thirtysomething
Cast & Crew
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Peter Horton
Gary Sheperd
Peter Horton was born in Bellevue, Washington on August 20, 1953. As a child, Peter's family travelled extensively before settling in northern California. While attending Redwood High School in San Francisco, Peter became friendly with fellow classmate Robin Williams. With a desire to be a classical conductor, Peter attended Pricipia College in Illinois and also studied at the University of California in Santa Monica. He performed in a play shortly after his graduation (with a degree in music composition) and then chose to pursue an acting career, taking classes under the direction of well-known acting coaches. During one such course, he met future wife Michelle Pfeiffer. Peter Horton's first break on television was in an episode of the CBS television show 'The White Shadow.' He then appeared in a variety of feature films and made-for-tv movies before landing the role of Gary Sheperd in the ABC television show 'thirtysomething.' However, it was directing that Peter wanted to do most and he would go on to direct six episodes of the show before his character was written out during the final season. Following the demise of 'thirtysomething', Peter finally directed his first feature film 'The Cure,' which opened to warm reviews in 1995.moreless -
Timothy Busfield
Elliot Francis Weston
Timothy Busfield was born in Lansing Michigan. His mother, Jean was the director for Michigan State University Press, and his father, Roger once taught theater arts in university.
He attended East Tennessee State University, where he appeared in his first production as Puck, in Robin Goodfellow a children's version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. He apprenticed at the Louisville Kentucky Actor's Theatre. He also traveled and performed in Europe in a New York rendition of Getting Out. He continued to work in theater in New York, including being the understudy for Matthew Broderick in Neil Simon's Broadway production Brighton Beach Memoir along with A Few Good Men, and Founder. He also started his own non-profit business, Fantasy Theatre, a company of five actors who solicited plays from California school children, ages 7-14. Timothy picked out the best, re-wrote them and had his group perform them for elementary and junior high schools.
Busfield was a young actor when he first appeared on television as Richard Mulligan's son on the sitcom, Reggie (1983). He followed up by joining the cast of the medical drama, Trapper John, M.D. (1979-86) for its last two seasons. Tim Busfield has also appeared in such TV-movies as Strays (1991), and the interesting drama Murder Between Friends (1994). His most notable Television series role was as Elliot Weston on the ABC series thirtysomething from 1987 - 1991. He was nominated for an Emmy every year the show aired, and won one for Best Supporting Actor in 1991. Tim Busfield is a diverse actor who can play the irresponsible guy to the caring family man.
In addition to acting, Busfield has directed many television shows from thirtysomething to Ed and First Years. Timothy held a recurring role on the series The West Wing for its entire run and is starring in Sorkin/Schlamme's new TV endeavor; Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
Timothy has been married twice: Radha Delamarter, an actress and director (until 1986) and Jennifer Merwin, a fashion designer, whom he married in 1988 but who started divorce proceedings in 2007.
He has three children: Wilson (or Willy), (b. 1982)from his marriage to Radha, and Daisy (b. 1989) and Samuel (b. 1991), from his marriage to Jennifer.moreless -
Ken Olin
Michael Steadman
Actor, Director, Producer, Ken Olin has had a diverse and long career in Television and in film. Known as the star of the award winning Television drama Thirtysomething, which aired on ABC from 1987 - 1991. Ken's wife Patricia Wettig also starred in the show.
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Raised in the affluent Chicago suburb of Highland Park, with a father who was the president of a pharmaceutical company, he attended boarding school in Vermont where he starred in baseball. He attended the University of Pennsylvania and got a degree in English literature. He studied acting in New York, and was in plays such as "Steamers" and "Major Barbara".
He met his wife Patricia Wettig on a train to Portsmouth NH, in 1982 were they were both on their way to star in a play of "A Street Car Named Desire", he as Stanley and she as Stella. They married and had a son Clifford, (b 1983) and a daughter Roxanne (b 1986).
A handsome, and moving actor who played Off-Broadway in his stage debut "Taxi Tales", in 1978. His film debut was in "Ghost Story" (1981), playing John Houseman as a young man. He played Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1982). He made his TV debut playing a cadet judging the future status of "Women at West Point" (CBS, 1979), and, in 1983, was a ballplayer in the short-lived Steven Bochco NBC series "Bay City Blues". and before his recurring role on two seasons of NBC's "Hill Street Blues, cast as Detective Garabaldi and on CBS' "Falcon Crest" playing a priest who has an affair with one of his parishioners, a role he once said in an interview 'was to pay the bills'.
