Rainbow Harvest

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Rainbow Harvest
Born (1966-08-26) August 26, 1966 (age 57)
New York City, NY, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1983–1991
Spouse
Kevin Wixted
(m. 1989)

Rainbow Harvest (born August 26, 1966) is an American actress best known for her roles as Karen in Old Enough , Megan Gordon in Mirror, Mirror , and Daryl Tarses in television sitcom series FM . She was active between 1983 and 1991 before leaving the acting profession to work behind the scenes until she eventually left the film industry entirely.

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Early life

Rainbow was born in New York City. She was accepted into the prestigious High School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1985. She took her first film role at age 16 playing a lead in Old Enough , released in 1984.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984 Old Enough Karen
1986 Streets of Gold Brenda
1990 Mirror, Mirror Megan Gordon
And Another Honkytonk Girl Says She WillAdelaide [1] Short film
1991Earth AngelEarth AngelMade-for-TV movie
Fever MichelleMade-for-TV movie
Pink LightningPooMade-for-TV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Miami Vice Angela [2] Episode: "Milk Run"
1988 21 Jump Street CoryEpisode: "Cory and Dean Got Married"
1989-1990 FM Daryl TarsesRecurring role

Personal life

Harvest married actor Kevin Wixted whom she met filming the episode "Cory and Dean Got Married" of 21 Jump Street where they played the titular characters. [3] She would later retire from acting in 1991 to work behind the camera before leaving the film industry entirely.

Since, Harvest returned to Benedictine University to obtain a bachelor's degree in Art, Masters of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior. She would go on to receive a second Masters in Information Technology from Purdue University Global.

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