Amanda McBroom
Amanda McBroom (born August 9, 1947 in Woodland Hills , California ) is an American actress , singer , songwriter and cabaret artist .
Life
McBroom graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and earned a BFA in 1969 . Her most successful song is The Rose from 1979, for which she won the Golden Globe Award in 1980 . She later worked for a long time with the songwriter Michele Brourman , for example on some songs in the film series In a Land Before Time .
She has appeared in New York , Los Angeles , San Francisco and in European productions of the musical Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and made her Broadway debut in 1973 in Seesaw . In 1989 she released her first musical Heartbeats in Los Angeles . In 2005, her off-Broadway musical A Woman of Will premiered.
As an actress, she is best known for her role as Sandi Welles in the television series Hawaii Five-Zero (1976-1977). She had a number of other appearances in series, such as in Medical Center (1973), Smoking Colts (1975), Charlie's Angels (1977), Starsky & Hutch (1978), Hard But Heart (1980), M * A * S * H (1981), Remington Steele (1983), Magnum (1985) and as Captain Phillipa Louvois in Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century (1989). She also starred in the television film The Paul Williams Show (1979) and voiced her voice in various English characters in cartoons .
McBroom is the daughter of actor David Bruce.
Discography
- 1980: The Amanda Albums
- 1980: Growing Up in Hollywood Town
- 1981: West of Oz
- 1986: Dreaming
- 1991: Midnight Matinee
- 1994: Live from Rainbow & Stars
- 1994: Heartbeats - a New Musical
- 1996: The Best of Amanda Mcbroom
- 1997: A Waiting Heart
- 1999: Portraits: Best of Amanda McBroom
- 2005: Woman of Will
- 2005: A Timeless Thing
- 2009: Chanson
Filmography
- 1973: Medical Center (TV series, an episode)
- 1973: Love, American Style (TV series, episode)
- 1973: The Magician ( The Magician , TV series, an episode)
- 1973: Cannon (TV series, episode)
- 1974: Police Story (TV series, episode)
- 1975: Smoking Colts ( Gunsmoke , TV series, an episode)
- 1975: Joe Forrester (TV series, episode)
- 1976: Jigsaw John (TV series, an episode)
- 1976: Executive Suite (TV series, one episode)
- 1976–1977: Hawaii Five-Zero ( Hawaii Five-O , TV series, four episodes)
- 1977: Charlie's Angels ( Charlie's Angels , television series, one episode)
- 1978: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , TV series, an episode)
- 1979: Taxi (TV series, an episode)
- 1979: Lou Grant (TV series, an episode)
- 1979: The Paul Williams Show (TV movie)
- 1979: Big Shamus, Little Shamus (TV series, episode)
- 1980: Stone (TV series, an episode)
- 1980: Hart to Hart ( Hart to Hart , TV series, an episode)
- 1980–1981: The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (TV series, 24 episodes, voice)
- 1981: The Smurfs ( The Smurfs , TV series, voice)
- 1981: M * A * S * H (TV series, an episode)
- 1982: The Powers of Matthew Star (TV series, episode)
- 1983: My Smurfy Valentine (TV movie, voice)
- 1983: Remington Steele (TV series, an episode)
- 1984: The Gobots ( Challenge of the GoBots , TV series, voice)
- 1984: fashion, models and intrigues ( cover up , TV series, an episode)
- 1985: Magnum ( Magnum, PI , TV series, an episode)
- 1986: Wildfire (TV series, episode, voice)
- 1989: Starship Enterprise: The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , television series, an episode)
- 1992: The Boys of Twilight (TV series)
- 2001: PC and the Web
Theater (selection)
- 1973: Seesaw
- 1989: Heartbeats
- 2005: A Woman of Will
Awards and nominations
- 1980: Golden Globe Award in the category “Best Film Song” for the song The Rose
- 1992: Daytime Emmy Award nomination in the “Outstanding Original Song” category for the song I Think Of You from Young and Passionate - How Life Works (shared with James Patrick Dunne )
- 1998: Annie Award nomination in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production" for Hercules & Xena - The Battle for Olympus (shared with Michele Brourman and Joseph LoDuca )
- 2003: DVDX Award nomination in the category "Best Original Song in a DVD Premiere Movie" for the song Best of Friends from In a Land Before Our Time X - The Great Journey (shared with Olivia Newton-John and Michele Brourman)
- 2003: Two DVD Premiere Award nominations in the “Best Original Song” category for the songs No One Has to Be Alone (shared with Donny Osmond and Michele Brourman) and Imaginary Friend (shared with Aria Noelle Curzon , Anndi McAfee , Thomas Dekker , Jeff Bennett and Michele Brourman) from In a Land Before Time IX - The Journey to the Great Waters
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of December 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Amanda McBroom in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Amanda McBroom at memory-alpha.org (a Star Trek wiki) (English)
- Amanda McBroom in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Discography at allmusic.com
- Amanda McBroom in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amanda McBroom on the Internet Broadway Database.com
- ↑ biography (English)
- ↑ Amanda McBroom ( memento October 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at goldenglobes.org
- ↑ 26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998) ( Memento January 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on annieawards.org .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McBroom, Amanda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress, singer, songwriter and cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Woodland Hills , California , United States |