Kelli Maroney

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Kelli Maroney
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Maroney in 2019
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present
Known for
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Kelli Maroney is an American film and television actress. She appeared in the films Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Night of the Comet (1984), Chopping Mall (1986), The Zero Boys (1986) and Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991). [1] Maroney also appeared on television in the soap operas Ryan's Hope and One Life to Live .

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Career

Maroney's best-known film roles are Cindy Carr in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Samantha Belmont in Night of the Comet (1984), [2] Jamie in The Zero Boys (1985), and Allison in Chopping Mall (1986). Her daytime TV roles were as Kimberly Harris Beaulac on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1979–1983) and Tina Lord on One Life to Live (1984–1985).

Appearances

She has made numerous guest appearances on TV shows, among them True Blood , Family Feud , Simon & Simon , Murder, She Wrote , FBI: The Untold Stories , and Chicago Hope .

She was featured on the cover of People for a 1980 article titled: Torrid Teens on the Soaps (with actresses Genie Francis and Kristen Vigard).

Maroney appeared as a guest on the Playboy TV 2015 "So Sexy It's Scary" Halloween episode with Jeffrey Reddick and Lisa Wilcox[ citation needed ].

She was a guest of and interviewed on Illeana Douglas's 2019 podcast "I Blame Dennis Hopper". [3]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High Cindy
1983SlaygroundJolene
1984 Night of the Comet Samantha Sam Belmont
1986 Chopping Mall Alison Parks
1986 The Zero Boys Jamie
1987 Big Bad Mama IIWillie McClatchie
1988 Not of This Earth Nurse Oxford
1989JadedJennifer
1989 Transylvania Twist Hannah
1990 Hard to Die Porno Wife
1991Servants of TwilightSherry Ordway
1991 Scream Queen Hot Tub Party Kelli Maroney
1993 Midnight WitnessDevon
1999Sam and MikeCo-ProducerShort film
2004AuditionBrettShort film
2011Lip ServiceJanice
2019 In Search of Darkness [4] HerselfDocumentary film
Blowing Up Right Now Ruth
2020 Exorcism at 60,000 Feet Ms. Jenkins
2020 In Search of Darkness: Part II HerselfDocumentary film
2020A Well Respected ManAnita PadgettShort film
2020 The Deep Ones Ambrose Zadok
2022StaycationCynthia Oxford
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979–1982 Ryan's Hope Kimberly Harris 319 episodes
1984CelebrityJosieTV miniseries
1984 One Life to Live Tina Lord TV series
1986 Simon & Simon Angela FieldingEpisode: "Eye of the Beholder"
1986 Murder, She Wrote Cissy BarnesEpisode: "Menace, Anyone?"
1991 FBI: The Untold Stories Bonnie KellyEpisode: "Kill for Love"
1997 The Pretender ReporterEpisode: "Dragon House: Part 1"
1997Face DownMerrie/MeredithTV movie
1999 Chicago Hope Grace McNeilEpisode: "Home Is Where the Heartache Is"
2008 True Blood TelevangelistEpisode: "Mine"
2010 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! KelliEpisode: "Re-Animated"
2012GilaDeputy WilmaTelevision film

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