Jane Rose

Jane Rose plays Audrey Dexter on Phyllis (CBS, 1975–1977), the 1970s MTM spin-off that takes Cloris Leachman west to San Francisco and lets the neurosis lead. Mary’s most self-absorbed neighbor without a Mary Richards safety net; Audrey is in-law weather — vanity included, physical comedy as a contact sport, a supporting face that makes the new city feel staffed.

Rose sells the relative as a person, not a setup.

A 1970s Phyllis hour can look like comfort until the job shows. Jane Rose’s Audrey Dexter gave Phyllis a San Francisco in-law to bounce off — Cloris Leachman taking Mary’s most self-absorbed neighbor west, an MTM spin-off that bets timing can carry a series. Physical comedy as contact sport. On CBS (1975–1977), that job is Audrey Dexter.

Start at s01e01 — The pilot bets a supporting comic can carry a series. Leachman takes Mary's most self-absorbed neighbor to San Francisco; neurosis leads, no Mary Richards safety net in sight. Keep s01e02 on the board as the turn — Bess, Is You a Woman Now? is the daughter hour as a title dare. Physical comedy as contact sport, vanity included: MTM timing without the WJM newsroom to hide behind. Leave s01e16 as extra filing if you want the run to prove it held: The $17,623,419.53 Man is a precise-dollar title on a vanity sitcom. Leachman still the whole instrument: spin-off craft that lives on a take, not a catchphrase.

On TV Flash she is the bounce. A supporting comic carrying a series on timing needed a household. We file Rose as 1970s ensemble craft: the Dexter who made a spin-off photograph as a family, still the reason Phyllis has someone to horrify besides the audience.