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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Brian Patrick Clarke to Charlotte Cornwell
Didi Conn Biography (1951-)
Original name, Didi Bernstein; born July 13, 1951, in Brooklyn, NY; father, aclinical psychologist; married David Shire (a composer); children: Danny. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, 151 South El Camino Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-2775.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress, voice performer
- Birth Details
- July 13, 1951
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Voice of Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Twentieth Century-Fox,1977
- Laurie Robinson, You Light Up My Life, Columbia, 1977
- Donna DeVito, Almost Summer, Universal, 1978
- Frenchy, Grease, Paramount, 1978
- Title role, Violet, 1981
- Frenchy, Grease II, Paramount, 1982
- Actress, "Mutual Orgasms," Funny, Original Cinema, 1988
- Stacy Jones, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Destination Films, 2000
- Patrice, Shooting Vegetarians, Cineblast Productions, 2000
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Television Appearances
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Series
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Keep on Truckin', ABC, 1975
- Helen, The Practice, ABC, 1976
- Voice, The Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show (animated), ABC, 1980
- Voice of Cup Cake, Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (animated), ABC, 1980-1982
- Denise Stevens Downey, Benson, ABC, 1981-1985
- Voice, Bad Cat (animated), ABC, 1984
- Stacy Jones, Shining Time Station, PBS, 1990-1993
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Movies
- Television actress, Genesis II, CBS, 1973
- Julie Evans, Murder at the Mardi Gras, CBS, 1978
- Eve Harris, Three on a Date, ABC, 1978
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Episodic
- Joyce, "Kiss Me Sickly," Happy Days, ABC, 1975
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$20,000 Pyramid (game show), ABC, 197819791981
- Patty Maloney, "Sleeping Dogs," Hotel, ABC, 1985
- Dinah Roswell, Cagney & Lacey, CBS, 1987
- Wanda, "All That Glitters," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1987
- Birdy Belker, "Ghost Rider," Highway to Heaven, NBC, 1987
- Ms. Tressman, "He Ain't Guilty, He's My Brother," L.A. Law, NBC, 1994
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Saturday Night Live, NBC, 1998
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The Montel Williams Show, 2001
- Appeared as guest player, Body Language, CBS; and as guest panelist, The Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour, NBC.
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Specials
- Receptionist, "Working," American Playhouse, PBS, 1982
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Circus of the Stars #7, CBS, 1982
- Stacy Jones, Shining Time Station, PBS, 1989
- Herself and Frenchy, VH-1 Where Are They Now: Grease, VH1, 1998
- Herself and Frenchy, VH1's Behind the Music: Grease, VH1, 2000
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Other
- Nurse Jackie Morse, Handle with Care (pilot), CBS, 1977
- Cal, The Magic Show, 1983
- Voice, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, 1990
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Television Work
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Series
- Additional voices, The New Jetsons (animated), syndicated, 1985
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Stage Appearances
- Understudy for the role of Grandma Kurnitz, Lost in Yonkers, Richard Rodgers Theatre, New York City, between 1991 and 1993
- Debbie Wastba, The Primary English Class, Minetta Lane Theatre, New York City, 1998
- Lamplighter and ghost of Christmas past, A Christmas Carol, Theatre at Madison Square Garden, New York City, 1999
- Smeraldina, The Green Bird, Cort Theatre, New York City, 2000
- Made Broadway debut as Bella, Lost in Yonkers; appeared in Consequence,
Hello, I Love You, and The Lesson, all New York City productions; in Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, Los Angeles production; and in Anything Goes,
Birdbath,
Enter Laughing,
ItHad to Be You, and Room Service, all regional productions.
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RECORDINGS
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Albums
- (Contributor) Grease (original soundtrack recording), Polygram, 1991
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Mommy, Give Me a Drinka Water (for children), Ambassador, 1995
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WRITINGS
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Books
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Frenchy's "Grease" Scrapbook: We'll Always Be Together!, Hyperion,1998
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Empire, October, 1997, p. 65
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