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Julie Piekarski
Julie Ann Piekarski (born January 2, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ann Weaver on '' The Facts of Life''. Piekarski got her first big break in show business as a Mouseketeer on ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'' in 1977. After gaining popularity working for Disney, she was cast as Sue Ann Weaver as an original cast member of '' The Facts of Life'' from 1979–1981. When the network decided to retool the show, Piekarski and several other members of the original cast were let go. She appeared as her character occasionally over the next couple of seasons and in a reunion episode in 1986. She went on to appear in several television shows, mainly making guest appearances, most notably on ''Diff'rent Strokes'', '' General Hospital'', ''Quincy, M.E.'', and ''Three's Company''. After a brief stint as an entertainment reporter on KPLR-TV KPLR-TV (channel 11) is a television station in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, airing programm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Facts Of Life (TV Series)
''The Facts of Life'' is an American television sitcom created by Dick Clair and Jenna McMahon and a spin-off of '' Diff'rent Strokes'' that originally aired on NBC from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it one of the longest-running sitcoms of the 1980s. The series focuses on Edna Garrett ( Charlotte Rae), as she becomes a housemother (and from the second season onward, a dietitian as well) at the fictional Eastland School, an all-girls boarding school in Peekskill, New York. Plot Season 1 A spin-off of '' Diff'rent Strokes'', the series featured the Drummonds' former housekeeper Edna Garrett ( Charlotte Rae) becoming the housemother of a dormitory at Eastland School, a private all-girls school in Peekskill, New York. The girls in her care included spoiled rich girl Blair Warner ( Lisa Whelchel); the youngest, gossipy Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey ( Kim Fields) and impressionable Natalie Green ( Mindy Cohn). The pilot for the show was originally aired as the last episode ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Of Times (1981 Film)
''The Best of Times'' is a 1981 television pilot episode directed by Don Mischer that was never picked up as a series. It marked the acting debuts of Nicolas Cage and Crispin Glover. Plot A variety show about life as a teenager as seen through the eyes of eight actual teenagers (Crispin, Julie, Jill, Nicolas, Kevin, Lisa, David and Janet) who perform skits, songs and dances that relate their views between childhood and adulthood. Cast *Crispin Glover as Crispin *Jill Schoelen as Jill *Nicolas Cage as Nicolas (credited as Nicolas Coppola) *Julie Piekarski as Julie *Kevin Cortes as Kevin *Lisa Hope Ross as Lisa * David Rambo as David *Janet Robin as Janet *Jackie Mason Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; yi, יעקב משה מזא; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. His 1986 one-man show ''The World According to Me!'' won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Cir ... as Mr. O'Reilly *Betty Glover as Crispin's Mother External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouseketeers
''The Mickey Mouse Club'' is an American variety television show that aired intermittently from 1955 to 1996 and returned to social media in 2017. Created by Walt Disney and produced by Walt Disney Productions, the program was first televised for four seasons, from 1955 to 1959, by ABC. This original run featured a regular, but ever-changing cast of mostly teen performers. ABC broadcast reruns weekday afternoons during the 1958–1959 season, airing right after ''American Bandstand''. The show was revived three times after its initial 1955–1959 run on ABC, first from 1977 to 1979 for first-run syndication as ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'', then from 1989 to 1996 as ''The All-New Mickey Mouse Club'' (also known to fans as ''MMC'' from 1993 to 1996) airing exclusively on cable television's The Disney Channel, and again in 2017 with the moniker ''Club Mickey Mouse'' airing exclusively on internet social media. It ended in 2018. The character of Mickey Mouse appeared in every sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Television Actresses
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American Child Actresses
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Socc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Ringwald
Molly Kathleen Ringwald (born February 18, 1968) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom '' The Facts of Life'' (1979–80) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical '' Annie''. She and several other members of the original ''Facts of Life'' cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network. She subsequently made her motion-picture debut as Miranda in the independent film ''Tempest'' (1982), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. Ringwald is known for her collaborations with filmmaker John Hughes. She established herself as a teen icon after appearing in the successful Hughes films ''Sixteen Candles'' (1984), ''The Breakfast Club'' (1985), and '' Pretty in Pink'' (1986). She later starred in '' The Pick-up Artist'' (1987), '' Fresh Horses'' (1988), and '' For Keeps'' (1988). She starred in many films in the 1990s, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Anne Haddock
Julie Anne Haddock (born April 3, 1965, Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, music executive and producer. Career Becoming a child actress at the age of ten, Haddock is perhaps best known for her role as tomboy Cindy Webster on the first season of the NBC television series '' The Facts of Life''. She is also known for her appearance on the ''Wonder Woman'' television series as the superpowered girl Amadonna in the episode "The Girl from Ilandia" and as Robert Duvall's daughter in the movie ''The Great Santini''. She also appeared in the main cast of two NBC series that were both cancelled mid-season of their first year: in 1977, she played Melinda Mulligan, the daughter of Lawrence Pressman and Elinor Donahue, on the ''Mulligan's Stew''; in 1983 she appeared on ''Boone'', starring Tom Byrd. She also appeared in an episode of ''Little House on the Prairie'', as Amelia Bevins. In 2008, Haddock, along with Molly Ringwald, Felice Schachter, and Julie Piekarski, was no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felice Schachter
Felice Schachter (born November 17, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Nancy Olson on '' The Facts of Life'' and Bernadette in the cult teen comedy '' Zapped!''. Early life and career Schachter was born in New York City, the daughter of Suzanne Schachter (''née'' Mokotoff), a theatrical manager, and Alex Schachter, a real estate developer and accountant. She has two younger sisters. Schachter's mother, the founder of Suzelle Enterprises, helped her get her start at the age of four months, when she appeared on the cover of ''American Baby'' magazine.(March 20, 1980) Felice Schachter: A Veteran at Age 16 ''The Hour (newspaper)'', Retrieved December 15, 2010 By 1982, Schachter had done over 100 TV commercials, including Ivory Snow, Pampers, Downy, Baby Alive, and Jordache Jeans. Schachter started her show business career in 1975, appearing in an off-Broadway production of '' The Innocents'', and later in ''Time Again''. She later danced in productio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Land Awards
The TV Land Icon Awards was an American television awards ceremony that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with the Emmys. Created by Executive Producer Michael Levitt, the awards were hosted and broadcast by the TV Land network from 2003–2012 and then returned to the air in 2015 and 2016. No TV Land awards show was scheduled for the spring of 2017, there has been no word since on whether the Awards will ever return. Awards are given in various categories (which change slightly from year to year) and originally included awards voted on by visitors to TV Land's website; they are given to both individual actors/actresses and to entire television series. The TV Land Award statuettes are made by New York firm, Society Awards. In March 2013, TV Land TV Land is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its networks division. Originally a spinoff of Nick at Nite consisting exclusively of classic televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
