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Jackée Harry Reveals Why She Never Wanted to Do Sitcoms (Exclusive)

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Jackée Harry is a legendary sitcom star — thanks to her iconic roles on and -- but as it turns out, the actress originally had her sights set on a much different career path!Harry sat down with Nischelle Turner as part of ET's celebration of Iconic TV Moms this Mother's Day — «I'll take icon,» she quipped -- where she revealed that she originally wanted nothing to do with comedic roles, having gotten her start in serious theater.«I wanted to do drama… I wanted to win an Oscar, to tell you the truth, that's how I thought of myself in those days,» she recalled with a laugh. «I really thought of myself as being all that and a bag of chips.»Even after landing her breakout role as nosy neighbor Sandra Clark on, Harry remembered, she still didn't think sitcoms were for her.«I didn't intend to be out here in L.A.

for longer than seven shows,» she said of the series' initial run. «I had a very successful career going in New York, and I wanted to go back and get to my life.

But as soon as I started rehearsals, they stopped the cameras and cut. I thought I was fired, and I said, 'Oh god, good, I get to go home.'»«But Brandon Tartikoff, the late, great Brandon Tartikoff, the head of NBC programming, said, 'No we have to sign you to a full five-year contract,'» she added. «A lot of people don't believe me, but I really did not want to do it, 'cause I didn't wanna be funny.

I said, if I'm funny, then I'll never go back to what I really wanna be, which is a dramatic actress.»Ultimately, 's popularity was too much to deny, and Harry stayed on as a regular for four years before becoming a recurring cast member in the fifth and final season.

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