Dame Edna Everage is to become a permanent member of the cast of struggling American comedy Ally McBeal, it was revealed ... who played a woman who was "undateable".

Eventually, Portia de Rossi, Lucy Liu and Robert Downey Jr. would join the cast ... married to a woman who admits she hates Ally. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Ally McBeal is a David E.

Flockhart shot to mega-stardom in the late 1990s as the star of “Ally McBeal” about a quirky Boston lawyer with miniskirts and maxi-neuroses — a role she reprised at the Emmys in January.

And without her participation, there really is no Ally McBeal. The show, which premiered in 1997, became a cultural touchstone for hitting on hot topics facing career women from love to starting a ...