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Barrie Youngfellow
Barrie Youngfellow Freed (born Barrie Sarah Rivchun; October 22, 1946 – March 28, 2022) was an American actress. She was the wife of stage and screen actor Sam Freed. Career Youngfellow was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and began her career there in stage productions of ''Peter Pan''. She appeared in a small role in a 1973 episode of '' The New Temperatures Rising Show''. She appeared as a guest in episodes of numerous American television shows of the 1970s and 1980s, including ''Emergency!'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', ''Fernwood 2 Night'', ''WKRP in Cincinnati'', ''Barney Miller'', ''The Jeffersons'' and ''Three's Company''. She also starred in numerous films and made-for-TV movies including '' Nightmare in Blood'' (1978), ''Vampire'' (1979), '' It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'' (1984), '' The Lady from Yesterday'' (1985) and '' The Scarlett O'Hara War'' (1980), in which she portrayed Joan Crawford. Youngfellow is perhaps best known for her role as sharp-tongued and sarcas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania state border. Cleveland is the most populous city on Lake Erie, the second-most populous city in Ohio, and the 53rd-most populous city in the U.S. with a population of 372,624 in 2020. The city anchors the Cleveland metropolitan area, the 33rd-largest in the U.S. at 2.18 million residents, as well as the larger Cleveland– Akron– Canton combined statistical area with 3.63 million residents. Cleveland was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve in modern-day Northeast Ohio by General Moses Cleaveland, after whom the city was named. The city's location on the river and the lake shore allowed it to grow into a major commercial and industrial metropolis by the late 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lady From Yesterday
''The Lady from Yesterday'' is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by Robert Day and starring Wayne Rogers and Bonnie Bedelia.Anderson, Jon (May 14, 1985). "‘Lady from Yesterday’ is rescued by its cast". '' Chicago Tribune: Tempo''. p. 5. Plot A man who has a wife and two daughters has everything he ever wanted: money, power and a great career. But then one day, his life turned upside down when a woman he had an affair with and has never seen since his army days in Vietnam showed up. She called him and asked him to caretake her son due to the fact that she is dying. Now he's risking & fighting for everything just to convince his current family & boss to take him in. Cast * Wayne Rogers as Craig Weston * Bonnie Bedelia as Janet Weston * Pat Hingle as Jim Bartlett * Barrie Youngfellow as Rita Bartlett * Blue Deckert as Sam Horton * Bryan Price as Quan * Tina Chen Tina Chen (; born November 2, 1943) is a Chinese-American stage, film, and television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Law & Order (season 8)
The eighth season of the legal drama ''Law & Order'' aired on NBC from September 24, 1997, to May 20, 1998, and consisted of 24 episodes. Cast The cast of season 8 remained unchanged from season 7, for the first time in the show's history. Carey Lowell, who played Jamie Ross, left the series at the end of the 8th season but made a special guest appearance as a Defense Attorney in the 10th season episode "Justice" and the 11th season episode "School Daze", as well as going on to play Ross, who had become a judge, on '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury''. Carolyn McCormick as Dr. Elizabeth Olivet doesn't appear in this season, nor season 11 or 12. Main Recurring * J. K. Simmons as Dr. Emil Skoda Guest Stars * Richard Belzer as Detective John Munch John Munch is a fictional character played by actor Richard Belzer. Munch first appeared on the American police procedural, crime drama television series ''Homicide: Life on the Street'' on NBC. A regular through the entire run of the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayim Bialik
Mayim Chaya Bialik ( ; born December 12, 1975) is an American actress, author, and former game show host. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom ''Blossom (American TV series), Blossom''. From 2010 to 2019, she played neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', for which she was nominated four times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2015 and 2017. Bialik shared hosting duties of ''Jeopardy!'' with Ken Jennings on a rotating basis between August 2021 and December 2023. Early life and education Mayim Chaya Bialik was born on December 12, 1975, in San Diego, California, to Beverly (née Winkleman) and Barry Bialik. Her family were Jewish immigrants who lived in the Bronx, New York City. Three of her four grandparents migrated from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. After being r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blossom (American TV Series)
''Blossom'' is an American sitcom that aired for five seasons on NBC. Debuting as a pilot preview on July 5, 1990, it premiered as a mid-season replacement on January 3, 1991, and aired until May 22, 1995. Don Reo created the series, which starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager who lived with her father and two elder brothers. It was produced by Reo's Impact Zone Productions and Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television. Premise Blossom Russo, an Italian-American teenager, lives with her single father Nick in a male-dominated household that includes elder brothers Tony and Joey. In the beginning of the series, it is revealed Blossom's family is adjusting in the wake of their mother Maddy leaving to pursue her own life and career. Nick is a session musician who is frequently between gigs and tours, Tony is a recovering alcoholic and drug addict who eventually goes on to become a paramedic, and middle sibling Joey is a stereotypical " dumb jock" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Thomas (producer)
