Roz Doyle
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| Rosalinda Doyle | |
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| Born | 1961, Bloomer, Wisconsin, United States |
| Occupation | Radio Show Producer |
Rosalinda "Roz" Doyle is a fictional character on the American television sitcom Frasier. She is played by Peri Gilpin. Lisa Kudrow was originally slated to play the character.
Roz is the producer of Frasier Crane's Dr. Frasier Crane Show on KACL 780AM. Although initially reluctant to take the job (it is revealed in a flash-back that Roz tries on several occasions to switch to another show early in her career with Frasier), she and Frasier soon become firm friends.
The character is named as a tribute to a producer of Wings (a show created by the creators of Frasier), who died from breast cancer in 1991.
In the Season 11 episode, Crock Tales it is revealed that her birthday is the 5th May coinciding with Cinco de Mayo.
[edit] Background and role in the series
Roz was born in Bloomer, Wisconsin. Her mother Joanna was a longtime politician there and served as Attorney General. She has one sibling, a sister, Denise, with whom she has a very competitive relationship. Roz's parents are divorced although she has good relationships with both of them. Her grandmother was born in Ireland. Frustrated with small-town Wisconsin, Roz moved to Seattle as an adult.
She is an attractive woman with a euphonous voice who has no shame about her promiscuity, which is the butt of many jokes and snide remarks, especially from Frasier's brother Niles. During the show's run, Roz is often worried about her appearance as she ages and worries that she will never fall in love and get married. She has several brief flings with co-workers, including Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe (much to her later regret). On one occasion, she even sleeps with Frasier, but while they are mutually attracted, they agree their relationship works best as friends. Roz also is lusted after by co-worker Noel Shempsky, although the feeling is not mutual by any means.
Early in the series, Roz and Frasier have a rather strained relationship. But as the show goes on, they become extremely close, often consoling each other through hard times. Nevertheless, the teasing, sardonic element continues through their friendship.
Roz has a constantly antagonistic relationship with Frasier's brother, Niles; she teases him about his effete mannerisms and snobbery, while he teases her about her abundance of partners. Their mutual bickering fades gradually as the series progresses and they become more friendly, although it never completely vanishes.
Soon after her break up with Roger, a sanitation worker, she and Frasier eventually engaged in sexual activity in his apartment. She, as opposed to Frasier, was far less concerned on how that development would adversely affect their strong friendship.
Roz is closer to Frasier's father Martin. She is the only regular character to address him as Marty. While Frasier and Niles are interested in high culture, Roz and Martin share a more down-to-earth view of life, and grow close over the series. Roz is often invited to join Martin's poker games, which his own sons are not.
Roz is also close to Martin's physical therapist Daphne Moon, due to the fact that they are the only two women who were constant in the Crane men's lives.
In the 1997-1998 season, Roz becomes pregnant after a brief romance with 20-year-old Rick Garrett, a waiter at Cafe Nervosa, and has a daughter, Alice May Doyle, the following year. Roz is horrified when she meets Rick's parents and discovers they have huge noses; since Roz had her own anatomical peculiarities growing up (she had her ears pinned and had a lazy eye), she is very worried their child will be hideous. After Alice is born, Bulldog often babysits her.
In the show's final episode, Roz becomes station manager of KACL after the previous manager, Kenny Daly, decides to become a DJ again.
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