Ken's other film credits include playing Liz Taylor's agent in "There Must Be a Pony" (ABC, 1986). He starred in the miniseries "I'll Take Manhattan" (CBS, 1987). Later Ken played Charles Stuart in "Good Night, Sweet Wife: A Murder in Boston" (CBS, 1990), based on the true story of the Boston man who killed his pregnant wife. HIs feature film debut was in "Queen's Logic" (1991).
Ken Olin began directing with in 1989 in an episode of thirtysomething. He directed 6 episodes in all for the show. His love and talent for directing continued after "thirtysomething" went off the air in 1991, by directing "The Broken Cord" (ABC, 1992), about a brain-damaged Lakota Indian. His credits also include directing for the first TV-movie produced by the Fox network: "Doing Time on Maple Drive" (1992), with Jim Carrey. In 1995, Olin directed Don Johnson in HBO's "In Pursuit of Honor", a drama about WWI. Ken moved on to his direct the feature film "White Fang 2: The Myth of the White Wolf" (1994).
He returned to series TV as a police detective in the gritty and short but highly acclaimed CBS drama series "EZ Streets" (1996-97) and again as a doctor in the medical drama "L.A. Doctors" (CBS, 1998-99).
He met the creator of Thirtysomething Marshall Herskovitz through their children's pre-school, when Ken's son Clifford became friends with Lizzie, Marshall's daughter. They went out to dinner and he and Patty were both cast in thirtysomehing, but not as husband and wife together in the cast. Olin is married to actress Patricia Wettig, who also starred on "thirtysomething" (though not as Olin's character's spouse). The duo has worked together in the TV-movies "Cop Killer" (ABC, 1988) and "Nothing But the Truth" (CBS, 1995). Olin was also one of the executive producers of "Kansas", a 1995 ABC TV-movie starring Wettig
His more recent succceses include the short-lived but critically acclaimed drama Breaking News (2001) which was shown on BRAVO television. Ken broke ground in the gritty crime drama E-Z Streets in 1996 as well. He currently directs the show ALIAS. He has directed many televison shows besides Breaking News and Thirtysomething, including Felicity, Judging Amy, and the West Wing.
His history, longevity, diversity and acclaim are all a testament to his talent and staying power. -
Mel Harris
Hope Murdoch Steadman
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Patricia Kalember
Susannah Hart (1989-1991)
Raised in Westport, CT, and Louisville, KY, Patricia Kalember was encouraged to pursue acting by her high-school drama teacher. After graduating high school, she attended Indiana University, earning a B.A. degree in theater, and later an M.F.A. at Temple University. Immediately upon graduation, she went directly into theater, appearing in major regional and Off-Broadway productions. Her first professional acting jobs were in the Baltimore Center Stage productions of "Cyrano de Bergerac" and "The Front Page." Upon relocating to New York, she appeared on various television daytime dramas and in commercials and Off-Off-Broadway plays.
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Sibling: Robert
Education:Indiana University, B.A., theatre, 1978; Temple University, M.F.A., 1980
Wed: Daniel Gerroll on February 25, 1986
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Melanie Mayron
Melissa Steadman
Emmy winning actress, for her role in the ABC television series, thirtysomething, which aired from 1987 - 1991. Also a director, writer and producer for films and television including, The Babysitters Club, Providence, Dawson's Creek, Nash Bridges, and The Larry Sanders Show.
Melanie Joy Mayron, daughter of Norma and David Mayron, was born on October 20, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was raised in Philidelphia, the setting for the show thirtysomething. She graduated at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Upon graduation she toured the country in the national tour of "Godspell". Three years later (1974) she had her first film debut in Paul Mazursky's Harry and Tonto, in which she played a teenage hitchhiker. She won an Emmy for her performance as Melissa the cousin of Michael (played by Ken Olin) who was a photographer, in thirtysomething in 1989. She was also nominated three years in a row for best supporting actress for her role on thirtysomething. She also directed for the first time on thirtysomething.
