Most recognized for her role as Lucy Ewing on Dallas, she is a small girl with a big influence. Measuring in at only 4’11, Charlene received the nickname poisonous dwarf because of her character’s wild personality and short height. Following the role, she became a pop singer in the 1980s.
Nowadays, she uses her power for the better of the people, doing charity work for foster kids. She also played a small part in the movie “Road Less Traveled,” which was released in 2017.
Teri Garr
Teri’s first big role was in the film The Conversation which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Her real breakthrough came when she played Igna in Young Frankenstein. She moved on to other roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Black Stallion.
In 2002, she came forward as having multiple sclerosis and shortly after, became a national ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and National Chair for the Society’s Women Against MS program.
Cicely Tyson
Cicely started as a model and later turned to acting which proved to be a wise choice. She demonstrated her capabilities while playing Rebecca Morgan in Sounder and received her first Academy Award nomination for the role in 1972. Two years later, she won two Emmy Awards for "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman".
She has continued acting in film, T.V, and broadway, and has had roles in award-winning shows like Roots and King. She acted in the Best Picture-nominated movie The Help and appeared in the popular series How to Get Away with Murder. She passed away in 2021.
Paula Prentiss
Paula started off her career as an actor in comedy films. In the 1960s, she played roles in Where the Boys are, The Honeymoon Machine, and Bachelor in Paradise. Following that, she acted in the cult horror film The Stepford Wives as Bobbie Markowe.
After a 30-year hiatus from acting, she proved that she still has what it takes and acted in 2016’s horror film I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House.
Connie Stevens
Connie was born in New York in 1938. Both of her parents were musicians, a fact that might explain her sense of creativity. She did it all, she was a singer, an actress, a writer, a producer, and a director. She became wildly known for her role in "Hawaiian Eye."
Connie has continued working in show business. Her most recent role was in 2019's "By the Rivers of Babylon." Today she lives in Studio City, Los Angeles.