Bernadette

Instead, Stravinsky reused bits he had meant for the 1943 epic “The Song of Bernadette” in his war symphony.

The legal action was brought by two Chagossian women, Bernadette Dugasse and Bertrice Pompe.

"Like Bernadette and Bertrice, my dad was born on Diego Garcia. This is my heritage," she said.

But as a person with work troubles and a marriage that could get the better of him — Wendt’s own wife, Bernadette Birkett, supplied the voice for the off-screen Vera — he was also the vehicle for some of the show’s more dramatic, thoughtful passages.

He has been married to fellow actor Bernadette Birkett since 1978, with whom he has three children.