The Resume

(July 27, 1948- )
St. Louis, Missouri
Best known as Lucy Bates on 'Hill Street Blues'
Directed 'I Spy,' '28 Days,' 'Doctor Dolittle,' 'Private Parts,' 'The Late Shift' and 'The Brady Bunch Movie'
Produced 'I Spy,' 'Charlie's Angels,' and 'Can't Hardly Wait'
Guest starred on 'Whose Line is it Anyway?,' 'The Tracey Ullman Show' and 'SCTV'

Why she might be annoying:

She is best known for her 'Hill Street Blues' character, despite taking on larger projects.
She has large, frizzy, hair.
She is much more suited to dramatic roles than comedic.

Why she might not be annoying:

She played a memorable character on 'Hill Street Blues.'
She made it her goal to keep the 'Brady Bunch Movie' true to the original series.
Despite being flat chested, she appeared topless (except for tassels covering her nipples) in 'Groove Tube.'
She directed several successful movies

Credit: Jet

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Amazon Women
• Bad Hair - Female
• David Letterman Doesn't Like Me
• Entertainment Weekly's It List [1997]
• Hill Street Blues
• Jet's Profiles [Series 1]
• Look at Me, I'm Giving Thumbs Up
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series Emmy (Ranked: 1985)
• People with Tom, Dick or Harry in their Names
• Profiles 4251-4500 (Ranked: 4341)
• Saturday Night Live Hosts [1980-84] (Ranked: 1983)
• Second City Alumni
• Whose Line is it Anyway?

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 64 Votes: 67.19% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 74 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 89 Votes: 38.20% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 47 Votes: 42.55% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 125 Votes: 50.40% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 335 Votes: 43.58% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 377 Votes: 49.60% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 1709 Votes: 41.19% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 670 Votes: 54.78% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1120 Votes: 59.38% Annoying