Her "film break through" was in 1978 in Claudia Weill's film "Girlfriends", also playing a photographer. For this role Melanie won her first award for best actress at the "Locano Film Festival" in 1979. Her next film success was in "Missing", (1982) a film about Chile. Melanie also
worked with director Caitlin Adams as a screenwriter and producer in the late 80s.
In this time Melanie became a co-writer and producer for top films together with screen-writer Catlin Adams. Her first co-production was "Sticky Fingers", followed by the short film "Little Shiny Shoes".
Her first own TV movie directorial debut was "The Baby Sitters Club" in 1995. A TV remake of "Freaky Friday" followed in the same year.
Melanie's father David is a chemist and together they have created Mayron's Good Baby Line products, released in 2001. Melanie's mother Norma is a real estate agent. Her sister Gail Mayron is also an actress and they appeared together as sisters on Thirtysomething in the episode "photo opportunity".
Melanie lives in Hollywood Hills California, and has two children, twins, a boy and a girl, Miles and Olivia, born in 1999.moreless -
Patricia Wettig
Nancy Krieger Weston
Patricia Wettig is best known for her role of Nancy Weston on the award winning ABC drama thirtysomething. She won two emmys for her role as a wife and mother battling cancer, while trying to save her marriage, and find her own artistic talent. Patricia was born in Cincinnati, and was the daughter of a University of Tennessee basketball coach. She started out as a dresser for Shirley MacLaine, and spent 7 years in New York with the Circle Repertory Company. She met Ken Olin on a train going to Portsmouth NH, 1982, where both of them were going to star in a production of "A street car named desire", she as Stella, he as Stanley. She was living with someone, he was engaged to someone else, but they fell in love immediately. They married at her home in Connecticut in 1982. Ken also starred in Thirtysomething. They have two children, Clifford (b 1983) and Roxanne (b 1986). Patricia's other succeses include a role on St. Elsewhere in 1982, stage and film such as Stephen King's The Langoliers, Kansas and several Television movies. She currently has a guest role in the series ALIAS. Patricia was the psychiatrist questioning Vaughn on "Alias." Still working together, her husband Ken is also involved as "Alias" executive producer. Patricia also earned a master's degree in playwriting from Smith College in May 2001 and is currently pursuing a career in writing more than in actingmoreless -
Polly Draper
Ellyn Warren
Polly Draper is best known for her starring role in the ABC series "thirtysomething", as Ellyn Warren, career woman and Hope's best friend. She was nominated for an Emmy award for the same role as best supporting actress. She has starred in several movies including "Home Song", "The Tic Code", and "Second Best". She has also been a writer, producer and done the voice in several books on tape including "Beauty".
Polly got her first break playing Gwenevere in her seventh grade production of "camelot". She also graduated from Yale University with a B.A.A. and M.F.A. degrees.
Other films Polly was in include "The Pick-Up Artist" and "Making Mr. Right", both 1987. Polly Draper, is trained for the stage and has done several productions there as well. Polly has made occasional appearances in TV-movies like "Danielle Steel's 'Heartbeat' " (NBC, 1993) and "LaVyrle Spencer's 'Home Song' " (CBS, 1996) and big screen outings like "Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain" (1995) and "The Tic Code" (1998). The latter, which also marked her debut as a screenwriter and starred Gregory Hines, was loosely based on her second husband Michael Wolff, a musician who suffers with Tourette's syndrome.
In 2003, Polly Draper wrote the playwright and starred in the off-Broadway show, "Getting Into Heaven". For the first time, Draper sang the songs and wrote the music. The other songs were written and performed by Wolff, whom was credited for the score.
Polly Draper wrote her directorial debut for "The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie" (2005), which starred her sons actor/musicians Nat and Alex Wolff. It was a mockumentary that parodied the actual musical prodigious siblings, as in the film, cameras that accompanied the band and their privacy. The boys' wrote and performed all there songs, and Michael Wolff played a corny accordion player, who played Nat and Alex's real life father on the show, and Wolff produced the music.
The film received the audience award for family feature film at the Hamptons International Film Festival. A television CEO, Albie Hecht, watched the screening at the film festival, to which he and his agents persuaded Draper to create a Nickelodeon television show, entitled "The Naked Brothers Band", which aired from 2007 to 2009. The debut of the series, which was executive produced, written and directed by Draper, and executive produced by Hecht through his production company Worldwide Biggies, gave Nickelodeon the top rated debut in seven years.
