Cindy Pickett

Career overview

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Synopsis (TMDB Bio):
Born: April 18, 1947.
Role: Jackie Marler-Spaulding on CBS soap Guiding Light (1970s).
Role: Dr. Carol Novino on television drama St. Elsewhere (1980s).
Role: Real-life Kay Stayner in TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven.
Role: Valerie St. John in Roger Vadim's 1980 film Night Games.
Role: Dr. Jane Norri (description: tough-as-nails and heroic).
Source [1] (TMDB):
Birthday: April 18, 1947.
Place of Birth: Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA.
Known Credits: 75.
Source [2] (Kinobox):
Films: Reunited Apart, Disneyland, Call to Glory.
Source [4] (FDb.cz):
Born: 18.4.1947 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma.
American actress.
Daughter of a theater director and University of Houston educator.
Paragraph 1: Early Life and Television Roles.
Cindy Pickett is an American actress born on April 18, 1947, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of a theater director and an educator at the University of Houston. Her television career includes a role in the 1970s as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light. During the 1980s, she appeared as Dr. Carol Novino on the television drama St. Elsewhere.
Paragraph 2: Film and Dramatic Roles.
Pickett has also appeared in various film and television movie productions. She portrayed the real-life Kay Stayner, the mother of a boy kidnapped for several years, in the dramatic television movie I Know My First Name Is Steven. Her cinematic work includes the leading role of Valerie St. John in Roger Vadim's 1980 film Night Games. Other film credits associated with her include Reunited Apart, Disneyland, and Call to Glory. She is also noted for her performance as Dr. Jane Norri.
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Cindy Pickett is an American actress born on April 18, 1947, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of a theater director and a University of Houston educator. Pickett is recognized for her television work, including her role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light during the 1970s. In the 1980s, she portrayed Dr. Carol Novino on the television drama St. Elsewhere.

Her career includes several notable dramatic performances. She played the real-life Kay Stayner, the mother of a boy kidnapped for several years, in the television movie I Know My First Name Is Steven. In film, she held the leading role of Valerie St. John in Roger Vadim's 1980 erotic cult film Night Games. Pickett's filmography also includes roles in Reunited Apart, Disneyland, and Call