with Nanette Hosted by Nanette, canceled by Kate Costas. Believed by his coworkers to be in the closet, Gil claims to be married to a woman named Deb, a "Sarah Lawrence graduate and the owner of a very successful auto body repair shop", as well as an Army Reservist, but his co-workers believe "Deb" is Gil's pet cat and do not believe the latter, either. He was portrayed by Cameron Dye. Simon Moon (Anthony LaPaglia) is one of Daphne's brothers. Born Brendan James Fraser on 3rd December, 1968 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, he is famous for his roles as George in the 1997 comedy film George of the Jungle and Richard "Rick" O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy. His claim to fame, as seen when he volunteers to be the station representative during contract negotiations, is that he can faint at will. A former babysitter of Frasier and Niles, Ronnie encounters the two of them while furniture shopping. Although a highly successful lawyer, Donny is exceedingly boorish and brash (his antics include arriving for a meeting with Frasier and Niles in a tracksuit after a jog, and changing into his suit in front of them), and are anathema to Frasier's and Niles' refinement; his degree from the University of Las Vegas leads Yale/Cambridge-educated Niles to comment that there could have been "no problem finding tassels for those mortarboards", and although Harvard/Oxford-educated Frasier tells him to "stop being such a snob", his opinions are evidently similar. Gilbert "Gil" Leslie Chesterton (Edward Hibbert) is the host of Restaurant Beat on KACL. As Madeline, she uses her own voice, but as Danielle, she affects a French accent. She named her two sons after favorite lab rats. He appears only once, in an episode in which he and Martin meet again, only to become separated again by the end of the episode. Text Size:cina radio advertisers mets dodgers nlcs bad lieutenant. While Christmas shopping with Roz, he meets Faye's mother. The Morning Zoo with Carlos and The Chicken KACL's morning show hosted by Carlos and Dwayne a.k.a. Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger) was in a season nine episode called "Cheerful Goodbyes" where Frasier returns to Boston for a convention and unwittingly stumbles on Cliff's retirement party, with Frasier too diplomatic to admit he had not come for the party. Consequently, she is jailed for a few months on suspicion of murder. While the identity of their mothers is not clear, Frazier is known to have had a total of 11 children. However, there are evident cracks in the relationship, and when she next appears in "Sea Bee Jeebies", Denise receives a call from Craig telling her he is leaving her. Ngee is Niles' and Maris' housekeeper. In spite of the finalized divorce, Maris and Niles continue to be codependent for some time, until Niles finally breaks completely free, largely due to Daphne's aggravation. In season 6, Alice is played by Shannon Curran on episode 19 IQ. Her father, Rick Garrett, had only just turned 20 when Roz discovered she was pregnant with Alice, and rather than, as she thought, ruin his life, Roz decides to raise Alice herself and not burden Rick. an over-worked housewife who announced that, if her husband and she did not find a time to themselves to have sex, she would go to a department store and pick up a stranger, after being told to do so by her boyfriend Jerome, she calls in to ask Frasier if she should marry him. Appeared in the "Our Parents, Ourselves" episode (played by Saint). Almost immediately, Frasier finds himself torn between both women, and, although Frasier eventually chooses Faye, he constantly calls her "Cassandra" by mistake. In season two, she first appears in a dream that Frasier had after going to a tropical island. Coincidentally, Daphne names her and Niles's son David (though in memory of series producer David Angell). Freddy and Frasier will reunite in the revival in an effort to "repair old wounds." Before joining Frasier, Jack Cutmore-Scott was the lead in a couple of short-lived television shows. She appeared in four episodes, three of which were only dream sequences. While Niles is sitting in for Frasier Linda calls in to have Niles talk with her cat to get it to eat. calls in but keeps getting interrupted with other calls on her line, A newspaper critic. Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman) was a waitress at Cheers. Kelly Easterbrook (Sela Ward) is a supermodel, part-time, in order to support her zoology PhD work. She appears in season 8. At around seven, he develops a crush on Daphne, much to Niles' jealousy. She is described as small, very pale, and pathologically emaciated; Roz originally mistook her for a hat rack, and Niles noted that she once sat on a whoopee cushion without setting it off. He and Frasier reminisce about their past days at Cheers, but the more time they spend together, the more they realize they have nothing in common but memories. It has also been mentioned in the episode "A New Position for Roz" that Noel has never missed a day of work. RIGHT. In one episode, "Three Dates and a Break Up", Eddie eats the meals Frasier prepared for his dates as if he, Eddie, knew that Frasier's dates would not be staying for dinner. She harbors a deep desire to be in the limelight herself, a dream briefly realized when she and Frasier co-host a morning television show for a week in "Morning Becomes Entertainment". In his attempt to win her heart, he gives her a spice rack that he made. Donny wins a favorable divorce settlement for Niles through his discovery that Maris' family fortune was based on urinal cakes; Niles' joy is immediately cut short when Donny starts dating Daphne. In the episode "Breaking In Is Hard to Do", which aired a year after his birth episode, he spoke his first word: "Norm!" It is here she is reacquainted with Martin, who starts to fall for her as well. Kenny fires Frasier, but rehires him an hour and a half later. She met Niles during his internship in Seattle when he stopped to help her as she was banging on the electric gates to get into her home. and star three of the main actresses - Sarah Jessica. His zodiac sign is Sagittarius. She flies into a psychotic rage when Cliff announces he has decided to stay, thanks in part to Frasier. She and Frasier meet on a plane to Acapulco, where Kelly is headed to observe spiny-tailed iguanas. Storytime Theater Hosted by Tooty, the Story Lady. Her final appearance was in the final season of Frasier in the episode "Caught in the Act", this time played by Laurie Metcalf, who proclaims, "Do you have any idea what it's like to play the same character for twenty years?!" Kenny resigns as station manager after deciding to go back to DJing, and Roz is appointed as his replacement. a first-year graduate student in psychology who has misdiagnosed himself with every disorder he is studying, calls in after thinking about sad things, to which Frasier tells her a story about Eddie, a once-timid man who takes Frasier's advice about assertiveness too far and becomes an overbearing jerk. Having previously abandoned his wife for another woman, he later had second thoughts and debated whether to return to hercoincidentally, at an airport he met up with Frasier, who was considering whether or not to pursue Lana romantically at the time, and after a brief conversation decided to remain with his wife. Maris eventually reunites with Niles, but immediately has an affair with their marital therapist, Dr. Bernard Shenkman. Charlotte (Laura Linney), the founder-owner of Charlotte's Web dating service, is a matchmaker recently arrived from Chicago and Frasier's final love interest on the series. A familiar character will be returning for the Frasier sequel series. He was delivered in a taxicab while Lilith was on her way home from the hospital after an episode of false labor. Roz, who does not feel the same way about him, was even willing to date a lesbian instead of him once. Zora Crane, (Patti LuPone) a Greek woman, is Walt Crane's wife, Martin's sister-in-law, and the aunt of Frasier and Niles, and the one responsible for Walt and Martin's estrangement. She forms an unlikely friendship with Kenny Daly who is inspired by her spontaneity and passion for traveling in "Kissing Cousins". He is having second thoughts about his wedding to a woman (played by Ta Leoni) whom Frasier had slept with, unknowing that she and Sam were engaged. Season 1's "Miracle on Third or Fourth Street" finds Frasier deep in the holiday blues when it turns out he won't be able to see his son, Frederick. Bulldog is obnoxiously discourteous and often insults his coworkers, interviewees and callers, yet he is apparently very popular, and receives as much affection and admiration, as angry calls; "Guys love me; chicks pretend not to". [23] Kirby is smitten with Roz Doyle, leading Frasier to manipulate Roz into escorting Kirby to the latter's high school prom as an incentive for Kirby to study and achieve good grades. Frasier, initially claiming not to have any regrets about letting her go, accepts a high-paying job offer in San Francisco. Frasier and Nanette were briefly married while he was an undergraduate; the ceremony occurred at City Hall. Frasier casting news: Bebe Neuwirth is set to reprise her role as Lilith when guest starring alongside Kelsey Grammer for the Paramount+ series This apparent discrepancy is never addressed on the show, but may be taken as an in-joke (see below).