Bishop and Herrmann played husband and wife on the series for eight years. Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann were quite close while filming Gilmore Girls together from 2000 to 2007, even sharing a trailer.

Gilmore Girls star Kelly Bishop exclusively spoke to E! News about her time on the show working closely with Ed Herrmann, who played her on-screen husband.

Bishop, who is best known for her role as the Gilmore family matriarch, wrote her new memoir “The Third Gilmore Girl” after encouragement from the show’s creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, who also wrote the foreword.

Known for her role as matriarch Emily Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls," Kelly Bishop told "CBS Mornings" she loves to play controversial characters.

Actror Kelly Bishop reveals details about her time on "Gilmore Girls" in her new autobiography, "The Third Gilmore Girl."

Bishop recalls in her new memoir, The Third Gilmore Girl, that she was one of very few people who were asked to come and “say goodbye to Ed” by his wife, Star. (Herrmann died in December 2014 after battling brain cancer. He was 71.)