It’s been a long time since Patty McCormack became a sensation—and a star—playing the title role in The Bad Seed on Broadway and then in Hollywood, but it’s still a calling card. Her talent has taken her from soap operas to sitcoms and The Sopranos. She’s onscreen again in Stop Time, happy to be working but content to live outside the spotlight. Leonard and Jessie got to know her when she found rewarding work at a local bookstore and were happy to get reacquainted for this week’s podcast.

Jobeth Williams is part of our communal moviegoing experience. She’s in such milestone films as Kramer vs. Kramer, Poltergeist, and The Big Chill and has scores of television shows and miniseries under her belt, including Adam and The Day After. She costars in the recently released Not Without Hope, now available on VOD. She spent many years involved with the Screen Actors Guild Foundation and has earned an emeritus title for her willingness to give back to her fellow performers. Jessie knows and loves her best for her appearance in Jungle 2 Jungle, which was directed by her husband, John Pasquin.

To untold millions of people she will always be bright-eyed Jane Banks in the original Mary Poppins (1964). The real-life Karen Dotrice is the mother of three who grew up in a show-business family. Her father Roy was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and her godfather was Charles Laughton! Luckily for us, Karen cherishes the memory of making Poppins and has especially fond recollections of Walt Disney, who lavished personal attention on her and her family while they were in Los Angeles. Jessie and Leonard were tickled pink to engage in conversation with a woman they’ve known and admired for years. (Karen even attended Jessie’s bat mitzvah!) This interview first aired in 2022.