gregory lehmann says on 16/May/11
Sweet! 5'3" Bonnie Franklin is just that! "Tap Tap"(me nickname for Bonnie) is also cute. Her 105 pound weight is nice and comfortable for 5'3" women. Pretty legs,too.She even helped get my correct luggage on my 1979 California vacation when my luggage and Bonnie's luggage got mixed up at the airport,and pants wearing Bonnie even had supper with me. Favorite "one day At A Time" episode? The one with flu stricken,coughing Annie not wanting her mommy to baby her. But once Paula heard Annie's coughing (it was a bronchial cough) after Barbara tried to give Annie some cough syrup,she babied Annie,but in the end,Annie babied Paula because Barbara heard Paula coughing,and Annie babied Paula right back! (Paula's cough was bronchial,too.)

gregory lehmann says on 15/May/11
5'3" Dana Erickson and I did a "role play" game once in which she was Bonnie Franklin. One question I asked Dana/Bonnie was "Why did you wear jeans at your "One Day At A Time" audition? As Bonnie,Dana said, "I didn't want to do the series because I thought I was too young,too afraid I would get stereotyped,too short,and too "sugary sweet" to play a divorced mommy of two teen age girls." (But later,Bonnie's Annie Romano character adopted a son.) "So that was why," Bonnie/Dana continued to me, "I wore jeans,a sweatshirt,sheer nude knee highs,and blue tennis shoes at my audition." But look what happened! Bonnie won the role! Still 5'3",Bonnie is pretty! (But,also, Bonnie battled a deep coughing chest cold when she auditioned.)

gregory lehmann says on 10/May/11
Hard to believe she popped up in "The Wrong Man," but she did!

gregory lehmann says on 9/May/11
Sweet actress/dancer/singer who can even wear pantyhose with jeans,like she did at her "one Day at A Time" audition,winning the role even wearing jeans! 5'3" Bonnie's a cute blue eyed/strawberry blonde and sweet,too!