(Original Caption) Publicity handout of Barbara Feldon in TV series Get Smart. Photo shows Barbara Feldon, wearing a raincoat and red hat, holding a yellow umbrella. Barbara Feldon, the actress who ...

You know her as Agent 99, the sophisticated, velvet-tongued superspy from “Get Smart.” But long before actress Barbara Feldon landed that plum role in Mel Brooks and Buck Henry’s classic TV series, ...

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At first, she was “totally skeptical” and expected them to be “so silly,” but she tuned in to watch “The Ed Sullivan Show” and says, “I got it instantly. I was absolutely charmed by their light, the ...