She lives in New York City and is married to pianist Michael Wolff and has two sons, singer-songwriter/musicians Nat and Alex Wolff.moreless -
Lynne Thigpen
Rosie
Lynne Thigpen won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway production of An American Daughter and received a Tony nomination for her performance in Tintypes. She also won an L.A. Drama Critics Award for her role in a Los Angeles production of Fences. She portrayed the Chief in the PBS series Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? and Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego? Her additional television credits include the series thirtysomething and L.A. Law and the movies The Boys Next Door and Night Ride Home. Thigpen's feature film credits include Tootsie, Bob Roberts, Lean on Me, Random Hearts, Shaft, and The Insider. She was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, and lived in New York. Her birth date is December 22.moreless -
Faith Ford
Jeannine
In 1988 Faith Ford vaulted to fame as the plucky Corky Sherwood on Murphy Brown, whom she portrayed for ten years, garnering five Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations. Hope & Faith marks a return to ABC for the actress, who starred in Norm for two seasons after guest-starring on the show; she made an indelible mark on thirtysomething as the ditzy secretary, Janine, and began her career at One Life to Live. Hope played the control freak mom on Hope and Faith co-starring Kelly Ripa for three seasons. Her extensive TV credits range from the series Maggie Winters to numerous telefilms, including Moms on Strike, A Weekend in the Country, Her Desperate Choice and Night Visitors. Her feature films include the Walt Disney comedy Pacifier, with Vin Diesel, the Stephen King film Sometimes They Come Back... for More and North, among others. Ford was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People in 1991. She is the author of Cooking with Faith, a multi-generational Southern cookbook inspired by her childhood culinary adventures with her mother and grandmother. Ford resides in Los Angeles and New York with her husband and two dogs.moreless -
Patricia Heaton
Dr. Silverman
Patricia Heaton grew up in Bay Village, Ohio and graduated from Ohio State University. She her Broadway debut in the musical 'Don't Get God Started' Heaton struggled to make it as an actress. She moved to New York but wasn't successful so she moved to Los Angeles and landed her role as Debra Barone on the popular sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. She has also appeared on many other shows and movies such as thirtysomething and recently in 'the goodbye girl' And for her role as Debra Barone, she has earned two Emmys.moreless -
Corey Parker
Lee Owens
Spouse
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'Linda Kerridge' (1988 - ?) (divorced); 1 child
His mother (Rocky Parker) was married to actor Patrick Dempsey, who was 27 years her junior; Patrick, who is one year younger than Corey, was briefly Corey's step-father.
Son of Rocky Parker.
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Richard Gilliland
Jeffrey Milgrom
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Erich Anderson
Billy Sidel
Erich Anderson's acting career started with the Friday the 13th movies. He has a long list of televsion appearances and movie appearances including Billy Sidell on Thirtysomething and Felicity's father Edward Porter in Felicity. He has had several appearances in other television series such as NYPD Blue, Sisters, and in Melrose Place in a few episodes as Courtney Thorne Smith's character's psychiatrist.moreless -
David Clennon
Miles Drentell
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Elizabeth Hoffman
Eleanor Krieger
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Lyndsay Riddell
Brittany
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Richard Cummings Jr.
Mark
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David Marshall Grant
Russell Weller
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Courtney Gebhart
Carla
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Terry Kinney
Steve Woodman
Terry Kinney, the stage, film and television actor, was born on January 29, 1954 in Lincoln, Illinois and attended Illinois State University. While at university, his friend, the aspiring actor Jeff Perry, took Kinney to Chicago to see a production of "Grease" in which his best friend, Gary Sinise, was appearing. The like-minded trio of Sinise, Perry and Kinney opened their own Chicago theatrical troupe, the Steppenwolf Theater, in 1974 in the basement of a church in Highland Park. The company's metamorphosis into one of the country's great regional theatrical companies began in 1976, after Kinney and Perry joined it full-time after graduating from college. The theater has, since 1976, put on a full season of ensemble works. The founders of Steppenwolf supported the theater and themselves with odd jobs until he company began financially self-supporting in the early 1980s. re-located in the old St. Nicholas Theater, Steppenwolf's productions began to attract a steady audience. Steppenwolf flourished artistically and financially in the '80s, and moved once again to its permanent home at 1650 N. Halsted Street in Chicago.moreless -
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