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Billie Frank (Rude Awakening)
Wilhelmina "Billie" Frank is a fictional character, played by Sherilyn Fenn on the US television sitcom, '' Rude Awakening'', originally run by Showtime from 1998 to 2001. One of the show's taglines describe the character of Billie as: "Rude. Bitchy. Promiscuous. And those are her good qualities."; in fact many gags of the show are based on Billie's bad attitudes. Despite this, however, she often proves to possess some good qualities, such as affection for family and friends, as well as being more significant than might at first sight seem. Biography Billie Frank was inspired by executive producer/creator Claudia Lonow's experience. Billie is an alcoholic has-been ex-soap actress who struggles with her self-destructive habits. She became famous playing the part of Diana Gateway in the fictional daytime soap "Emerald Bluff" in the 1980s. She was born in 1965, and has a complicated relationship with her nymphomaniac mother, Trudy Franks (Lynn Redgrave), who is resistant to the id ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rude Awakening (TV Series)
''Rude Awakening'' is an American television sitcom series created by Claudia Lonow, that aired on Showtime over fifty-five 22-minute episodes spanning three seasons from August 1, 1998 to February 15, 2001. Story ''Rude Awakening'' tells the story of Billie Frank, an out of work alcoholic ex-soap-opera actress. She tries to go sober and become a writer but continues to struggle with her self-destructive habits. The show depicts her relations with other members of Addictions Anonymous, her neighbor Dave, and her mother, Trudy. Episodes Cast Main * Sherilyn Fenn as Billie Frank * Lynn Redgrave as Trudy Frank * Jonathan Penner as Dave Parelli * Rain Pryor as Jackie Garcia (seasons 1–2) * Roger E. Mosley as Milton "Milt" Johnson (season 2) * Mario Van Peebles as Marcus Adams (season 3) Recurring * Paul Ben-Victor as Carl * Corinne Bohrer as Tish Frank * Dan Finnerty as Joe the Bartender * Tom Gallop as Jerry Frank * Jason Graae as Chad * Richard Lewis as Harve Schwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherilyn Fenn
Sherilyn Fenn (born Sheryl Ann Fenn; February 1, 1965) is an American actress. She played Audrey Horne on the television series ''Twin Peaks'' (1990–1991, 2017) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. She also had film roles in '' Wild at Heart'' (1990), ''Of Mice and Men'' (1992), '' Boxing Helena'' (1993) and '' The United States of Leland'' (2003) and appeared in the television series '' Rude Awakening'' (1998–2001), '' Shameless'' (2016), and '' Shining Vale'' (2022). Early life Fenn was born Sheryl Ann Fenn on February 1, 1965, in Detroit, Michigan. She comes from a family of musicians: her mother is keyboard player Arlene Quatro, her aunt is singer Suzi Quatro, and her grandfather, Art Quatro, was a jazz musician. Her father, Leo Fenn, managed rock bands including Suzi Quatro's The Pleasure Seekers, Alice Cooper, and The Billion Dollar Babies. Fenn is of Italian and Hungarian descent on her mother's side, and Irish and French des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 2 - Lee P. Brown is sworn in as the first black mayor of Houston. * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 15 – U.N. peacekeepers return Eastern Slavonia to Croatian control; 80,000 displaced Croatians begin returning home, while 60,000 Serbs begin vacating the region. The area will remain under UNPSG supervision until October. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. * January 21 - Pope John Paul II be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
