Take any successful television series—regardless of decade, genre or format—and you'll almost always find a cast of actors who become so associated with their roles that, to the audience, they are ...

Take a successful television series — it really doesn't matter the decade or whether you're talking about a comedy or drama — and you'll find an ensemble of actors who, as far as the television ...

Irene Ryan, left, as Daisy May ‘Granny’ Moses, with the woman she beat out for the role, Bea Benaderet, playing ‘Cousin’ Pearl Bodine, in ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’ (1962-71). After losing out on the ...