[NYer]

BTW, the actress who portrayed Hathaway, the late Nancy Kulp, was a lesbian.

And, according to Wikipedia, Kulp ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Pennsylvania but was unsuccessful.

[Clemenza]

BTW, the actress who portrayed Hathaway, the late Nancy Kulp, was a lesbian...And, according to Wikipedia, Kulp ran for the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Pennsylvania but was unsuccessful.

Correct on both counts. The best thing to come out of Nancy Kulp's ill-fated run against Bud Shuster was Buddy Ebsen's pro-Shuster radio ads where, in his trademark Jed Clampett voice, he declared: "Nancy Kulp is REEEEEEEEEL Lib'ral."

She always struck me as resembling Bill Buckley in drag.