Bridgette Andersen
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Bridgette Andersen (July 11, 1975 - May 18, 1997), was an American child actress, best known for her part in the title role of the heart-warming comedy Savannah Smiles (1982).
Born in Inglewood, California, her high IQ was evident at a very young age, reading since she was 2 and a half years old. With a wide range of reading interests at the age of six, Ernest Hemingway was her favorite writer and The Old Man and the Sea her favorite book. She was a distant relative of fairy-tale author Hans Christian Andersen.
She died as a result of an alcohol and heroin overdose at the age of 21. One of her final performances was a guest part on the sitcom Unhappily Ever After (1995), taped only a year before her death.
[edit] Filmography
- Washington Mistress (1982) (TV)
- Savannah Smiles (1982)
- Mae West (1982) (TV)
- "Gun Shy" (1983) (TV series)
- Nightmares (1983)
- The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. (1984) (TV)
- Fever Pitch (1985)
- A Summer to Remember (1985)
- Between Two Women (1986) (TV)
- Parent Trap II (1986) (TV)
- Too Much (1987)
[edit] Notable TV guest appearances
- "Faerie Tale Theatre": Hansel and Gretel (2.6), December 5, 1983
- "Family Ties": A Christmas Story (1.11), December 15, 1982
- "Fantasy Island": Random Choices / My Mother, the Swinger (7.8), December 3, 1983
- "Hotel": Lost and Found (2.25), July 17, 1985
- "Remington Steele": Blood Is Thicker Than Steele (2.14), January 31, 1984
- "The Golden Girls": The Truth Will Out (1.16), January 18, 1986
- "The Mississippi": February 7, 1984
