Pregnant TV Characters

22 Ways TV Shows Bared or Covered Pregnant Bellies

April 30, 2012

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Marcia Cross

Marcia Cross's pregnancy with twins Eden and Savannah was written into her Desperate Housewives character's story as a pregnancy hoax.

Photo courtesy of ABC

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by Rebecca M Gruber 4

Marcia Cross

Marcia Cross's pregnancy with twins Eden and Savannah was written into her Desperate Housewives character's story as a pregnancy hoax.

Photo courtesy of ABC

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4 Comments

Assistant Community Manager 1 year 2 weeks

Such a fun slideshow! In some of these cases I didn't even know the actress was pregnant! I love that 30Rock's producer said, "no child should have Jenna Maroney for a mother." - Hilarious! (... and true.)

2 years 16 weeks

Phylicia Rashad, who played Clair Huxtable on the 'Cosby Show' became pregnant and it was not written into the storyline for the show. The kitchen table and island was raised to cover her growing belly, along with using props and loose clothing. On a blooper reel of the Cosby Show, Bill Cosby jokes, "What are we gonna use next... a car in the kitchen to hide her belly?!" Funny!

Annie Scudder 2 years 17 weeks

Fun slideshow!

rossy 3 years 27 weeks

If I remember correctly - For "I Love Lucy", CBS wouldn't allow the word "pregnant" to be used, so "expecting" was used instead. Don't know why, but it was a bad word back then... or something silly like that. - Remember, this was an era of black&white TV with shows where married couples NEVER "slept" in the same bed (if shown) but in single beds spaced far apart. - How times change...