Fran Drescher
Fran Drescher, born September 30th in Flushing Queens, New York, wanted to be an actress from the time she was a child. She attended Hillcrest High School, in Jamaica Queens, a career-oriented school, and studied drama. After a year at Queens College, Fran decided she needed a practical trade to fall back on and entered cosmetology school. After receiving her license, she opened a mini-salon giving $5.00 haircuts. Fran's first feature film role was in "Saturday Night Fever." Her other film c...
Charles Shaughnessy
Charles Shaughnessy was born on February 9th, in London, England. He came from a show business family. His father was the principal writer and script editor on "Upstairs, Downstairs" and his mother was an actress. He started acting in school plays while in grade school and, after graduating from Eton College, was accepted at Cambridge University to study law. "Despite a lifelong love of the theater, I thought it was about time someone in my family did something sensible," he said. While at Cambr...
Daniel Davis
Daniel Davis, was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, the 26th of November, 1945. Hebegan his career in show business at age 11 on a local television show for children where he sang, danced and performed skits. As a child, Davis' parents ran the local movie theater and Davis quietly sat in the "cry room" and watched every film, which inspired him to be an actor. He attended the Arkansas Arts Center and graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in Fine Arts. Upon his graduation, he was invited t...
Lauren Lane
Lauren, was born February 2nd in Oklahoma City. She was raised in Texas, graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor of fine arts degree in theater and then went on to earn a master's degree in the advanced training program at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre. Upon graduation, Lane began her professional acting career in various regional productions. Her stage work, which includes "Uncle Vanya," "Burn This," "The Imaginary Invalid," "Boy's Life" and "No End of Blame," was...
Nicholle Tom
Nicholle was born in Hinsdale, Illinois on March 23. She started her career in Chicago appearing in print ads and commercials with her twin brother, David, at age eight. Her family soon moved to Seattle, where she continued to work in commercials, along with her brother and her older sister, Heather. The family moved to Los Angeles where Nicholle began classes with both the Young Actors Space and Margrit Pollak at the Strasberg Institute. She soon appeared in her first acting role as the older d...
Benjamin Salisbury
Benjamin, who most recently won a Young Artist Award for best performance by a young actor in a comedy series for his work on "The Nanny," was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota the 19th of October. He discovered acting when he was nine years old and attended a community play with friends. "I came home and told my mother I wanted to be in a play and I auditioned for the next production," he says. He won a role in a production of "Sleeping Beauty, the Musical" in which he not only acted for the first...
Madeline Zima
Madeline, born on September 16, in New Haven, Connecticut, began her career in show business at the young age of 22 months starring in a Downey commercial. She went on to appear in dozens of national commercials in New York before being cast in the daytime serial "Guiding Light." She co-starred in the feature film "Mr. Nanny" with Hulk Hogan, and has appeared in "Last Supper" and "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle." Madeline also guested on the TV drama "Law & Order." Madeline and her two siste...
Renee Taylor
An accomplished actress, writer, comedienne and director, Taylor was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Fran Fine's flamboyant mother, Sylvia. She and her husband, actor/writer/director Joseph Bologna, were nominated for an Academy Award for their first screenplay, "Lovers and Other Strangers," and won an Emmy Award for their television special "Acts of Love and Other Comedies." A native New Yorker and graduate of the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she and her husband have collaborated on man...
Ann Guilbert
Most television audiences probably remember Ann Guilbert best for her portrayal of 'Millie,' Rob and Laura Petrie's neighbor on the popular series "The Dick Van Dyke Show." She also starred in the series "The New Andy Griffith Show" and "The Finelli Boys." She has a long list of television credits which include recurring roles on "Picket Fences," "Pros & Cons," and "Empty Nest," as well as guest-star appearances on "Seinfeld", "Home Improvement," "The Newhart Show," "Cheers," "Room for Two" ...
Rachel Chagall
Chagall (Yes, that Chagall. Her paternal grandmother was the famous artist's cousin) was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised on Long Island. She comes from a close-knit family -- her maternal grandmother lived with them and her paternal grandmother and aunt lived two blocks away. Her father, who passed away in 1995, was a prominent trial and corporate attorney and the entire family was involved in political and social activism. Few would relate Chagall's character of "Val" to her starring role...