''Daddy's Girls'' is an American television

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created by

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and

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, that aired on

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from September 21 to October 12, 1994.

Overview

The series followed Dudley Walker (

Dudley Moore Dudley Stuart John Moore CBE (19 April 193527 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer. Moore first came to prominence in the UK as a leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He was one of the four writ ...

), the owner of a New York fashion house who loses his wife and his business partner when, after a years-long secret affair, they run off together leaving him as the primary caretaker to his three daughters. The series is notable as the first in which a gay principal character was played by an openly gay actor.

Harvey Fierstein Harvey Forbes Fierstein ( ; born June 6, 1952) is an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for his theater work in '' Torch Song Trilogy'' and '' Hairspray'' and movie roles in '' Mrs. Doubtfire'', ''Independence Day'', an ...

played Dennis Sinclair, a high-strung designer at Walker's firm. The series was critically panned, and was placed "on hiatus" after only three episodes had aired. This was Moore's penultimate on-screen job and his last regular television series. He later attributed his difficulties during the production of the show to the early stages of

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, the disease that ultimately led to his death in 2002.

Cast

as Dudley Walker *

as Dennis Sinclair *

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as Amy Walker *

Meredith Scott Lynn Meredith Scott Lynn (born March 8, 1970) is an American actress, producer, and director, best known as Anne in ‘’Days of Our Lives’’ (2012-2017). Early life Lynn's mother is a former teacher. Lynn attended the High School of Perform ...

as Samantha Walker *

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as Phoebe Walker *

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as Scar *

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as Lenny

Episodes

Reception

Although Fierstein earned praise for his performance, ''Daddy's Girls'' was hated by critics. '' New York'' magazine called the series "Despised, reviled." ''

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'', somewhat prophetically, found Moore to be "wan and confused". ''

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'' could only say that "''Daddy's Girls'' isn't horrendously bad" but somewhat prophetically predicted that it would not last until Christmas.

References

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External links

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American LGBT-related sitcoms 1990s American LGBT-related comedy television series 1990s American sitcoms 1994 American television series debuts 1994 American television series endings CBS original programming Television series by Warner Bros. Television Studios Television shows set in Los Angeles