Invisible Mrs

[johntheplamf]

I know you never see Arfur Daly's Missus in Minder, how many other of these invisible wives are there?

[Rumford]

Yuu could include Dad's Army's Captain Mainwering's 'Elizabeth'.

[johntheplamf]

Just watched Frasier and wondered, do you ever see Niles wife??

[delboy3]

Relating to your next question, there's Mrs Columbo aswell

[johntheplamf]

Mrs Columbo??, That shady wee guy had a wife????

[OBonio]

Columbo was always referring to his wife when solving cases.

"And just as Lt. Columbo's wife was never seen [but often spoken about] in the original COLUMBO series, Lt. Columbo was never seen on MRS. COLUMBO."

[CT]

Yes, Niles' wife in Frasier never makes an appearance. Neither does Norm's wife in Cheers.

[ursula62]

Mrs Mainwering did appear in one episode of Dad's army. It was the episode set in their Anderson Shelter. But she didn't have any lines to say!

[andy hughes]

This is a guess because I've never watched them - what about Rumpole's "She Who Must Be Obeyed"?

[LeMarchand]

But Mrs Columbo got her own series!

[Quizmonkey]

An invisible husband: Karen's husband Stanley in Will & Grace (but you do see his foot in one episode).

[jenstar]

Inevitably, Wikipedia has a list. Wikipedia rocks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unseen_characters

[soozmac]

I can't remember which wife it is, either Norma in Cheers or Meris in Frasier, but one of them is shown once from the back and gets a pie in the face.