Barbara Feldon plays "Agent 99" in the TV show "Get Smart." She acted alongside comic Don Adams, who played Secret Agent 86 Maxwell Smart. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1968 and 1969, and she played the part for the whole run of the show from 1965 to 1970.
Get Smart is an American comedy television series that parodies the secret agent genre, which became popular in the early 1960s thanks to the introduction of James Bond films. Mel Brooks and Buck Henry devised the show, which premiered on NBC on September 18, 1965. Agent Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) is played by Don Adams (who also directed the series), Agent 99 is played by Barbara Feldon, and Thaddeus the Chief is played by Edward Platt. They produced the show at Daniel Melnick's request to capitalize on James Bond and Inspector Clouseau, "the two biggest things in the entertainment world today," according to Henry. "An absurd blend of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy," Brooks said.
In 1969, the show moved from ABC to
CBS. It aired for five seasons, from May 15, 1970, to May 15, 1970, with
a total of 138 episodes. The show is remembered by the Museum of
Broadcast Communications for "expanding the parameters for the
presentation of comedy on television."
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