Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis’s portrayal of Donna Berzatto, the alcoholic and emotionally volatile family matriarch, will go down in history as one of the best guest appearances of any show. The amazing thing is she was able to keep it a secret until the episode “Fishes” aired in Season 2.
“None of us said a word to anyone—not our families, not our friends, no one,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “They changed the name on the buses, the vans—the call sheets didn’t have our names on them. We flew to Chicago. There was no connection back to the show. There was no word Bear anywhere near me. I stayed at a hotel, the hotel didn’t know who was paying for my room. It was a secret until the day it dropped.”


















