Lynnette Mettey

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Lynnette Mettey
OccupationActor
Years active1970-1996
Spouse
Michael Pschorr
(m. 1964)

Lynnette Mettey is an American actor, perhaps best known for her recurring role as nurse Nancy Griffin on M*A*S*H and as Lee Potter, Quincy's girlfriend, on Quincy, M.E. . She made dozens of guest appearances on television shows during the 1970s and 1980s, including Columbo , All in the Family , Hawaii Five-O , and Simon & Simon.

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Mettey also appeared in dozens of television commercials in the 1970s and 1980s, and she has lent her highly recognizable voice to hundreds of radio commercials. For almost 40 years, she was the commercial spokesperson for S. C. Johnson & Son, doing voiceovers for a variety of product advertisements but never appearing on camera.

Throughout her career, she was often credited with an alternate spelling of her first name, as Lynette Mettey.

Early years

Mettey attended Burr and Burton Seminary in Manchester, Vermont [1] and studied dancing at the Joyce Hurley School of Dance. [2] She graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1962. [3] She is the daughter of Mrs. Madeline Mettey, and she has a sister and a brother,. [4]

Acting career

Mettey's early experience on stage included performing with the Caravan Theatre in two 1960 productions at the Dorset Playhouse in Bennington, Vermont. She was a scholarship apprentice with that group in the summer of 1961. [5] A review of her 1965 performance there in The Private Ear and The Public Eye said her "double characterization is charming to watch" and added that her "playing is quiet, warm and assured". [6]

In the summer of 1962 Mettey was the resident ingenue at Deertrees Theatre in Harrison, Maine. [7] Later in 1962 she performed Off-Broadway in The Days and Nights o fBeebee Fenstermaker. [8]

Mettey made her television debut in 1970 playing a nurse on an episode of Medical Center . Over the next few years, she made guest appearances on a dozen other shows and appeared in the 1972 television movie Heat of Anger alongside Lee J. Cobb and Susan Hayward.

She appeared in a recurring role as Lt. Nancy Griffin during the first season of M*A*S*H. Mettey portrayed a nurse and love interest of Hawkeye Pierce during the first season. She returned occasionally over the next three seasons to play other characters, portraying Nurse Sheila Anderson, Nurse Baker, and Nurse Able. [9]

Mettey also appeared on the first two seasons of Quincy, M.E., portraying Lee Potter, a girlfriend of the show's title character who sometimes accompanied him on his cases. She played the ex-wife of Dick Smothers' character on the short-lived series Fitz and Bones, reprising that role for the 1982 television movie Terror at Alcatraz.

During the 1990s, she did voice work for a number of animated series including Batman: The Animated Series and Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man

Personal life

Mettey married Michael Pschorr in Manchester, Vermont, on May 16, 1964. [4]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1970 Medical Center Nurse1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1971 Hogan's Heroes Fraülein Hibbler1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1971 Dan August Joan Oakland1 episode
1971 Columbo Gloria Jr.1 episode
1971 The Doris Day Show Dolly1 episode
1971 Ironside Vera1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1971 The F.B.I. Donna, Marian2 episodes
1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. Sue Marshall1 episode
1972 The Jimmy Stewart Show Joyce Cone1 episode
1972Heat of AngerFranTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Dee Merlino1 episode
1972 All in the Family Susan (uncredited)1 episode
1973 Love Story Peggy Gallagher1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1973Kibbee and FitchKate KibbeeTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1974 Hawaii Five-O Cindy Imala1 episode
1974 Banacek Emily Parker1 episode
1974Death in SpaceKim ClarionTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1973-1974 Kojak Sgt. Doris Holloway, Joannie Garretty2 episodes
1974 Police Story Waitress #21 episode
1974 The Rockford Files Carol Thorne1 episode
1975 Movin' On Millie1 episode
1975 Harry O Barbara Manush1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1972-1975 Cannon Doris Grady, Laura Corey, Waitress3 episodes
1973-1976 M*A*S*H Lt. Nancy Griffin, Nurse Sheila Anderson, Nurse Able, Nurse Baker6 episodes
1976 The Streets of San Francisco Ellen Matthews1 episode
1976 Special Delivery MarjMovie, as Lynette Mettey
1976 Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers Bank clerkTV Mini Series, 1 episode
1976-77 Quincy M.E. Lee Potter7 episodes
1977 The Six Million Dollar Man Joan
1979Starting FreshTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1979 The Runaways Barbara Mardsen2 episodes, as Lynette Mettey
1977-79 Barnaby Jones Leslie Jessup, Sally Delphine2 episodes
1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo Jessica Wright1 episode
1981 Fitz and Bones Lt. Rosie Cochran Lieutenant Rosie Cochran (as Lynette Mettey)Series regular
1981The Ordeal of Bill CarneyNora RoseTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1982Terror at AlcatrazLt. Rosie CochranTV Movie, as Lynette Metey
1982Two of HeartsTV Movie
1984 Silence of the Heart Marilyn CruzeTV Movie (uncredited)
1982–1984 Simon & Simon Police Chief Mary Louise Drinkman, Joan Klein, Mrs. Jean Edmonds3 episodes
1985 Trapper John, M.D. Ginnie Crawfield1 episode
1986 It's Garry Shandling's Show Dr. Brody1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1986–1988 The Magical World of Disney Priscilla, Ship Computer Voice, Lynn Franklin3 episodes
1988 Family Man 1 episode
1988 Favorite Son Elaine RoseTV Mini Series, 3 episodes
1989 Liberty & Bash TerrySeries regular, as Lynette Mettey
1993 Batman: The Animated Series Janet Van Dorn1 episode, as Lynette Mettey
1996 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (voice role)1 episode, as Lynette Mettey

References

  1. "Class Officers Elected At Burr-Burton". Bennington Banner. September 13, 1957. p. 8. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Dancers start work on June production". The Manchester Journal. May 5, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Manchester Girl Graduates In New York City". The Manchester Journal. April 5, 1962. p. 1. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Pschorr-Mettey". Bennington Banner. May 25, 1964. p. 3. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Local Girl To Be Caravan Apprentice". The Manchester Journal. May 25, 1961. p. 5. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Gilbert, William (August 20, 1965). "Caravaners Shine Up Twin BilL Of 'Trite Gems' at Dorset". Bennington Banner. p. 6. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Former Caravaners Flung Far And Wide". The Manchester Journal. June 14, 1962. p. 4. Retrieved April 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Kelly, Kevin (December 9, 1962). "Talented Playwright Has Touch-and-Go Debut Off-Broadway". The Boston Sunday Globe. p. A 81 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Nurses of the 4077th" . Retrieved April 9, 2025.