Alison La Placa

Alison Jo La Placa (born December 16, 1959 in Newark , Essex County , New Jersey ) is an American theater , film actress and voice actress . She was best known for her portrayal of Linda Phillips in the American television series Duet and Open House in the late 1980s and as Catherine Merrick on night shift with John in the mid 1990s.

Life

La Placa was born in New Jersey, but grew up in a suburb of Chicago . She graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with an acting degree and received extensive training in classical piano and singing. She has appeared on stage in regional productions of the musicals Dames at Sea and Company and in the production of Strider by the Los Angeles Cast Theater. She has been married to actor Philip Charles MacKenzie since 1992 .

She has been working as a film actress since 1983. She had her first major role in the movie Rock Aliens . After supporting roles and episode roles in various television series, she worked from 1987 to 1989 as Linda Phillips in a total of 54 episodes of the television series Duet . From 1989 to 1990, she impersonated the same role in 24 episodes of the television series Open House . From 1994 to 1996 she was seen as Catherine Merrick in a total of 49 episodes of the television series Night Shift with John . This was followed by episode roles in television series such as A Heavenly Family , Malcolm in the Middle , Emergency Room , Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy . From the 21st century, activities for the film industry declined noticeably. In the 1990s she voiced her voice for some characters in cartoons.

Filmography

play

• 1983: Relationship, No Thanks (Listen to Your Heart) (TV movie)
• 1983: Diner (short film)
• 1984: Rock Aliens (Voyage of the Rock Aliens)
• 1984: Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs (TV series, episode 1x04)
• 1984: Familienbande (Family Ties) (TV series, episode 3x06)
• 1985: Cheers (TV series, episode 3x19)
• 1985: Fletch - The Troublemaker (Fletch)
• 1985: Murder: By Reason of Insanity (TV Movie)
• 1985: Unter Brothers (TV series, episode 2x25)
• 1986: Remington Steele (TV series, episode 4x19)
• 1986: Second Serve (TV movie)
• 1987: Our house (Our House) (TV series, episode 1x16)
• 1987: Fame - The road to fame (Fame) (TV series, episode 6x13)
• 1987–1989: Duet (TV series, 54 episodes)
• 1989–1990: Open House (TV series, 24 episodes)
• 1990: Madhouse
• 1991: Stat (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1991: A Christmas Dream (In the Nick of Time) (TV movie)
• 1992–1993: The Jackie Thomas Show (TV series, 18 episodes)
• 1994: Tom (TV series, 12 episodes)
• 1994–1996: Night Shift with John (The John Larroquette Show) (TV series, 49 episodes)
• 1995: An Affectionate Look at Fatherhood
• 1997: Temporarily Yours (TV series, episode 1x06)
• 1997: Friends (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1998: A Heavenly Family (7th Heaven) (TV series, episode 3x05)
• 2000: Malcolm in the Middle (TV series, episode 2x06)
• 2001: Nathan's Choice (short film)
• 2002: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme (ER) (TV series, episode 8x22)
• 2006: Desperate Housewives (TV series, episode 3x10)
• 2007: OC, California (The OC) (TV series, episode 4x12)
• 2007: Grey's Anatomy (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2008: Boston Legal (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2008–2010: Ehe ist ... ('Til Death) (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2009: Lie to Me (TV series, episode 1x06)
• 2009: Without a Trace (Without a Trace) (TV series, episode 7x17)
• 2010: 15 Minutes (TV movie)
• 2011: Man Up! (TV series, episode 1x05)
• 2012: Up All Night (TV series, episode 1x14)
• 2014: Mom (TV series, episode 2x04)

synchronization

• 1994: Batman (Batman: The Animated Series) (animated series, episode 3x04)
• 1997: Duckman (Duckman - Private Dick / Family Man) (animated series, episode 4x09)
• 1997: Johnny Bravo (animated series, episode 1x11)
• 1999: Hercules (animated series, episode 1x48)

Web links

• Alison La Placa in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Alison La Placa in the German dubbing file

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} IMDb : Biography Alison La Placa , accessed on August 9, 2020.