Faye Grant | |
|---|---|
 Grant in 2016 | |
| Born | Faye Elizabeth Yoe July 16, 1957 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Faye Grant (born Faye Elizabeth Yoe, July 16, 1957) [1] is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Julie Parrish in NBC's science fiction series V between 1983 and 1985.
Grant was born in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. Her father was a police officer in her home town. She is a 1975 graduate of Lake Shore High School. [1] She took her acting name from the street where she grew up.
Her first television role was on the TV series The Greatest American Hero , in which she appeared as Rhonda Blake, one of the students of main character Ralph Hinkley (William Katt). Her best-known role came in 1983 as Juliet Parrish in the science fiction mini-series V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle and V: The Series from 1984 to 1985. Her film credits include The January Man (1989), Internal Affairs (1990), Drive Me Crazy (1999), Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) and Public Affairs (2017).
She has also appeared on shows starring Stephen Collins: the TV series version of Tales of the Gold Monkey , and 7th Heaven . She guest-starred as Abigail "Abby" Morris in the 7th Heaven episode "What Will People Say?" which first aired on November 11, 1996. They also co-starred in Drive Me Crazy (1999).
Grant starred on Broadway as vocally challenged Lina Lamont in the 1985 stage adaptation of Singin' in the Rain, which won her the Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. In director Jerry Zaks' 1986 Lincoln Center-to-Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, Grant played the deaf Corinna Stroller, following Julie Hagerty and Patricia Clarkson in the role.[ citation needed ]
Grant has made guest appearances in TV shows like The Incredible Hulk , the Voyagers! pilot episode as Mary Murphy, Hardcastle and McCormick , Time of Your Life and Tales From the Crypt . She appeared on the show State of Grace from 2001 to 2002 as Tattie McKee. [2]
Grant married actor Stephen Collins in April 1985 in New York City. [3] They have a daughter, Kate (born in 1989). Grant met Collins during production of Tales of the Gold Monkey in the early 1980s. [3]
She recorded a confidential marriage counseling session in 2012 without the knowledge of Collins or the therapist, in which Collins confessed to having sexually abused children in the past. A police investigation took place and the recording of the session was leaked. After the recording became public, Collins admitted to the abuse and publicly apologized. [4] Their divorce was finalized in January 2015. [5]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1982 | Voyager from the Unknown | ||
| Foxfire Light | Joanna Morgan | ||
| 1988 | Crossing Delancey | Candyce | |
| 1989 | The January Man | Alison Hawkins | |
| 1990 | Internal Affairs | Penny Stretch | |
| 1992 | The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Charleen Barnes | |
| Traces of Red | Beth Frayn | ||
| 1996 | Vibrations | Zina | direct-to-video |
| 1999 | Drive Me Crazy | Mrs. Maris | |
| 2002 | Manna From Heaven | Rita | |
| 2008 | My Best Friend's Girl | Marrilee | |
| 2017 | Affairs of State | Mary Maples | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1981 | Homeroom | Tina | Television short |
| Senior Trip | Denise | Television film | |
| 1981–1983 | The Greatest American Hero | Rhonda Blake | 22 episodes |
| 1982 | The Incredible Hulk | Christy | 1 episode: "Slaves" |
| Voyagers! | Mary Murphy | 1 episode: "Voyagers" | |
| 1983 | Tales of the Gold Monkey | Genevieve LaBatier | 1 episode: "Last Chance Louie" |
| V | Juliet Parrish | Television film/mini-series | |
| Hardcastle and McCormick | Barbara Johnson | 2 episodes: "Rolling Thunder: Parts 1 and 2" | |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Juliet Parrish | 3 episodes: "Parts 1, 2 and 3" |
| 1984–1985 | V | Juliet Parrish | Main role; 19 episodes |
| 1987 | Private Eye | Lana Williams | Television film |
| 1988 | Tattingers | Charlene Tweed | 1 episode: "Two Men and a Baby" |
| 1991 | Omen IV: The Awakening | Karen York | Television film |
| Tales from the Crypt | Janet | 1 episode "Spoiled" | |
| 1995 | The Wright Verdicts | Daphney Gamber | 1 episode: "Ex-Corpus Delicti" |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Abby Morris | 1 episode: "What Will People Say?" |
| 1997 | Unwed Father | Lillian Kempler | Television film |
| 1999 | Time of Your life | Joan | 3 episodes: "The Time She Got Mobbed", "The Time the Truth Was Told" and "The Time They Had Not" |
| 2001–2002 | State of Grace | Tattie McKee | 40 episodes |
Dame Joan Henrietta Collins is an English actress, author and columnist. Collins is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She is one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Dyan Cannon is an American actress, filmmaker and editor. Her accolades include a Saturn Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Academy Award nominations and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She was named Female Star of the Year by the National Association of Theatre Owners in 1973 and the Hollywood Women's Press Club in 1979.
