Wendie Malick

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Biography

Recent Role:
Guest on Anderson
Gender:
Female
Born:
12-13-1950
Birthplace:
Buffalo, New York
Birth Name:
Wendy Malick
Audiences will once again be welcoming back into their homes two-time Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Wendie Malick when she returns to television in ABC's midseason comedy, "Jake in Progress." Most recently on the small screen Malick lent her voice talent to NBC's primetime animated series, "Father of the Pride."

Malick is also well known to TV audiences for her role in the final season of "Frasier," playing John Mahoney's love interest, Ronnie Lawrence. For seven seasons she starred as outrageous ex-model and fashion editor Nina Van Horn in "Just Shoot Me." She also garnered

… More four CableACE awards for her portrayal of Judith Tupper Stone on HBO's comedy, "Dream On."

On the feature film front, Malick can be seen in a starring role in the Warner Bros.' film "Racing Stripes," in theaters January 2005. Other feature films include "The American President," "Jerome," "Scrooged," "On Edge," "Cahoots," "Trojan War," "Funny About Love," "Bugsy," "A Little Sex" and "Mr. Mike's Mondo Video," and she can be heard in Disney's animated film, "The Emperor's New Groove."

Additional television work includes critical acclaim for her dual roles as famous advice columnists Abigail Van Buren and Ann Landers in the TV movie, "Take My Advice." She has had starring roles in "Trauma Center" and "Good Company," recurring roles on "NYPD Blue," "Anything But Love," "Baywatch" and "Kate & Allie," and guest roles on "The X-Files," "Seinfeld," "LA Law," "Cybill" and "Mad About You." She also starred in the television movies "Paper Dolls," "Dynasty: The Miniseries," "Apollo 11," "Perfect Body" and "North Shore Fish," in a role she originated on stage.

Malick's theatrical credits include originating roles in Israel Horowitz's "North Shore Fish" (New York) and Oliver Hailey's "Round Trip" (Los Angeles), for which she was nominated for the Artistic Director's Award as Best Lead Actress in a Play in 1995. In Los Angeles she was seen in "Vagina Monologues" and "Santaland Diaries," and she joined the original cast for the final week of Steve Martin's "The Underpants."

In 2000 Malick was honored by Women in Film as A Woman of Vision, along with Tipper Gore, Gwen Ifills and Roseanne. She's on the Board of Directors of The Environmental Media Association, the Board of Advocates for Planned Parenthood and the Advisory Board of The Humane Society. Through their charitable gift fund, "A Drop in the Bucket," she and husband Richard Erickson support a medical center in the Congo and share an ongoing commitment to a women's shelter in Tijuana. They live in the Santa Monica Mountains with three dogs, two horses and a cat.

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    8.5 Great
    She's back! hide show

    ...if she ever really left...

    But Wendie Malick was one of the really bright spots in "Just Shoot Me". In fact, her Hot in Cleveland semi-star character is not unlike her hot semi-star model character in Just Shoot Me, and once again she has a great cast surrounding her.

    I know she did lots of guest shots over the intervening years, on a lot of series I didn't watch. But I'm glad to see her back full time, in a good if formulaic comedic role in "Cleveland".

    I think her timing and delivery makes her better than most of today's "comic actors" and I am enjoying that finesse. While "Cleveland" is not brain surgery, it is an evening's respite from the drudgery. And that's all TV can ever be anyway. Glad we're back to pros like Wendie to deliver the respite!

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    sandbur Added Jul 9, 2010 All my reviews
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    9.1 Superb
    She is so great hide show

    Wendie malick may look like she is not good but she is awsome could pick anyone funnier then this gal she is great i wish people can recognize her talent she may look old (no offense) but she still got the working mojo i think she deserves more tv time

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    Suprememaster Added Oct 15, 2006 All my reviews
 

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