In a perfect world, Bess Armstrong would be having a distinguished acting career and have a trophy case full of Oscars. At least that's the impression I got from her performance as a trophy wife in the 1981 Alan Alda movie The Four Seasons. I thought it would lead to such a career.
However, fate - or the Muses or some Hollywood executive or whoever the heck guides these things - dictated that she merely be an ubiquitous character actress rather than a star. Too bad. People don't realize how much talent she has.
However, fate - or the Muses or some Hollywood executive or whoever the heck guides these things - dictated that she merely be an ubiquitous character actress rather than a star. Too bad. People don't realize how much talent she has.
While Bess Armstrong has done several movies since 1981 - the adventure movie High Road to China and the comedy-drama Nothing In Common are two of her better-known ones - she's mostly been on television, most notably as Sara Sheffield on the sitcom "The Nanny" and as Patty Chase on the critically acclaimed but low-rated "My So-Called Life." She's also been in several TV movies, as well as the 1997 version of Walt Disney's That Darn Cat.
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