jerry reed played mel on the tv show alice.
who played mel on the tv show alice?
jerry reed
alice spivak hyatt (lavin) is an unemployed widow after her husband, donald, is killed in a trucking accident, and with her young son tommy (played by alfred lutter in the pilot episode, reprising his role from the film, but played by philip mckeon thereafter) heads from their new jersey home to los angeles so that she can pursue a singing career. her car breaks down on the way in phoenix (from a presumed engine fire, as seen in the opening credits), and we meet her soon after she has taken a job as a waitress at mel's diner, on the outskirts of phoenix. (the later seasons' exterior shots were of a real diner, named mel's, still in operation in phoenix.) alice works alongside mel sharples (vic tayback), the grouchy, stingy owner and cook of the greasy spoon, and fellow waitresses and friends, sassy, man-hungry florence jean "flo" castleberry (polly holliday), and neurotic, scatterbrained vera louise gorman (beth howland).
alice (tv series)
melissa "mel" lohan, played by jacqui purvis, made her first appearance on 25 january 2019. mel is chloe brennan's (april rose pengilly) former girlfriend, who producers introduced as part of an on-going exploration of chloe's background, bisexuality, and unrequited love story with elly conway (jodi anasta). the former couple had a bad break up, with pengilly explaining "when mel left chloe initially it was really vindictive and vengeful and she left her in a dangerous situation." mel was branded a "villain", "ruthless" and "sinister" by charlie milward of the "daily express", after he observed her efforts to secure a job with the robinson pines development. milward also said that paul robinson (stefan dennis) could be in danger, as mel begins to "stir up trouble". while bemoaning the show's tendency to have a "guest villain of the week", conor mcmullan of digital spy thought mel could have been "a great recurring character, or better yet a regular, but her unfortunate decision to commit arson might just get in the way of that." mcmullan also praised purvis, saying she played mel "brilliantly". the character departed on 4 march.
list of neighbours characters (2019)