Simone Griffeth

Simone Griffeth, sometimes credited under her married name Simone Griffeth-McDonald (born on April 4, 1950 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American actress. She was a Theater Arts major at the University of South Carolina for three years. While attending college Simone wrote, Griffeth together and acted in a weekly children's show for a Columbia television station. She appeared in a TV commercial at age fifteen.

Career

The tall, blonde Griffeth made her film debut as the titular sweet innocent country girl in the redneck country exploitation film Swamp Girl (1971). She then went on to star in a number of movies in the 1970s, followed by numerous recurring roles in many prime-time TV series through the early 1990s, including her role of serious minded reporter Gretchen, on the series Ladies Man. Griffeth reunited with her former Ladies Man co-star Herb Edelman in an episode of The Golden Girls, playing Stan Zbornak's second wife, Krissy. She continues to coach actors in the Hilton Head area.

Among the many TV shows Griffeth has done guest spots on are Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard, Three's Company, The Greatest American Hero, Hart to Hart, the short-lived NBC-TV sitcom Buffalo Bill, which starred Dabney Coleman, T.J. Hooker, Magnum, P.I., Riptide, The Golden Girls, and Silk Stalkings.

Currently, while between acting jobs, she works as a real estate agent for high-end Low Country properties, together with husband Wayne McDonald.

Selected filmography

External links

• Simone Griffeth at the Internet Movie Database
• Simone Griffeth at AllMovie