[21]. Donny then comments that he hopes Niles and Daphne will attend their wedding, to which Daphne, absentmindedly being polite, states the same thing, only for Donny to graciously accept her invitation. Julia's attitude towards Frasier begins to soften after this display of chivalry on his part, and she uses her connections to have Ben, a British street musician (Elvis Costello) whom Frasier and Niles find annoying, then playing a regular gig at Caf Nervosa, offered a full-time job elsewhere. She assures him that it is the first and last time. He is frequently mentioned by Niles, usually when referring to arguments over the Zen garden Yoshi is keen to build. When Niles gets a job as an arts critic, Frasier becomes jealous and persuades Poppy to ask her mother to start a culture review show on KACL. They were married three years later,[14] in 1986. Poppy (Katie Finneran) is introduced in season 7 as an intern at KACL. The creators of the series intended to show her after only a few episodes of referring to her, but nothing came of this. Other minor characters made regular appearances. An intensely manipulative and seductive woman, with no apparent morals whatsoever outside of getting the best deal for herself and her clients, she is often compared to the Princess of Darkness by most of the characters, Niles in particular, who comments "She's the devil, Frasier. Sam breaks off the marriage when he finds out she once slept with Cliff Clavin. Appears in the episode "Three Blind Dates". Occasionally, the problem mentioned by a caller served as the main plot for the show, such as Gretchen (Glenne Headly), who worried that her husband was having an affair with a woman whom Frasier suspected of being Niles's wife, Maris. Daphne gave birth to David during the Frasier finale in 2004. is pretty sure her husband is having an affair. After playing Roz, Peri Gilpin went on to star in numerous other productions, including the popular series Make It or Break It. He briefly appears in the second-season episode "Dukes, We Hardly Knew Ye" when Martin takes Frasier and Niles to Duke's bar called "Duke's", which is demolished later in the episode. Her judgmental attitude irritates Frasier and Roz finds she cannot maintain the all night partying that Jen prefers. Hester Rose Crane, ne Palmer[4] (Nancy Marchand in Cheers, Rita Wilson in Frasier) was Martin's wife and Niles's and Frasier's mother. In "The Impossible Dream", Frasier is disturbed to find that he is having overtly sexual dreams about Gil. Guilt-stricken at the news, he impulsively asks Roz to marry him, but Roz declines, insisting that he pursue his college education firstly. He is named after the series' co-creator David Angell who died in the September 11 attacks. A lo-fi addition to the list, Frasier's ploy to hide his goyishness from the discerning mother of a Jewish woman he's dating is neverthelessor, perhaps, quite 28 Nov 95. Nikos Crane (Joseph Will) is the son of Walt and Zora Crane. Just two days prior to Daphne's planned marriage to Donny, Niles and Mel impulsively elope. He is frequently mentioned by Niles during the beginning of the series. Claire ( Patricia Clarkson) is a friend of Frasier's old date / high school prom queen. Moose (Eddie) A retrospective on the cast of Frasier would feel incomplete with mentioning Moose. In 1998, Niles finally files for divorce. Their pairing was first brought to public attention in March, 2017, when Durant went down with his MCL injury. Frasier always had an attraction to strong women who exuded confidence and authority. Mirren was the last guest caller of the series. Bob Gardner (Brian Kerwin) is the husband of Lana Gardner and father of Kirby. Neuwirth will reunite with her on-screen husband Kelsey Grammer, who is leading the revival once again as Dr. Frasier Crane. In the final episode, she is revealed to have a son, whose apparent age (around 40) is used to imply the talent of Bebe's cosmetic surgeon. Kenny then goes to station owner Joe Martin to tell him about Frasier's complaint and is fired (this is the time that KACL becomes an all-Salsa station as Joe Martin, inadvertently inspired by Frasier, goes back