Carol Potter (actress)
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Carol Potter (born May 21, 1948 in New York City, New York) is an American actress best known for playing Cindy Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210. She was a regular on the show from 1990 to 1995. She has also guest starred on many shows including NYPD Blue, JAG, Crossing Jordan and Providence.
[edit] Biography
Potter attended high school in Tenafly, New Jersey[1], and then went on to Radcliffe College where she earned a degree in social relations.
In 1977, she made her Broadway theatre debut in Albert Innaurato's play Gemini, which went on to become the fifth-longest running non-musical play in Broadway history.[2]
Potter had her first role as a regular in a prime time television series in 1981, playing Maggie Clinton on Today's F.B.I.. In 1985, she married screenwriter Spencer Eastman, and their son Christopher was born in 1987.[1] Three months later, Eastman was diagnosed with lung cancer, and he died in 1988.
Potter married for a second time to actor Jeffrey Josephson in October 1990, the same month Beverly Hills 90210 made its television debut.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Carter, Claire. "The actress Carol Potter had met the man of her dreams and was on top of the world. Then ... 'In One Second, Everything Changed'", The Houston Chronicle, 1992-04-05, pp. 4.
- ^ Helen Hayes Theatre (Broadway). Playbill: Theatre information. Playbill, Inc.. Retrieved on 2006-11-08.
