I Married Dora 

A widowed white collar professional marries his Hispanic housekeeper so she will not be deported. They had to do everything to keep everyone from discovering the truth.

Creator:

Michael Leeson

Stars:

Elizabeth Peña, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Sanford Jensen

2 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Elizabeth Peña	...	Dora Calderon 13 episodes, 1987-1988
Daniel Hugh Kelly	...	Peter Farrell 13 episodes, 1987-1988
Sanford Jensen	...	Dolf Menninger 13 episodes, 1987-1988
Juliette Lewis	...	Kate Farrell 13 episodes, 1987-1988
Jason Horst	...	Will Farrell 13 episodes, 1987-1988
Henry Jones	...	Hughes Whitney Lennox 13 episodes, 1987-1988

Storyline

A widowed white collar professional marries his Hispanic housekeeper so she will not be deported. They had to do everything to keep everyone from discovering the truth.

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Plot Keywords:

character name in series title | forename in series title | three word series title | housekeeper | hispanic | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

About halfway through the October 16th, 1987 broadcast of "I Married Dora", ABC News broke in with live coverage of the rescue of "Baby Jessica". She had captured the hearts and attention of the entire nation after having fallen into and becoming trapped in a deep hole in her home town of Midland, Texas. The balance of the episode was never seen by the home audience.

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Quotes

Kate Farrell: [reading a speech assignment for her class] Values, by Kate Farrell. What's important to me is the classic and everlasting music of the Beastie Boys and having really thick hair. Thank you.

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Connections

Referenced in You Don't Know Jack: Television (1997)

User Reviews

Funny Show with a memorable final scene.

"I Remember Dora" was one of those great shows that nobody watched. Elizabeth Pena was funny and beautiful. I also remember the last episode having an extremely jarring ending. It had one of the characters leaving the family to take a job in another country. He goes through the door to the plane, leaving the family in tears. He comes back a moment later. "what's wrong?", he is asked. "It was canceled," he replies. "What, the flight?" "No, our series!" At which point the camera pulls back, revealing the sets, lights and crew, and everyone turned and waved good-bye to the camera. I was 13 and remember this being EXTREMELY disturbing, but a brave wink to the few fans the show had.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 1987 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Reeves Entertainment Group, Welladay Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1