Wendie Malick

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Wendie Malick

Born Wendy Malick
December 13, 1950 (1950-12-13) (age 57)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Wendie Malick (born December 13, 1950) is an American actress and former fashion model.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Malick was born Wendy Malick in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Gigi, a former model, and Ken Malick, who worked in sales.[1] Her father is Egyptian.[2] She graduated from Williamsville South High School. In 1972, after graduating from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, she began fashion modelling for the Wilhelmina modeling agency. She left that to work for Republican Congressman Jack Kemp. It didn't take her long to realize that her future was not in Washington, but on the stage and screen. She began working as an actress in 1982 in the film A Little Sex and has worked steadily since. She was given a special award by the Screen Actors Guild for her accomplishments in film and television. She has appeared in no fewer than five television programs or films every year for the past 23 years.

[edit] Career

In 1982, she auditioned unsuccessfully for the role of Diane Chambers in the NBC sitcom Cheers. Malick's first lead role on a TV series was on the HBO series Dream On in 1990. She remained on this show until 1996, winning four CableACE awards for best actress in a comedy series.

Malick then moved on to the role of boozing, superficial former supermodel Nina Van Horn on the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! in 1997, a role she continued until the show's end in 2003. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on Just Shoot Me! in 1999 and again in 2002.

Malick starred in the made-for-TV movie Take My Advice: The Ann and Abby Story, in which she played the dual roles of identical twin sibling advice columnists Ann Landers (Esther Lederer) and "Dear Abby" Abigail Van Buren (Pauline Phillips). She provided the voice of Principal Folsom for the Disney animated series Fillmore! until its end in 2004.

From early 2005, she has portrayed Naomi on the John Stamos television series Jake in Progress. Malick was to be part of the cast of the series Modern Men but due to a Jake in Progress renewal, her role on Modern Men was recast with Jane Seymour. Both Jake in Progress and Modern Men were quickly cancelled in 2006. She is currently providing the voice of Burdine Maxwell in the animated series Bratz.

Starting in the summer of 2006, Malick did voice work on radio and television ads for Marshall's department stores. In August 2006, Maxim magazine named her #8 on their Best Nymphos list for her role as Nina Van Horn.[3]

Malick has made over 80 guest appearances on television shows, including:

...as well as appearances on MacGyver, The X-files, Mike Hammer, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Highway to Heaven, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, Empty Nest, Mad About You, Tales From the Crypt, Seinfeld, Cybill, Kim Possible, Reba, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 'Til Death, and Law & Order.

In 2000, Malick was honored by Women in Film as A Woman of Vision, along with Tipper Gore, Gwen Ifill, and Roseanne Barr. Malick is on the board of directors of the Environmental Media Association, the board of advocates for Planned Parenthood and the advisory board of the Humane Society.

[edit] Personal life

Wendie Malick has been married twice: from 1982 to 1989 to actor and screenwriter Mitch Glazer, and currently since 1992 to Richard Erickson. Through their charity, A Drop in the Bucket, she and Erickson support a medical center in the Congo and share an ongoing commitment to a women's shelter in Tijuana, Mexico. They live in the Santa Monica Mountains with three dogs, two horses and a cat. Malick is a vegetarian.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/96/Wendie-Malick.html
  2. ^ The Arab American Institute
  3. ^ http://www.maximonline.com/slideshows/index.aspx?slideId=2253&imgCollectId=105&src=wiki
  4. ^ Wendie Malick Quotes

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NAME Malick, Wendie
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH 13 December 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo, New York
DATE OF DEATH
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