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Was Lilith in Cheers named after this film's Lilith?


I think so, but does anyone have concrete proof?

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I think there's been a number of them to chose from but since this one had a PhD you can go with it.
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I always assumed that the Lilith in Cheers was named for Adam's first wife, and that this character was, as well.

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/lilith.html

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I've never seen Cheers but have watched most episodes of Frasier. I can sort of see the similarities between Helen Walker's Lilith and Cheers/Frasier's Lilith, especially when they first meet and she has her hair in an updo and was rather cold and stiff toward him. It kind of reminded me of Frasier's Lilith a bit. I didn't know that this film was that well-known and stumbled across it only by accident. If there is a connection, that'll be pretty awesome.

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