Tony Hedra, who was a part of Lemmings and most famously played the manager in This is Spinal Tap, is played by Matt Lucas. Lucas knocks it out of the park as the short-tempered writer, […]
Shortly after Darryl M. Bell made his debut in Spike Lee’s 1988 film School Daze, he auditioned for the role of Dwayne Wayne in A Different World. Although that part ultimately went to friend and […]
She didn’t stick with the franchise long enough to get to time travel, but fans of the first Back to the Future movie will certainly remember Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker. Wells appeared in the […]
It’s not every TV show that becomes a talking point in national politics, but that’s exactly what happened with the iconic 1990s series Murphy Brown, starring Candice Bergen as an investigative journalist on a fictional […]
Even Beverley Mitchell writes in her Instagram bio that she is “better known as Lucy from 7th Heaven.” The actor played the second Camden daughter, who could be overly dramatic and often got in trouble, […]
She’s best known for playing fashion editor Nina Van Horn on Just Shoot Me!, but aside from their model pasts, Wendie Malick and her character don’t have much in common. “Funny and snarky’s been very […]
Kathy Baker’s experience playing one of the wacky residents of the candy-colored, cookie-cutter suburb that sat at the foot of an eccentric inventor’s mansion in director Tim Burton’s 1990 cult classic Edward Scissorhands made her […]
For nine years, fans watched as Laura Winslow navigated school, relationships, and never-ending annoyances from Steve Urkel on Family Matters. The girl of Steve’s dreams was played by Kellie Shanygne Williams, who was only 13 […]
From 1990 to 1995, viewers got to know the residents of the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska on Northern Exposure. The cast of characters included a doctor, a bar owner/mayor, and an air taxi pilot […]
How could you ever forget a character named Six? For five seasons in the early ’90s, Jenna von Oÿ starred as Dorothy “Six” Lemeure on the family sitcom, Blossom. Six was Blossom Russo’s (Mayim Bialik) […]
Anyone who has watched the surreal mystery series Twin Peaks knows Sheryl Lee best as Laura Palmer, the popular high schooler whose murder is being investigated. But while Lee was originally cast to play a […]
The relationship between Jamie (Helen Hunt) and Paul (Paul Reiser) was at the center of Mad About You, but it was the supporting characters who brought a lot of the humor. One of those funny […]
Back during the very first game of this year’s playoffs, Duncan Robinson was on fire. The Miami guard dropped 27 points — including a red-hot 8-for-9 (88%) from three-point range — as the Heat cruised […]
Few people have made quite an impression with an accessory as Dwayne Wayne on the ’80s and ’90s college sitcom, A Different World. The character’s key traits were his math skills, his on-and-off relationship with […]
Kim Coles is best known for playing the lovable, somewhat ditzy Synclaire on the sitcom Living Single, which ran from 1993 to 1998. Before that, she was part of the cast of the sketch series […]
For five seasons, from 1995 to 1999, fans tuned into NewsRadio to watch the antics of the WNYX staff. One of the most memorable members of the gang was Beth, the eccentric secretary played by […]
If you watched Ellen—the sitcom, not the talk show—then you certainly remember Audrey Penney. Audrey, played by Clea Lewis, was Ellen Morgan’s (Ellen DeGeneres) friend with the distinctive voice, who was sometimes a little too […]
Actor Amy Yasbeck is most frequently associated with her Wings character, Casey Chappel, who was introduced on the airport sitcom in Season 6 and stuck around until the series finale. But before she joined the […]
Debuting on NBC in 1993, the cop show NYPD Blue broke ground with its gritty storylines, cinematic style, and frank depictions of nudity. In doing so, it became a sensation, and turned its cast of […]
For eight years, Jill Eikenberry worked at the law firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney, and Kuzak—which is to say, for eight years, she starred on L.A. Law as fictional attorney Ann Kelsey. Eikenberry received acclaim […]