Video U
September, 1987
When most of the characters in your series are big-time lawyers--with all the personality shortcomings known to the profession--how do you honor a sense of compassion? For the producers of L.A. Law, one answer is Susan Ruttan, who plays Roxanne, the loyal and slightly dowdy secretary who works for Arnie Becker, the womanizing divorce attorney. "Roxanne is there for the viewers as the eye, the observer in the office," says Ruttan. "She looks at these people and makes it apparent wh...
