Kathleen Ankers, Letterman set designer/"Library Lady"

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She will be sorely missed.

RIP Kathleen

radioGO-SPA...@yahoo.com wrote:

> From tvbarn.com ...
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> The set designer responsible for every backdrop David Letterman ever used --
> starting with his 1980 morning show on NBC -- has died. Kathleen Ankers was
> "in her early 80s," according to CBS.
>
> The work that earned her the widest recognition was her design of the sets for
> "Late Night" and now "Late Show with David Letterman." That also earned her
> several Emmy Awards, praise from critics (including the architecture scribe of
> the New York Times) and cult fandom from her occasional cameos on Letterman's
> show. She also did every set piece, in studio and on location, for Rosie
> O'Donnell's show.
>
> In a pretaped comedy bit, aired during Letterman's first week at CBS. the host
> approached a booth manned by "Helen, the Ill-Tempered Ticket Lady" and asked for
> information. What he got was a blistering diatribe of obscenities from "Helen"
> (Ankers, actually) that was incomprehensible through all the censor's bleeps.
> The studio audience, which heard the unbleeped version, roared with laughter.