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 [Differentiating between Knots Landing and Desperate Housewives]: The Teri Hatcher character, (Susan Mayer), who is the moral center if you will that would be like a Karen, my character. Then, there`s the bad girl, Nicolette Sheridan, (Edie Britt), who is much like Donna Mills. The first audition I ever went on, I was accompanied by my mother at the instruction of my father. "You have to learn how to take rejection if you really want to be an actor", he said. He had to eat his own words. I got the job.
I was known as the entertainer, that`s where I got my identity.
I love doing things that may not be everybody else`s cup of tea.
Trivia
Shares the same birthday and was born in the same city as Bruce Johnston.
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Her first car was a Plymouth convertible.
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Appeared alongside Bill Bixby on the pilot of a 1970s trashy game show "Cop Out" that has never aired.
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Born at 1:25am-PWT.
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Daughter of makeup artist Jack Dusick.
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Drinks white wine.
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Was voted the best entertainer in high school.
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After the death of her parents, David Jacobs (creator of "Dallas" (1978)) and producer Michael Filerman had approached her on one of her movies, Bud and Lou (1978) (TV), in which she wasn't doing any singing/dancing and 2 weeks later, asked her to star in a pilot called, "Knots Landing" (1979). In fact, ever since she guest-starred in several television shows, she was looking for a television show to star in, perhaps a situation comedy and instead she ended up on a dramatic series.
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Has a cat named Kit Ten.
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Met her first husband James Farentino after she starred in a 1961 Broadway musical, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying".
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Best known by the public for her starring role as Karen Fairgate MacKenzie on "Knots Landing" (1979).
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Loves to travel to St. Martin (in the Caribbean) and the Canyon Ranch in Tucson, Arizona.
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Is a longtime friend of the late Bill Bixby, but didn't attend his funeral in Hawaii, when she was on vacation with her family.
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Has twice been nominated for Broadway's Tony Awards: in 1974 as Best Actress (Musical) for "Seesaw" and in 2001 as Best Actress (Featured Role - Play) for "A Tale of the Allergist's Wife".
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Dottie West became her idol and she later played the late country singer's life in a TV movie.
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The only time she worked with Bob Hope was on Broadway.
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Watches every episode of "60 Minutes" (1968).
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Game show legends Chuck Barris and Bill Cullen became favorites of hers.
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In 1996 she became the first woman to produce, direct, write and star in a motion picture made for television. Color Me Perfect (1996) (TV) won the Christopher Award.
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Was friends with Bill Bixby, Rick Schroeder, Robert Morse, Sharon Gless, and Stephanie Zimbalist.
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Is a huge fan of "Desperate Housewives" (2004).
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Had a clause in her "Knots Landing" (1979) contract that her character would never be a grandmother.
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Her father worked with popular actors Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain before his death in early 1970.
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Is an avid The Beatles fan.
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"Imagine" by John Lennon is one of her favorite songs.
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Her family is Russian-Polish.
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Drinks white wine
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Is an avid jogger.
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Has lived in a Los Angeles house from 1963-2001.
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Chinese is her favorite food.
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On an episode of "Knots Landing" (1979), her character removed the wedding ring. In real-life, the ring she wore was actually the one given to her by her mother. Although she and husband James Farentino had divorced, they still remain close friends.
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Even during the final season of "Knots Landing" (1979) when other actors/actresses were required to be "absent" for 4 episodes, she offered to appear without pay.
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Her father had worked for MGM Studios in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Is a member of the Artists Committee of the John F. Kennedy for the Performing Arts.
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Danced on stage with Gregory Hines.
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Relocated to New York in 2001.
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Is a longtime friend of former child star, Rick Schroder. She hired him to play Lee`s son in one of her TV movies in the early 1990s, My Son Johnny (1991) (TV).
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Is a spokesperson for Parents Involved In Educating Teenagers About Alcohol.
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She participated in the Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.
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Was a heavy smoker at an earlier age.
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Was a dancer and a singer before becoming an actress.
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Graduated from Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California, in 1960.
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Mother of David Farentino.
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Holds the record for the greatest number of consecutive appearances by a leading actress in an hour-long prime-time dramatic series, for her 344 appearances on "Knots Landing" (1979).
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