Shari Belafonte
Shari Belafonte (born September 22, 1954 in New York ) is an American actress , singer and former model .
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Life
Shari Belafonte is the daughter of Harry Belafonte and the psychologist Marguerite Byrd. After Hampshire College in Amherst (Massachusetts), she studied at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh , with a BA in acting ("Drama"). She then started a successful modeling career (including for Calvin Klein jeans, in total she was a cover model for over 300 magazine titles), but began to appear in films as early as 1982 and worked as an assistant production and director for television on the east coast, before moving to Los Angeles , where she became an assistant at the animation production company Hanna-Barbera . She gained greater fame as an actress as the receptionist Julie Gilette in Aaron Spelling's series Hotel (1983 to 1985 with ABC). In 1985 she was honored with a Bambi . She also began a career as a singer in the 1980s (mostly in Europe) and made her theatrical debut as Tamara in the play of the same name in Los Angeles. In 1991 she played Prof. Laura Wingate in the television series Beyond Reality . From 1994 she presented a lifestyle magazine ( Lifestyles with Robin Leach and Shari Belafonte , before that Lifestyle of the Rich and Famous ) and from 2006 travel programs on television. She is also very active in various support projects for children, animal and environmental protection (spokeswoman for the Starlight Children's Foundation ) and promotes fitness and diet companies such as Slim-Fast. The Wall Street Journal chose her as one of the top ten “celebrity endorsers” (prominent advertising supporters).
Shari Belafonte was married to Robert Harper from 1977 to 1988 and has been married to actor Sam Behrens since 1989. In 2000 she was photographed in the September issue of the US Playboy .
Filmography (selection)
- 1981: Hard but warm ( Hart to Hart , episode 2x17)
- 1982: A Star in a Dark Night (If You Could See What I Hear)
- 1982: Trapper John, MD (episode 4x04)
- 1982: Time Walker
- 1983–1988: Hotel (TV series, 115 episodes)
- 1984: Love Boat ( The Love Boat , TV series, episode 7x22)
- 1984: Women like velvet and steel ( Velvet , TV movie)
- 1985: Matt Houston (TV series, episode 3x18)
- 1985: The Midnight Hour , Movie made for TV
- 1986: Cravings ( Kate's Secret , TV movie)
- 1989: Cannonball fever - things only really get going on the highway (speed zone!)
- 1990: Murder by Numbers
- 1990: Fire, Ice & Dynamite
- 1991–1993: Beyond Reality (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 1992: The Player (by Robert Altman , she plays herself)
- 1994: Blood on Black Silk ( French Silk , TV movie)
- 1995: Lost Dreams (The Heidi Chronicles)
- 1997: Mars - The Dark Secret
- 1998: Babylon 5: The Gateway to the 3rd Dimension (Babylon 5: Thirdspace)
- 2001: The District - used in Washington ( The District , TV series, episode 2x04)
- 2008: Nip / Tuck - Beauty has its price ( Nip / Tuck , TV series, episode 5x12)
- 2010: Miami Medical (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2014: Teacher of the Year
- 2015: Primrose Lane
- 2016–2017: General Hospital (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2017: Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
- 2018: Say Yes
Discography
- 1987: Eyes Of Night
- 1989: Shari
Web links
- Literature by and about Shari Belafonte in the catalog of the German National Library
- Shari Belafonte-Harper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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SURNAME | Belafonte, Shari |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Belafonte-Harper, Shari |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |