Renee Props (born February 15, 1962, in

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) is an American actress. She is best known for the role of Ellie Snyder on the CBS daytime soap opera ''

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'' which she played for four years. She is also known to ''

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'' fans as Lois in the sixth-season episode " The Race", and for the role of "Nicki" in the film ''

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'' with

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and

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. Her early break came with a starring role in the "Maigret en Arizona" episode of the French television series '' Les Enquêtes du Commissaire Maigret'', and a couple of years later with

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placing her in his 1985 film ''Weird Science''. Props has guest-starred on the TV shows ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Facts of Life'' and others. She was a regular on one of the first series

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created, '' Hard Knocks'', which also starred

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Props, Renee Living people 1962 births American film actresses American television actresses 21st-century American women Actresses from Oklahoma People from Washita County, Oklahoma