It true. In 2000, I earned $1,400 by portraying a woman in a 2000-2002 version of the quiz show, To Tell the Truth, hosted by John O'Hurley and starring Paula Poundstone.
Three sets of people all claim to be two women who are special. The panelists' job is to find out which pair of the three pairs are the real people and who is lying.
We played Lynne and Louise, two women who authored a book about being "Co-Mamas" Two women who had been married to the same man.
As amazing as it was, we got two votes, meaning that not only did the panelists think we were the women in question, but they also thought were both real women. When we revealed that I was not a woman at all, the audience and the panel members were amazed.
(The host and the real women knew.)
