I had a lot of time out there, by myself, especially when I first moved out. I have almost no interest in acquiring things. Eventually, they own you and they tie you down and I want to be free.
Barbara certainly kept busy during the Get Smart years. On the big screen, in she had uncredited roles in the Caprice and Point Blank , and costarred with Dick Van Dyke in Fitzwilly , about a butler and staff of an aged philanthropist who will do anything they can — legal or not — to help raise funds for her charitable activities. She was playing a version of herself: a beautiful, sensual, highly-intelligent woman with a strong moral compass and a loving heart.
Get Smart came to an end in after five seasons and episodes. In a interview with The Los Angeles Times , Barbara described being free of a series as playtime. Sampling the whole smorgasbord. You know the plateaus in your life when you reach a point where you have to climb into a new era of your life? Another chapter? As a child, I wanted to be a boy.
Tarzan was my idol. I swung from trees and yelled a lot. One thing she was not interested in was another series, particularly given what she felt was the limited vision of those offering her jobs. But can television change?
Does it have to go on doing the same thing it always did? Is it ready for the liberated woman? What I mean is that after Get Smart I was offered three series and all of them were 99 all over again. The little wind-up lady, the mechanical doll programmed to react to Max. I want to play a flesh and blood woman. But is there room for more?
It makes sense, the original show still holds up, and the concept of goofy super spies always seems to hit audience in the funny bone. After appearing in a few different versions of the series Feldon hung up her spy outfit. When a film adaptation of the show was in production - featuring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway - Feldon turned down an offer to make an appearance.
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Although her acting career slowed down significantly since Get Smart, Feldon continued to do voiceovers for commercials and guest star on TV shows.
Feldon also hosted an entertainment news show called Special Edition in A short-lived attempt at a remake of Get Smart by the same name aired in in which Feldon appeared in five episodes opposite Andy Dick. The Fox Network series was not received well and lasted only seven episodes. The book detailed her divorce with Lucien Feldon, the end of her long relationship with Burt Nodella in , and her single life afterwards.
Feldon's struggles and triumphs in finding peace in a single lifestyle ultimately encouraged readers to stop seeing single life as inferior to marriage, and to "stop believing that marriage is the solution to loneliness. The book features various influential figures' stories about their biggest regret and what they learned from the experience. Feldon's biggest regret was putting off thanking her sixth grade teacher for influencing her so greatly.
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