to his birth name, Jos Martinez, and rediscovers his Latin roots). [5] Hester Crane died in 1987 of lung cancer. Frederick's chronologically last appearance in the Cheers/Frasier universe is during the epilogue of the tenth-season Cheers episode "I'm Okay, You're Defective", described as taking place "Many years later". Despite Niles's intense crush on Daphne, it is he who first introduces the two; they meet during Niles' divorce proceedings, while Donny, who is representing Niles against Maris, is helping Frasier to prepare his upcoming testimony. In 2004, shortly before her trial is scheduled to begin, she escapes to her family's private island from which she cannot be extradited, effectively stranding her for life. She then appeared in the Frasier Season 9 premiere episode "Don Juan in Hell" in a fantasy sequence as a young hippie from Frasier's memory (played by Dina Spybey). Similarly, she is the sort of manipulative, controlling female Niles is attracted to. He tapes everything said in his office. "Frasier's going back to Boston to tie up some loose ends in his life." . Kelly Easterbrook (Sela Ward) [5.01] Frasier's Imaginary Friend Samantha (Lindsay Frost) [5.07] My Fair Frasier (etc) Sharon (Lindsay Price) [5.17] The Perfect Guy Caitlin (Lisa Edelstein) [5.19] Frasier Gotta Have It Vicky (Claire Yarlett) [5.22] The Life Of The Party Tricia (Lisa Waltz) [5.23] Party, Party In his first appearance, he has Lilith's hair color, but when he returns, he has Frasier's. He is seen sporadically throughout the remainder of the series, usually appearing with a crude remark or playing a practical joke. Kenny Daly (Tom McGowan) is a long-time radio man; apparently a successful DJ in the past, in 1993 he was reduced to delivering pizzas as he was out of work at the time. They get married the following year, on May 15 (Eddie's birthday), in the show's final episode, "Goodnight, Seattle". Maris Crane is Niles Crane's wife for the first few seasons of the series. A cold, remote woman, she is disliked by most of his family and friends. Many of the characters pointedly dislike her (to Niles' consternation), with Frasier contributing in the show's first episode, "Maris is like the sun except without the warmth". This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 01:36. Donny thanks Daphne, stating that she played a major role in his eventual happiness, as if she had not left him at the altar, he would not have met his ex-wife, who introduced him to his new bride-to-be. frasier's girlfriends list washington wild things player salaries / 6 mukhi rudraksha wearing rules / all of the following are symptoms of schizophrenia except 21, 1401 arkansas court connect gets depressed about living in rain-washed Seattle. is unsure what to do with her clingy boyfriend. Seemingly trapped in a long-suffering marriage with his wife, he eventually left her. Duke is frequently referenced on the show, and Martin is sometimes shown speaking to him on the phone or returning from visiting with him. Briefly appears in "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue". An obnoxious and boorish heavy drinker and layabout, Simon has a difficult relationship with his sister, largely because of Simon's uncouth and selfish nature. Only seen briefly during Daphne and Donny Douglas' ill-fated wedding, Billy is Daphne's gay brother, a professional ballroom dancer. While it was always amusing to see Grammer and Pierce's characters argue onscreen, most Frasier fans assumed that the actors got along in real life. He lives with his mother in Boston, but often comes to visit Frasier in Seattle on the holidays. When he took over in "Sweet Dreams", he gave Frasier the ultimatum of doing an ad he could not endorse or be fired. Very often, the caller's problem is a deliberate joke on that actor's real-life. For all their rivalry, the two have near-identical tastes, mannerisms, and personalities, which prompt competitiveness between them. In a similar episode "A Word to the Wiseguy", Frasier receives a call from Brandy, the girlfriend of a shady businessman, saying she wants to leave him after Frasier promised he would counsel the woman into marrying her boyfriend. He is a pompous, effeminate, over-refined food-critic whose taste buds are insured. He appeared in thirteen episodes over the course of the series, and often interacted with the main characters in the cafe. Conversely, he gets on quite well with Martin and, despite his many negative qualities, is quite a popular man who is very successful at attracting women.