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Valerie Bertinelli Says Her ‘One Day at a Time’ Mom Bonnie Franklin ‘Sent Me to a Therapist’ When She Turned 20: ‘I Was Struggling’
Valerie Bertinelli says her 'One Day at a Time' mom Bonnie Franklin 'sent me to a therapist' while shooting the 1975 sitcom.
The familial relationship between Valerie Bertinelli and her TV mom, Bonnie Franklin, extended past what happened on the set of “One Day at a Time.” During a recent appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Bertinelli, who was just 15 when she joined “One Day at a Time,” said that Franklin, who died in 2013 at 69, helped her find aid for her declining mental health while shooting the 1975 sitcom. Starring Franklin, Bertinelli, Pat Harrington Jr. and Mackenzie Phillips, the show followed the “misadventures of a divorced mother, her family and their building superintendent in Indianapolis,” per the official logline.
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