She was one of those supporting actresses that I love, the ones whose names I remember.
Wendie Jo Sperber died on Tuesday after an eight-year battle with breast cancer.
I first saw her — like many people — in the short-lived sitcom Bosom Buddies, where she played the kind of character she became expert at: a combination of New York broad and what would later come to be known as “fag hag” sensibility. I would love to have had her as my fag hag.
She also appeared in the Back to the Future movies as Marty’s sister; in Murphy Brown as a breast cancer survivor; and Will & Grace. She was also the founder of weSPARK Cancer Support Center — an organization that supports people and families fighting cancer.
