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Hamilton initially debuted as the landlady in the seventh episode of Sanford and Son before being upgraded to Fred’s love interest.
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Round Corner has had a couple of flashes of notoriety over the decades: For a period of time in 1982, Dorothea Puente, the midtown landlady later convicted of killing three people, ran the bar’s kitchen, and one morning in March of 1986, a van crashed through the wall and into the bar.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
They are joined by Pulp Fiction star Maria de Medeiros as the bar’s eccentric landlady who stumbles in on their plotting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Vance was suggested for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz (who would often concoct schemes with the titular character) by director Marc Daniels.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 May 2025
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Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Round Corner has had a couple of flashes of notoriety over the decades: For a period of time in 1982, Dorothea Puente, the midtown landlady later convicted of killing three people, ran the bar’s kitchen, and one morning in March of 1986, a van crashed through the wall and into the bar.
—Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025
They are joined by Pulp Fiction star Maria de Medeiros as the bar’s eccentric landlady who stumbles in on their plotting.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 May 2025
Vance was suggested for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz (who would often concoct schemes with the titular character) by director Marc Daniels.
—Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 May 2025
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“Landlady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landlady. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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landlady
noun
land·la·dy
ˈlan-ˌ(d)lād-ē 
1
: a woman who owns land or houses that she rents
2
: a woman who runs an inn or rooming house
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