Vicki Frederick

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Vicki Frederick (born January 2, 1949) is an American actress and dancer who has appeared in a number of musicals on Broadway plays, in films, and on popular TV shows such as Mork and Mindy and Happy Days in 1979, and Murder She Wrote in 1990.

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Frederick was a protégé of Bob Fosse, dancing in the ensemble and lead roles in his Broadway productions of Pippin (1972), and Dancin' (1978). [1]

She starred in Robert Aldrich's final film ...All the Marbles (1981), and in the 1984 rock musical film Body Rock , and had a bit part in Fosse's 1979 film All That Jazz . Frederick may be most remembered for her role as the sassy, elegant, long-haired dancer Sheila Bryant in the 1985 movie adaptation A Chorus Line .

Films and TV

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 All That Jazz Menage Partner #1
1980 Coast to Coast Woman Golfer
1981 ...All the Marbles Irisby Robert Aldrich
1984 Body Rock Claire
1985 A Chorus Line Sheila Bryant
1986 Stewardess School Miss Grummet
1989 Chopper Chicks in Zombietown Jewel
1991 Scissors Nancy Leahy
1992 Chaplin Party Guest #1Frederick took no rolling credit for this film
Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Happy Days Helga1 episode
1979 Laverne & Shirley Helga1 episode
1979 Mork & Mindy Sutra2 episodes
1990 Murder, She Wrote Claire Hastings1 episode
1990 Dream On Valerie Knox1 episode

Broadway

References

  1. Rowan, Tom (2000). "17: "They're All Special" The girls who played Cassie". A Chorus Line FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Broadway's Singular Sensation. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4950-4603-2 . Retrieved 2022-03-10 via Google Books.