Danielle Brisebois

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Danielle Brisebois

Danielle Brisebois (born June 28, 1969) was a child actress in the 1970s, most recognized for her role as Stephanie Mills on the sitcoms All in the Family and its spin-off/continuation Archie Bunker's Place. In the 1990s she quit acting and began a career in music, recorded two solo albums and was a member of the New Radicals. She currently works as a producer and songwriter for artists such as Kelly Clarkson and Natasha Bedingfield.

1 Biography
2 Filmography
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Danielle Brisebois was born on June 28, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. She began acting very early, appearing in her first movie (The Premonition) at the age of five. In 1977 she appeared in an episode of Kojak and began starring in the Original Broadway cast of Annie as the youngest of the orphans, Molly. (Jay-Z later sampled a clip of Brisebois from Annie for his song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)".)

In the late 1970s she joined the cast of All in the Family and later also starred in its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place in early 1980s. She was nominated for six Young Artist Awards from 1980 to 1984 and won two of them, in 1981 as Best Young Actress in a TV Special for Mom, the Wolfman and Me and in 1982 as Best Young Actress in a Television Series for Archie Bunker's Place. In 1982 she was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, again for Archie Bunker's Place. She also appeared in several episodes of Battle of the Network Stars and Circus of the Stars in the early 1980s and played the daughter of William Devane's character on Knots Landing in the series' fifths season.

In the late 1980s, she had several single-episode appearances in various TV series, including Hotel, Mr. Belvedere, Murder, She Wrote, Tales from the Darkside, Days of Our Lives.

Brisebois began her career as a recording artist in the early nineties, providing backing vocals on Intoxifornication, the 1992 album by rock singer Gregg Alexander. Alexander also co-wrote and produced her first solo album, 1994's Arrive All Over You, and when Alexander formed the New Radicals in the late 1990s, Brisebois also became a member of the band. After Alexander disbanded the band in 1999 to focus on producing and writing music for other artists, Brisebois was set to release a second solo album, Portable Life, again produced and co-written by Alexander, but RCA Records canceled the album.

Since the New Radicals broke up and her second album was shelved she has written and produced numerous songs for various other artists, including Carly Hennessy, Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, and Natasha Bedingfield, most notably Bedingfield's top 10 hit "Unwritten".

A compilation album of Arrive All Over You-era tracks entitled Just Missed the Train was released through the Balzout Inc label on September 26, 2006. Brisebois herself was completely unaware of such a release.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
1976	The Premonition	Janie Bennett
1978	Slow Dancing in the Big City	Ribi Ciano
1978	King of the Gypsies	Young Tita
1978	The Stableboy's Christmas	Tammy	made-for-TV movie
1978	If Ever I See You Again	Morrison Child
1980	Mom, the Wolfman and Me	Jenny Bergman	made-for-TV movie
1987	Big Bad Mama II	Billy Jean
1990	Kill Crazy	Libby	direct-to-video
1997	As Good as It Gets	Singer
2006	Life After Tomorrow	Herself	documentary about Annie