Cynthia Sikes
Cynthia Sikes | |
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Born |
Cynthia Lee Sikes January 2, 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1975–present |
Spouse(s) | Bud Yorkin (m. 1989; d. 2015) |
Cynthia Lee Sikes (born January 2, 1954) is an American actress known primarily for her television roles.
Life and career
She was Miss Kansas 1972 and was a Top 10 finalist and preliminary swimsuit winner at the Miss America 1973 pageant. In 1979 she co-starred in the short-lived series Big Shamus, Little Shamus, with Brian Dennehy, but her breakthrough role was as Dr. Annie Cavanero in the series St. Elsewhere, a role she played for the show's first three seasons.
In addition, Sikes appeared on the CBS series Magnum, P.I., which starred Tom Selleck, during the 1980s, and in the feature film Good-bye, Cruel World and Arthur 2: On The Rocks; in the latter, which was a critical and commercial failure, she took over the role of Susan Johnson that Jill Eikenberry had originated in the original Arthur.[1] In the fifth and sixth seasons of JAG, she played the love interest of Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden (played by John M. Jackson).
In 1976, she co-starred in one episode of the TV series Columbo, playing the role of "Della" (daughter of "the Great Santini") in the episode Now You See Him.... She also played a judge in the television series LA Law and co-starred with Burt Reynolds as "Courtney" in the 1983 movie The Man Who Loved Women, which also starred Julie Andrews.
In 2008, Sikes appeared in The Young and the Restless as Zara, the mother of Sabrina Costelana.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains | Alicia Meeker | |
1983 | Good-bye, Cruel World | Joyce | |
1983 | Man Who Loved Women, TheThe Man Who Loved Women | Courtney Wade | |
1986 | That's Life! | Janice Kern | |
1988 | Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Susan Johnson | |
1990 | Love Hurts | Nancy Weaver | |
1998 | Possums | Elizabeth Clark | |
2005 | Going Shopping | Lisa | |
2017 | Blade Runner 2049 | Producer |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1975 | Emergency! | Karen Martin | Episode: "Communications" |
1976 | Rockford Files, TheThe Rockford Files | Susan Valero | Episode: "A Portrait of Elizabeth" |
1976 | Jigsaw John | Toni Stroud | Episode: "Promise to Kill" |
1976 | Columbo | Della | Episode: "Now You See Him" |
1976 | Police Woman | Michelle | Episodes: "Task Force: Cop Killer: Parts 1 & 2" |
1976 | Captains and Kings | Claudia Desmond Armagh | TV miniseries |
1979 | Big Shamus, Little Shamus | Jingles Lodestar | Episodes: "The Canary", "The Abduction" |
1979 | Archie Bunker's Place | Peggy Levy | Episode: "Bosom Partners" |
1980 | Archie Bunker's Place | Peggy Levy | Episode: "Murray's Daughter" |
1980 | Hart to Hart | Roseanne Driscoll | Episode: "'Tis the Season to Be Murdered" |
1981 | Falcon Crest | Barbara Munroe | Episode: "The Tangled Vines" |
1981-1982 | Flamingo Road | Sandy Swanson | Recurring role (9 episodes) |
1982 | Falcon Crest | Barbara Munroe | Episode: "Tony Comes Home" |
1982 | Fall Guy, TheThe Fall Guy | Gail Roberts | Episode: "Soldiers of Misfortune" |
1982 | Bring 'Em Back Alive | TV series | |
1982-1985 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Annie Cavanero | Main role (68 episodes) |
1984 | His Mistress | Paula Schuster | TV film |
1985 | I Had Three Wives | Dr. Harris | Episode: "You and I Know" |
1985 | Stir Crazy | Kathryn D'Angelo | Episode: "Pilot" |
1985 | Hotel | Callie Harlan | Episode: "Imperfect Union" |
1985 | Magnum, P.I. | Lauren Henderson | Episode: "The Kona Winds" |
1986 | Oceans of Fire | Helen Kyger | TV film |
1988 | L.A. Law | Judge Monica Ryan | Episodes: "Open Heart Perjury", "Leapin' Lizards", "Romancing the Drone" |
1990 | In Defense of a Married Man | Claudia | TV film |
1996 | Sins of Silence | Cynthia Hayes | TV film |
1996 | Wings | Nina Todd | Episode: "Wingless: Part 2" |
1999 | Arliss | Rona Suss | Episode: "The Art of Give and Take" |
2000-2001 | JAG | Dr. Sidney Walden | Recurring role (8 episodes) |
2002 | Arliss | Meredith Scott | Episode: "What You See Is What You Get" |
2008 | Young and the Restless, TheThe Young and the Restless | Zara Costelana | TV series |
References
- ↑ Canby, Vincent (8 July 1988). "Arthur 2 On The Rocks (1988)". The New York Times.