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Trying to remember this 80’s/90’s actress.

posted 4 years ago by CharlotteXavier (2357)
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I thought Meg Foster was her at first so she kind of looks like her but is blonde.

I can’t even remember what she was in but it’s lots of stuff.

It’s kind of driving me crazy. She’s very pretty, and doesn’t smile a lot. She had leading lady looks but I don’t think she ever got super famous.

I think she did mostly movies playing girlfriend roles.

This is Meg Foster who she looks like but she’s blonde, her eyes aren’t as light.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/cagney_lacey/s01/e02

Any ideas?

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[–] jriley555 (8200) 4 years ago

think of, for god's sakes, one thing you know she was in
got to imdb
look up the cast
:)

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

That’s what’s driving me nuts don’t you see???
I haven’t been able to think of it.
I can see her face so plainly yet I don’t know what it was from!!!

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[–] jriley555 (8200) 4 years ago

lol

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[–] GlenEllyn (21577) 4 years ago

Judy Greer?? She doesn't exactly fit your profile but she did play a lot of roles where she was the best friend. There is a slight resemblance.
https://pmctvline2.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/judy-greer-by-stephanie-diani.jpg?w=620&h=427&crop=1

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Judy Greer. This lady was very blonde, used her eyes in a squinty sort of way, to get her way. But she was never the lead. Holy crap this is driving me nuts.

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[–] samoanjoes (57041) 4 years ago

Loretta Swit (who was also on Cagney & Lacey)
https://clickamericana.com/wp-content/uploads/Loretta-Swit-Hot-Lips-Houlihan-on-MASH.jpg

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not as famous as Loretta Switt and younger.

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[–] FredBurroughs (21598) 4 years ago

Monica Potter or Emmanuelle Seigner?

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No lol:( and she’s American I believe.

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[–] mikethemartian (6777) 4 years ago

Susan Walters?

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

Not Susan Walters. She’s blonde.

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[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 4 years ago

Kim Zimmer

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Kim Zimmer.

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[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 4 years ago

Karen Austin....Karen Allen....Central Park Karen....Kroger Karen...

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

OK Karen, ahahahahaha!!

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[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 4 years ago

Caren Kaye....heather Thomas...Teri garr

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not them, but here’s a wild article on Heather Thomas from People in 1985 and how she got interventioned on and met and married her shrink! Who, btw, she divorced a few later. https://people.com/archive/heather-thomas-emerges-from-the-private-hell-of-drug-addiction-with-the-help-of-her-therapist-mate-vol-23-no-16/?amp=true

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[–] Vastuntitled (5699) 4 years ago

Nina Hartley...Ginger Lynn Allen...Traci Lords....each in a few films, but none of them became mainstream, for whatever reason...

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[–] BourbonKing (5778) 4 years ago

You have to be thinking of Theresa Russell. She did steady work and even had leading roles in the 80s, but mostly supporting roles in the 90s. She has a flat face, but very pretty piercing blue/green eyes and blonde hair.

Here are some other actresses who might fit the bill, but I think it's Theresa.

- Darlanne Fluegel
- Amanda Wyss

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

I really thought one of yours would be it but no. Not Russell, Fluegel, or Wyss.

Although, I keep thinking of the name Amanda but did a search on actresses named Amanda... and no.

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[–] BourbonKing (5778) 4 years ago

Dang, then I can't imagine who it would be outside of her perhaps not really being blonde and only doing it for a couple of movie roles.

Kim Cattral is the only other actress that I can think of but she's a bit famous and not that obscure

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions though! No, not Cattral. She’s not comical that I recall and her style of acting was subtle, like not as big as Cattral or Kirstie Alley.

What’s really bugging me is also trying to recall what I’m picturing her in, which as you say, may have been her only blonde roles.

I’m also getting this image of her as some guys mistress maybe, and she comes out wearing his shirt, which is way too big for her, lol!

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[–] BourbonKing (5778) 4 years ago

Hmmm, that's why I suggested Darlanne Fluegel because she often played mistresses who wore her lovers shirts like in "To Live and Die in L.A.". She often played background characters in tragic roles.

Another blonde actress (but not flat faced) from the 80s and 90s who wore her lovers shirt is Bess Armstrong, but she has a narrow face and big doey brown eyes.

Another one might be Randi Oakes

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Armstrong or Oakes.

I think in one role she turned out to be a killer. Maybe even a Law & Order episode.

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[–] Who (5146) 4 years ago

Helen Slater? - wears her lover’s shirt in the The Secret if My Success

Check this list
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls064011479/

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Helen Slater. :)

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[–] RussellNash (2087) 4 years ago

Susan Dey?

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Dey.

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[–] RussellNash (2087) 4 years ago

(A young) Kirstie Alley?

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[–] CharlotteXavier (2357) 4 years ago

No, not Alley. Not that big of a star, but kind of similar face.

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