Brianne Leary

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Brianne Leary is an American actress. She was the host of The Disney Channel's Walt Disney World Inside Out and Animal Planet's Petsburgh USA.

Brianne's first appearance on television was as a contestant on the CBS daytime game show, Match Game '76. Her Irish name created a small stir among the show's regulars, including Gene Rayburn and Charles Nelson Reilly, and she proved an adept player, winning several games. She won in excess of $9,000. She came back to Match Game as a celebrity panelist in 1979, becoming the only person to appear on the show as both a contestant and a panelist.

She was a gymnastics champion at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Arizona. She went on to the State Championship in 1974 and placed in the top three (I can't remember her exact placement). She was a companion to Robert Conrad in the late 70s (of "Wild, Wild West, The" (1965) and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1976) fame). She was also a companion to Barry Newman (of "Petrocelli" (1974) fame). Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. Timothy Leary (yes THE Timothy Leary) was her cousin.

She later got on CHiPs as Officer Sandy Cahill and made an appearance in a Battle of the Network Stars V in 1978.

She is currently the anchor on Fox 5 News in New York City.