REMEMBERING #GAILFISHER
Gail Fisher - August 18, 1935 – December 2, 2000
®¢®Fisher was one of the first black women to play considerable roles in American television. She was best known for playing the role of secretary "Peggy Fair" on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award.
Fisher became the FIRST black woman to win a Golden Globe.
#Mankillers (1987)
A female CIA agent is assigned to train and lead an all-female squad to Colombia to stop a renegade agent who has hired himself out to a drug cartel.
#GirlsWithGuns #LyndaAldon #GailFisher
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Tonight in 1970 — #GailFisher (1935–2000) became the first Black woman to win an Emmy.

She co-starred on MANNIX w/ #MikeConnors for 7 seasons — and was nominated 3 more times.

#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970sTV #Mannix