#JuliaDuffy, best known for starring as Stephanie Vanderkellen on the hit CBS series #Newhart, said she’s frustrated with how TV and film writers are penning older, female characters as their age – instead of who they are as a person. “You have to write the person and not the type, and it is very disappointing to me how much even younger writers seem to be writing ‘Aunt B’ or something when they write an older person and not an individual,” Duffy said. “I hope they’re listening, and I know you have the talent to do it. Make that a real person.” At the time, Duffy was responding to podcast host Steve Kmetko’s ask whether “aging in Hollywood” has impacted her, to which she sarcastically replied: “Oh, not at all, Steve. It’s been fine.” Link in bio for more.