This goo was worth a point in November 2024.

publication date: Monday, November 18, 2024 (part of November 2024)

category: Television

clue: She won Tonys for Mame and Sweeney Todd, and was nominated for Oscars for Gaslight and The Manchurian Candidate, but the whodunit writer and amateur sleuth that she played on television from 1984 to 1996 brought her a whole new level of worldwide fame, and that's all she wrote.

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Aaron Shurtleff


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