THEORIES OF RELATEEVEETY - THE FLORENCE MacMICHAEL TWINS

O'BSERVATION:
Florence MacMichael would have been 100 this coming Thursday.  We're celebrating all week long with posts about her various Toobworld characters.

No better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Florence MacMichael's birth as a Two For Tuesday than to write about her identical twin sister characters - Madeline Richards and Dorothy "Dolly" Quigley*.

MADELINE RICHARDS
The Donna Reed Show- The Fatal Leap (1960) 
- The Poodle Parlor (1961) 

DOLLY QUIGLEY
Dennis the Menace
- Dennis and the Dodger (1962)

Both of these shows take place in the town of Hilldale and they had a crossover in an episode of 'The Donna Reed Show'.  So one would think that an actress appeared on both shows, but as two different characters, then they O'Bviously had to be identical twins in such a small town.

Otis and Dolly Quigley had been married at least ten years when we finally got to meet her.  (And sad to say, we might never have met her at all had it not been for the death of Joseph Kearns before this episode was filmed.)  Although she was primarily a housewife, Dolly also knew how to run their market on her own.  (She had to do so when Otis was coaching the Bears, Dennis' PeeWee League softball team.)

Dolly had the chance to have Sandy Koufax over to dinner at their house, but she told Otis it wasn't a very good idea.  Koufax was an LA Dodger and she was preparing Yankee Pot Roast.

Her twin sister was Madeline Richards who had married well, rising up another level in her social standing.  Jack Richards, who was an old college friend of Donna Stone's husband Alex, was her husband.  (Jack was the cousin of Dr. Walter Reed Richards from Roseberg, Minnesota.)  Mr. and Mrs. Richards would often get together with the Stones for an evening of bridge, and Donna and Madeline would often go out shopping and to have lunch.  

Here's to the ladies who lunch!

BCnU!

*"Dolly" is a diminutive of the name "Dorothy", but Dolly Quigley's first name could be "Dolores" as well.