Charles Anthony Thomas ('' né'' Jacobs; born December 7, 1948) is an American television and film producer. He was a producer for the feature film '' Dead Poets Society'' for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1989, and ''Insomnia'', among other films. He is the producer of many successful television series from the 1970s into the 1990s such as ''The Golden Girls'' for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series twice and won three consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy. Thomas was the producer of ''Blossom'' and many other TV series. He is the co-founder of Witt/Thomas Productions. Early life and family Born Charles Anthony Jacobs in Hollywood, California, Thomas is the son of actor and philanthropist Danny Thomas and his wife, Rose Marie (Cassaniti) Thomas. His father was of Lebanese descent and his mother was of Italian descent. He is the younger brother of actresses Terre Tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Junger Witt
Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American film and television producer. He, with his partners Tony Thomas (producer), Tony Thomas and Susan Harris (also his wife), produced such television shows as ''Here Come the Brides'', ''The Partridge Family'', ''The Golden Girls'', ''Soap (TV series), Soap'', ''Benson (TV series), Benson'', ''It's a Living'', ''Empty Nest (TV series), Empty Nest'', and ''Blossom (American TV series), Blossom''. The majority of their shows have been produced by their company, Witt/Thomas Productions (alternately Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions), founded in 1975. Witt also produced the films ''Dead Poets Society'', ''Three Kings (1999 film), Three Kings'', ''Insomnia (2002 film), Insomnia'', and the made-for-TV movie ''Brian's Song''. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia. Personal life Witt married Ann McLaughlin with whom he had 3 children, Christopher, Anthony, and Genevieve. After their divorce, he married Susan Harr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Mercer
Marian Ethel Mercer (November 26, 1935 – April 27, 2011) was an American actress and singer. Career Born in Akron, Ohio, Mercer was the daughter of Samuel and Nellie Mercer. She graduated from the University of Michigan, then spent several seasons working in summer stock. She made her Broadway debut in the chorus of the short-lived musical, '' Greenwillow'' in 1960. She drew critical notice for her performance in ''New Faces of 1962'', and won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance, and the Theatre World Award for her performance as Marge MacDougall in '' Promises, Promises'' (1968). Additional theatre credits include ''Hay Fever'' and the short-lived 1978 revival of '' Stop the World – I Want to Get Off'' with Sammy Davis Jr. In 1979, she starred as Deirdre in '' Bosoms and Neglect''. Mercer was a regular on television, appearing in ''The Dom DeLuise Show'', ''The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters'', ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Kreppel
Paul Kreppel (born June 20, 1947) is an American actor and director. On television, he was best known as pianist Sonny Mann on the show ''It's a Living''. In his work as theater director-producer-creator, he received the 2007 Tony Award for '' Jay Johnson: The Two and Only''. Early life Kreppel was born in Kingston, New York, to Adele and Irv Kreppel. He later moved to Boston to attend Emerson College, and graduated with honors as a member of the Class of 1969. Career Kreppel started his acting career by starring in the improvisational theater group, "The Proposition," which included Jane Curtin, Josh Mostel, Judith Kahan, and Munson Hicks. When the group moved to New York, Kreppel began starring in off-Broadway plays, including ''Godspell'' and ''Tuscaloosa's Calling Me...'' While appearing at the New York Shakespeare Festival, he notably starred with Meryl Streep in the musical, ''Alice in Concert'', by Elizabeth Swados. Kreppel also performed in ''Agamemnon'' (as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Edwards
Gail Edwards is an American retired actress. She has appeared as Dot Higgins in American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''It's a Living (1980 TV series), It's a Living'', Sharon LeMeure in NBC's ''Blossom (American TV series), Blossom'', and Vicky Larson in ABC's ''Full House.'' Early life and education Edwards was raised in Coral Gables, Florida. Her father hung the curtain and lights while she choreographed, costumed, and starred in her own neighborhood musicals. In the sixth grade, Edwards played Little Mary in ''The Women (play), The Women'' at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Coconut Grove, Florida, where playwright George Abbott came backstage to single out her performance. Career Edwards wrote, produced, and starred in the off-Broadway musical ''Becoming''. It won the Miami Herald Critics’ Choice award three times before the musical debuted in New York. While in New York, Edwards signed with the LeMond/Zetter Management Group. Soon afterward, she landed the role of Sandy oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division of the Walt Disney Company. ABC is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building. The network maintains secondary offices at 77 66th Street (Manhattan), West 66th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, which houses its broadcast center and the headquarters of its news division, ABC News (United States), ABC News. Since 2007, when ABC Radio (also known as Cumulus Media Networks) was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC has reduced its broadcasting operations almost exclusively to television. The youngest of the "Big Three (American television), Big Three" American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
