Felice Schachter is a retired 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 Queens, New York City, the daughter of Suzanne Schachter, a theatrical manager. Her parents were divorced. She has two younger sisters. Schachter's mother, the founder of Suzelle Enterprises, helped her get her start at the age of six months, when she appeared on the cover of ''American Baby'' magazine.(March 20, 1980)
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'', Retrieved December 15, 2010 By 1982, Schachter had done over 100 TV commercials, including Ivory Snow,

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, 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 productions including ''The Taming of the Shrew'' with

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, ''Sleeping Beauty'' with

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, and ''Nutcracker Suite'' with the

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Television and film

She started her television career on the 1976 mini-series ''

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''. She then played what would be her most notable role, Nancy, on '' The Facts of Life'' from 1979 to 1982.Scott, Vernon (UPI) (August 6, 1982)
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'', Retrieved December 15, 2010 She played the role regularly until she quit acting to pursue an education at

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in 1981, graduating with a B.A. in Semiotics in 1985, although she would continue to make later guest appearances on the show. Her first and only major film credit was as Bernadette in the 1982 movie '' Zapped!'', starring opposite

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. Other television roles included ''

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'', the soap opera ''

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'', '' NBC Quiz Kids'', ''

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'', '' New Monkees'', and ''

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'', among others. After she quit acting to go to school, Schachter was a radio anchor with the sports department of Brown University's

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, and later a sports broadcaster for

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(1983–85) and

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(1986–87).

Production

In the 1990s, she began working behind the camera, with production credits on such film and television projects as ''Magic Island'', ''After The Game'', the pilot for '' JAG'', ''Uncle Sam'', ''Twilight of the Golds'', ''High Tide'', ''Born Free'', ''The Citizen'', ''Waiting For The Monkeys'', '' The Gnomes' Great Adventure'', ''Waste Land'', ''Jackie'', ''Knockaround Guys'' and '' 30 Years to Life''. She was the production coordinator for the series '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schachter, Felice American child actresses American film actresses American television actresses Brown University alumni National Hockey League broadcasters Living people Actresses from Queens, New York New York City Ballet dancers American ballerinas Musicians from Queens, New York 20th-century American actresses Year of birth missing (living people)