Donna Pescow

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Donna Pescow (born March 24, 1954 in Brooklyn , New York ) is an American actress and television director.

life and career

Donna Pescow was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn; one of her extended relatives was the film legend Theda Bara . She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and took on minor theater roles until she was best known for the film Saturday Night Fever in 1977 . In this, as party-goer Annette, she vies in vain for John Travolta's main character. She had to audition a total of six times for the role, but ultimately she received a nomination for the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the film's surprise success gave her career a boost. She then played the title character of an Italian-American waitress in the television series Angie . Although the series existed only a year, she received it in 1980 was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Television Series Actress - Comedy or Musical .

In the 1980s, Pescow starred on All My Children as Dr. Lynn Carson became the first major lesbian character in a US soap opera. From 1987 to 1991 she was the mother of the main character in the children's series My Father is an Alien . After a number of minor roles in the 1990s, she played from 2000 to 2003 in the popular Disney television series Eben ein Stevens at the side of Shia LaBeouf . The role Eileen Stevens , a successful politician and mother of three, earned her three Emmy Award nominations . Since then she has mostly taken on guest roles on television, including appearing in the final episode of the hit series The Sopranos . Since 2017, she has had a recurring role as couples therapist Sharon Finkel on the television series The Flash .

In parallel with acting, Pescow has directed individual episodes of three television series. She has been married to Arnold Shepard Zelonka since 1987 and the couple have one son.

Filmography (selection)

As an actress (selection)

As a director

  • 1993: Harry and the Hendersons ( Harry and the Hendersons ; TV series, 1 episode)
  • 2001-2002: Even Stevens ( Even Stevens ; TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2004: Raven looks through ( That's So Raven ; TV series, 1 episode)

Web links

Commons : Donna Pescow  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boca Raton News - Google News archive search. Retrieved August 19, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Paulette Cohn: Donna Pescow Reminisces on the 40th Anniversary of Saturday Night Fever . In: Parade . ( parade.com [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  3. ^ Claude Summers: The Queer Encyclopedia of Film and Television . Simon and Schuster, 2012, ISBN 978-1-57344-882-6 ( google.de [accessed August 19, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Donna Pescow. Retrieved August 19, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Pescow, Donna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and television director
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York