Maureen Teefy

Maureen Teefy
Born	Maureen Jane Teefy Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–1998, 2017
Spouse	Alexander Cassini ​ ​ (m. 1982;div. 2006)​
Children	1

Maureen Jane Teefy is an American actress. She is best known for her appearances in the films Fame (1980), Grease 2 (1982), Supergirl (1984), and Star Time (1992). Her penultimate credit was in the 1997 film Men Seeking Women but reappeared 20 years later in 2017's Hollywood Girl: The Peg Entwistle Story.

Life and career

Teefy was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, one of eight sisters in a large Irish Catholic family. ^[1]

Her first film role was a small part as a U.S.O. singer in the 1979 Steven Spielberg comedy 1941 and in the same year she appeared in two minor productions, Fyre and Scavenger Hunt . She was one of the principal performers in the 1980 Alan Parker musical drama Fame , portraying Doris, a naive young acting student. In 1981, she starred in the CBS Afternoon Playhouse episode "Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter". Other films featuring Teefy include Grease 2 (1982) as Sharon Cooper, Supergirl (1984) as Lucy Lane, and Sunset (1988). She starred in the 1993 supernatural horror thriller Star Time , directed by Alexander Cassini (married 1982). ^[2]

She provided the voice of the female robot "host" Chrome on the 1997 HBO horror series Perversions of Science . Other television roles include the made-for-TV films Legs and Disaster at Silo 7 . She also guest-starred on TV series including Max Headroom and Mike Hammer, Private Eye . Her acting career developed much more in the theater, singing and dancing in several Broadway musicals.^{[ citation needed ]}

Teefy wrote, produced and starred in A Subject for a Short Story. ^[3]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Fyre	Leeann
1979	1941	USO Girl
1979	Scavenger Hunt	Lisa
1980	Fame	Doris Finsecker
1982	Grease 2	Sharon Cooper
1983	Legs	Melissa Rizzo	TV movie
1984	Supergirl	Lucy Lane
1988	Sunset	Stagecoach Lady
1988	Disaster at Silo 7	Penny Travers	TV movie
1992	Star Time	Wendy
1997	Men Seeking Women	Teri
2017	Hollywood Girl: The Peg Entwistle Story	Arkadina
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	ABC Afterschool Special	Natalia	Episode: "Dinky Hocker"
1981	CBS Afternoon Playhouse	Karen Hughes	Episode: "Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter"
1987	Max Headroom	Shelley Keeler	Episode: "Academy"
1997	Perversions of Science	Chrome (voice role)	10 episodes
1998	Mike Hammer, Private Eye	Ali McClain	Episode: "The Long Road to Nowhere"

Soundtrack

Soundtrack
Year	Title	Label	Songs performed
1982	Grease 2	RSO Records	"Score Tonight", "Who's That Guy?", "Girl for All Seasons", "We'll Be Together"

References

1. Bennetts, Leslie (1980-08-29). "New Face: Maureen Teefy Rebel's Long Road To Movie 'Fame'; 'All These Transforming Roles' Turning Point With 'Seagull' Learning to Let Loose Jersey Folk Festival". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
2. "Maureen Teefy Is Wed To Alexander Cassini". The New York Times. 1982-05-23. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
3. ""A Subject for a Short Story" starring Maureen Teefy". August 4, 2015.

External links

• Maureen Teefy at IMDb