Geena Reveals All … About Her Emmy Dress

September 15, 2000 -- If you were cringing on behalf of overexposed star Geena Davis, whose too-sheer Emmy dress (and lack of undergarments) left nothing to the imagination at Sunday night's ceremony, you're certainly not alone.

One person not cringing, however, is Geena herself, who tells syndicated columnist Liz Smith that the dress's transparency was no accident.

"I loved my dress! I was very happy with it," says the tall redhead. Geena called Smith to dissuade speculation that she'd had no idea how the dress would appear to vanish under those hot stage lights. "Oh, no. I tried the dress on every which way," she tells the columnist, "I knew the effect. Pamela Dennis did it and I wore it just the way she had planned it. And I had the best time! I'd never been to the Emmys, and it was so glamorous."

Of course, this extensive Geena coverage (the post-Emmys publicity, silly, not her might-as-well-not-be-there dress) gives her a chance to plug her upcoming ABC sitcom, named, appropriately enough, The Geena Davis Show.

"It has been so much fun. I had no idea I would enjoy doing television like this. We have five shows in the can and I am ready to go," says the Oscar-winner-turned-archer-turned-sitcom-star.