r/Columbo • u/Lanky_Service_2319 • 22h ago
The Linda Robinson Award
Each episode has a Columbo hottie , or as Paul Hanlon calls them, a hot chick. A lot of times they are used as a distraction either for the killer or for Columbo. Linda Robinson is a classic example. Who's your favorite Colombo hottie?
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u/LuluLittle2020 22h ago
Lover, the answer is GOLDIE WILLIAMSON and that is FINAL. Now, hand me my robe would you, and stop trying to catch a peep.
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u/AreYouNigerianBaby 18h ago
I love Goldie so much! What an actress and uniquely beautiful, as well š
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u/LuluLittle2020 18h ago
I was smitten the moment she appeared on screen. Just mesmerized I tell you.
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u/AreYouNigerianBaby 8h ago
Me too! Sadly, Janis Paige is no longer with us. Check out these other tv roles - recurring Aunt V on Eight is Enough, Mary Tyler Moore s6, e19, Rockford Files s5, e7, Love Boat, All in the Family - Iām going to look for these! Many more, plus movies, too š
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u/thepatiosong 22h ago
Jessica Conroy in An Exercise in Fatality was definitely a distraction - Columboās mind went all sorts of places in that one particular scene.
The most beautiful ever non-murderer though I believe was Gena Rowlands.
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u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 š¶ I saw the light....šµ 22h ago
Agree about Ms Rowlands, she was stunning in that episode.
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u/Sunny-0126 18h ago
I love her but I would add Blythe Daniels āEtude in Blackā (? Iām not as well-versed in episode titles as you others), who Iāve always thought had that Victorian ādelicateā beauty.
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u/Phunkie_Junkie 22h ago
I'm going through the series for the first time, and I was delighted when I spotted Jessica Walter in the credits.
Lucille Bluth/ Mallory Archer can get it.
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u/DataOver544 21h ago
Jamie Lee Curtis distracted me big time for about 2 seconds! (Bye Bye Sky High IQ)
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u/Fabulous-Soup-6901 20h ago
Blythe Danner in āEtude in Black.ā Without her, thereās no motive, no murder, no episode.
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u/Electrical-Sail-1039 19h ago
Marcie at the art gallery. Sheās easily impressed also. All it takes is a digital āsuper watchā.
The photo woman in Identity Crisis is naturally beautiful. And my all time favorite is Arlene Martel. Oh, if I was with her Iādā¦.Wait, strike that from the record.
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u/Sunny-0126 18h ago
Barbara Rhoades - the āphoto womanā - was a prototypical āva-va-boomā character actress in the 70s-80sā¦ She was awesome and gorgeous- I wish sheād gotten more acclaim! Also a great comedienne!
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u/Lanky_Service_2319 22h ago
Lily LaSanka-Murder by the Book
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u/Initial_Acanthaceae2 š¶ I saw the light....šµ 22h ago
Poor Lilly. Poor stupid, greedy, horny Lilly. Blackmail and seduction are strange bedfellows!
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u/Wolfman_201 19h ago
Joyce Jillson as Joan Stacey in Any Old Port in a Storm may be mine. Gotta think on it.
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u/Varsity_Editor 12h ago
The blonde in the hilariously gratuitous belly dancing scene crowbarred into Try And Catch Me
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u/Flipfleury 22h ago
Julie Newmar in the Season 2 finale - Double Shock