Brianne Leary

Brianne Banigan Leary (born July 28, 1957 is an American actress best known for her role in the NBC series ''CHiPs'' as Officer Sindy Cahill in season two. She appeared on multiple television shows such as ''The Love Boat,''and ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.'' She also co-hosted the Disney Channel's second season of ''Walt Disney World Inside Out'' with George Foreman and J.D. Roth. She also hosted Animal Planet's '' Petsburgh USA''. Leary also invented a pet product called the ''PawPlunger''.

Family and career

Leary's mother was the Assistant City Editor for the ''Arizona Daily Star'', and she is a cousin of writer Timothy Leary.

During high school at Canyon Del Oro in Tucson, Arizona, Leary was a gymnastics champion, finishing in the top three at the State Championship in 1974.

Leary first appeared on television as a contestant on '' Match Game '76''. She won several games over the four episodes in which she appeared, earning a total of $9,050. She came back to the show three years later as a celebrity panelist, becoming the only person to appear on the 1970s incarnation as both a contestant and a panelist (1979 contestant Kirstie Alley came back to the re-booted show as a panelist in 2019).

Leary's first acting role came as nurse Susan Ames in the series ''Baa Baa Black Sheep, a''lso known as Black Sheep Squadron. (1977–1978). She later had a recurring role as Officer Sindy Cahill in the second season of ''CHiPs'' (1978–1979). Leary's first appearance on CHiPs was in the episode “Family Crisis” (S2Ep3). She also starred in various shows such as: '' Buck Rogers in the 25th Century''; as slave girl Ryma ''The Fall Guy''; ''Simon & Simon''; '' No Soap, Radio''; '' The Paper Chase'' as Russian gymnast Tania in and '' 1st & Ten''. She also made an appearance in '' Battle of the Network Stars V'' in November 1978 and ''Battle of the Network Stars VI'' in May 1979. In 1982 she appeared as a guest star on ''The Love Boat'' episode "A Dress to Remember. (S5Ep28) She further appeared as Marjorie, love interest for Jack Sullivan, the widowed father of public defender Christine Sullivan, in ''Night Court'', season 3, episode 3, 1985.

Leary created a Canadian animated children's TV show with Robin Steele called '' Stickin' Around'' that ran from 1996 until 1998. Steele had previously worked on MTV's ''Stick Figure Theatre''.

In 1998-1999 Leary also hosted a television program about pets and animals that premiered on Animal Planet.

In 2007, Leary received a patent for her "Paw Plunger", a "portable device for cleaning animal paws". The Paw Plunger makes it easier for pet owners to clean dirty/muddy pet paws.

Partial filmography

*''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' (1977–1978, TV Series) - Lt. Susan Ames
*''CHiPs'' (1978–1979, TV Series) - Officer Sindy Cahill
*''Off the Wall'' (1983) - Jenny
*'' Walt Disney World Inside Out'' (1996-1997) - Co-host
*'' Petsburgh USA'' (1998-1999) - Host

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American television actresses
Contestants on American game shows
Living people
1957 births
Actresses from Providence, Rhode Island
21st-century American actresses