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| + | |occupation = Talent agent |
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| + | |affiliations = [[KACL]] |
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| + | |romances = [[Frasier Crane]] (fling) |
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| + | |family = Unnamed daughter |
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| + | |actor = [[Harriet Sansom Harris]] |
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| + | |first = [[Selling Out]] |
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| + | |last = [[Goodnight, Seattle: Part 2]] |
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| + | }}{{Quote|Lady Macbeth without the sincerity|Niles describing Bebe to Frasier|Agents In America: Part 3}}'''Bebe Glazer''' is a recurring character on NBC series [[Frasier]]. She is portrayed by [[Harriet Sansom Harris]]. |
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| + | Bebe is a Seattle talent agent who represents [[Frasier Crane|Frasier]]. Bebe Glazer used to be the agent of [[Bob Briscoe|Bulldog]]. Bebe is essentially the series [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles Mephistopheles], repeatedly offering Frasier all sorts of material advantages if he will compromise his ethical standards, although her name perhaps leans more towards [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beelzebub Beelzebub]. |
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| − | Almost nothing is known about Bebe's background. A successful talent agent, Bebe decided on the career after considering going into nursing. Of indeterminate age (she has had plastic surgery), Bebe has a middle-aged son ("Goodnight Seattle") and a daughter at Stanford University. She and Frasier meet because she represents his KACL colleague, [[Bob Briscoe|Bulldog Briscoe]]. She also eventually represents Frasier's producer [[Roz Doyle]]. |
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| + | When she insinuated herself as Frasier's agent, she encouraged him to become more open in choosing media options, including television. He declined an offer to advertise Emery's Nuts, something he didn't like in the first place. (''[[Selling Out]]'') |
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| + | She announced Frasier's nomination for a [[Ceebiee|SeaBee]] Award, claiming it was the next step in his career and would boost publicity. (''[[And The Whimper Is...]]'') |
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| − | She is a chain smoker, aggressive and unscrupulous, melodramatic, haughty, emotionally manipulative, duplicitous, and abusive. She will go to extreme measures for her clients, and has been known to use bribery and blackmail, and even the killing of animals (and possibly people) to achieve her aims (in "The Zoo Story", Bebe is implied to have killed a Whooping Crane that was causing bad publicity for Frasier; when Frasier asked if there's any chance she wasn't involved, she evasively replies that "there's always a chance"). She once feigned a suicide attempt ("Agents In America Part III") during Frasier's contract negotiations to secure him a higher salary. |
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| − | Bebe is frequently abusive to subordinates, shouting at service staff, ordering around [[Daphne Moon Crane]], and publicly berating her secretary (Bebe's mother, played by Kathryn Jootsen). Her ethics have been said to be able to "raise eyebrows in the court of Caligula." |
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| − | Frasier's brother [[Niles Crane|Niles]] has described Bebe as "Lady Macbeth without the sincerity". Frasier himself describes her as having "no scruples, no ethics, and no reflection." Frasier and his family often liken her to Satan (Frasier has stated that "She doesn't worship Satan; he worships ''her''!"), or to Frasier's ex-wife, Lillith; Bebe often appears immediately after a reference to evil or demons. For example, in the episode "Goodnight, Seattle", in the midst of a heat wave during Martin's wedding, Frasier says, "It's like the ninth circle of Hell in here!" Moments later, Bebe walks in and remarks, "Do you love this weather, or what?" |
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| − | Although Frasier is often distraught by Bebe's complete lack of principles, he is loath to let her go because of the substantial salary and perks she has negotiated for him over the years. |
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| − | Bebe appears to be conscious of her own lack of ethics, as she once told Frasier that she had to choose between being a good person and being a good agent, "because believe me you can't be both". She is played by Harriet Sansom Harris. |
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Revision as of 20:38, 31 May 2021
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- Lady Macbeth without the sincerity
- —Niles describing Bebe to Frasier[src]
Bebe Glazer is a recurring character on NBC series Frasier. She is portrayed by Harriet Sansom Harris.
Character
Bebe is a Seattle talent agent who represents Frasier. Bebe Glazer used to be the agent of Bulldog. Bebe is essentially the series Mephistopheles, repeatedly offering Frasier all sorts of material advantages if he will compromise his ethical standards, although her name perhaps leans more towards Beelzebub.
Series arc
When she insinuated herself as Frasier's agent, she encouraged him to become more open in choosing media options, including television. He declined an offer to advertise Emery's Nuts, something he didn't like in the first place. (Selling Out)
She announced Frasier's nomination for a SeaBee Award, claiming it was the next step in his career and would boost publicity. (And The Whimper Is...)
Trivia
- She is a recurring character who appeared roughly once per season for each of the eleven seasons of Frasier (she appeared twice in the first season). Seasons six and eight are the only instances in which Bebe does not appear.