Stephen Weaver Collins is a former American actor. He is known for playing Eric Camden on the WB/CW television series 7th Heaven from 1996 to 2007. Afterwards, Collins played the roles of Dayton King on the ABC television series No Ordinary Family and Gene Porter in the NBC television series Revolution, father of Elizabeth Mitchell's character, Rachel Matheson. Before 7th Heaven, Collins was known for his roles as Commander Willard Decker in the 1979 film Star Trek: The Motion Picture and fighter pilot Jake Cutter in the ABC television series Tales of the Gold Monkey.
Stockard Channing is an American actress. She played Betty Rizzo in the film Grease (1978) and First Lady Abbey Bartlet in the NBC television series The West Wing (1999–2006). She also originated the role of Ouisa Kittredge in the stage and film versions of Six Degrees of Separation; the 1993 film version earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. She was also one of two comic foils of The Number Painter on Sesame Street.
Margaret JoBeth Williams is an American actress. She rose to prominence appearing in such films as Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), Stir Crazy (1980), Poltergeist (1982), The Big Chill (1983), The Day After (1983), Teachers (1984), and Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986). A three-time Emmy Award nominee, she was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for her work in the TV movie Adam (1983) and the TV miniseries Baby M (1988). Her third nomination was for her guest role in the sitcom Frasier (1994). She also starred in the TV series The Client (1995–96) and had recurring roles in the TV series Dexter (2007) and Private Practice (2009–11).
Nancy Barrett is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Carolyn Stoddard in the 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.
Lesley Ann Warren is an American actress, singer and dancer.
Michele Lee is an American actress, singer, dancer, producer and director. She is known for her role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on the prime-time soap opera Knots Landing, for which she was nominated for a 1982 Emmy Award and won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Actress in 1988, 1991, and 1992. She was the only performer to appear in all 344 episodes of the series.
Julie Beth Hagerty is an American actress. She starred as Elaine in the films Airplane! (1980) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). Her other film roles include A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Lost in America (1985), What About Bob? (1991), She’s the Man (2006), A Master Builder (2014), Instant Family (2018), Noelle, Marriage Story, and A Christmas Story Christmas (2022).
Alice Margaret Ghostley was an American actress and singer on stage, film and television. She was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, as Cousin Alice (1970–71) on Mayberry R.F.D., and as Bernice Clifton (1986–93) on Designing Women, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1992. She was a regular on Nichols (1971–72) and The Julie Andrews Hour (1972–73).
Elliott Pershing Stitzel, better known by his stage name Stephen Elliott, was an American actor. His best known roles were that of the prospective father-in-law, Burt Johnson, in the hit 1981 film Arthur and as Chief Hubbard in the 1984 blockbuster Beverly Hills Cop.
Allyce Beasley is an American actress. She is best known for her role as rhyming, love-struck receptionist Agnes DiPesto in the television series Moonlighting. From 2001 to 2007, she was the announcer on Playhouse Disney, a morning lineup of programming for young children on Disney Channel. She appeared briefly as a guidance counselor in the comedy film Legally Blonde and played Coach's daughter, Lisa Pantusso, on Cheers. She also announced the safety video during The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Hollywood and Florida.
Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film and stage actress and television interviewer who gained fame as a film actress in the 1940s before transitioning to television in the 1950s and hosting her own talk show.
Lysette Anne Chodzko, known professionally as Lysette Anthony, is an English actress and model. She is known for her roles in the film Husbands and Wives (1992), as Princess Lyssa in the 1983 fantasy epic Krull, Christa Norris in the first season of the ITV comedy-drama series Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), Angie Tyler/Trenchard in the BBC1 sitcom Three Up, Two Down (1985-1989) and her role as Marnie Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks (2016–2022).
Julie Adams was an American actress, billed as Julia Adams toward the beginning of her career, primarily known for her numerous television guest roles. She starred in a number of films in the 1950s, including Bend of the River (1952), opposite James Stewart; and Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954). On television, she was known for her roles as Paula Denning on the 1980s soap opera Capitol, and Eve Simpson on Murder, She Wrote.
Christine Estabrook is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series The Crew, Nikki, Desperate Housewives, and American Horror Story; she had a recurring role on the drama Mad Men during the show's fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. Estabrook has received an Obie Award and Drama Desk Award.
Julie K. White is an American actress. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in The Little Dog Laughed in 2007. She has also received three other Tony Award nominations for her performances in Airline Highway in 2013, Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus in 2019 and POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in 2022. She played Sam Witwicky's mother in Transformers film series (2007-2011).
Steven Robert Weber is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings, voicing Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, and portraying Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining. He had a recurring role on iZombie as Vaughn du Clark. He played Mayor Douglas Hamilton on NCIS: New Orleans in a recurring role and starred as Sergeant First Class Dennis Worcester in Hamburger Hill (1987).
Richard Joseph Libertini was an American stage, film and television actor.
Concetta Tomei is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Major Lila Garreau on the ABC drama series China Beach (1988–1991) and as Lynda Hansen on the NBC medical drama series Providence (1999–2002).
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
