Catherine Mary Hicks is an American television, film, and stage actress. She
is known for her role as Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th
Heaven. Other notable roles have been: Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera,
Ryan's Hope, her Emmy-nominated performance as Marilyn Monroe in
Marilyn: The Untold Story, Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,
and Karen Barclay in Child's Play. Early life
Hicks was born in New York City, the daughter of Jackie, a homemaker, and
Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman. She is of Irish and English ancestry.
Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona during her childhood. She was a
cheerleader at Gerard Catholic High School in Phoenix, Arizona and a member
of The National Honor Society. She graduated in 1969. After attending Saint
Mary's College, where she studied English Literature and Theology, Hicks
won a prestigious acting fellowship to Cornell University. While at Cornell,
she was a member of the Ithaca Repertory Theater Company.
Career After graduating from Cornell University
with a Masters of Fine Arts degree, Hicks headed to New York in August 1976,
where she immediately got work in television commercials. Two weeks after
arriving in New York, she landed her first major TV role as the newly
recovered pediatrician Dr. Faith Coleridge #3 on ABC soap opera, Ryan's
Hope. A year and half later, she left her role on Ryan's Hope when she was
cast to star alongside Jack Lemmon in Bernard Slade's 1978 Broadway play,
Tribute, in which she played the young model Sally Haines, who Scottie sets up
with his estranged son. That same year, she starred as Valerie in the CBS TV
movie and TV series pilot called Sparrow.
When Tribute ended, Hicks moved to California and co-starred on the 1979–80
CBS sitcom, The Bad News Bears as junior high school principal and psychologist,
Dr. Emily Rappant. She had roles in a few TV movies, playing an escort, Annie,
in ABC's Love For Rent, and as Beth, a camp counselor in CBS's 1980 film To
Race the Wind, based on the Harold Krents' autobiography. In 1980, Hicks
beat out hundreds of actresses for the lead role of Marilyn Monroe in ABC's
$3.5 million production, Marilyn: The Untold Story, based on the Norman Mailer
best seller. She earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress
in a Mini-series or Movie for her portrayal of the legendary star.
In 1981, Hicks starred in CBS's remake of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the
Dolls, as Anne Wells, an entertainment lawyer, and James Corburn's protege. She
made her feature film debut in the 1982 thriller, Death Valley as Peter
Billingsley's mom, Sally. That same year, she starred as Sable in the motion
picture Better Late Than Never. After passing on TV series Private
Benjamin, Foul Play, and Cagney and Lacey, Hicks took the lead role as
Amanda Tucker in the 12-episode detective series Tucker's Witch opposite
Tim Matheson as Rick Tucker. The program aired on CBS from October 6, 1982,
sporadically into August, 1983. In 1983, she played Lisa Sage and co-starred with
John Schneider in CBS's romantic comedy movie, Happy Endings.
In Sidney Lumet's 1984 film, Garbo Talks, Hicks was aspiring-actress Jane
Mortimer. Hicks also played Bill Murray's socialite finacee, Isabel, in
the 1984 remake of The Razor's Edge. For her work in 1986's Star Trek IV: The
Voyage Home, Hicks received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actress. That same year, she played Carol Heath in Francis Ford Coppola's
Peggy Sue Got Married. In 1987's Like Father Like Son, Hicks played Dr. Amy
Larkin. In March 1987, Hicks hosted the 59th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony.
In 1988, she played businesswoman Ella Frazier in the Yugoslavian comedy Tajna
manastirske rakije. Hicks co-starred with Christopher Plummer, as his
estranged daughter, Tina Boyer, in the Showtime movie channel's 1988 movie,
Souvenir. She played Karen Barclay in the 1988 horror film Child's Play. Her
performance won her a 1988 Best Actress Saturn Award. In 1989, she starred
opposite Tony Danza in She's Out of Control as his girlfriend, Janet
Pearson. In 1991, she co-starred in the Fox-TV
comedy-fantasy movie, Hi Honey - I'm Dead as Carol Stadler. She played
Allison Ploutzer in the 1992, Jeff Franklin ABC comedy pilot, Up To No
Good. She starred with John Bedford Lloyd in the 1993 ABC comedy pilot,The
Circle Game as the mother, and schoolteacher, Nancy. She played Jeannie
Barker in the Aaron Spelling primetime soap opera Winnetka Road, which had a
six-episode tryout on NBC in 1994. Also that same year, Hicks played the wife in
the pilot for The Martin Short Show. Going into production, after the concept
of the character was changed, she was replaced by Jan Hooks. She played Julia
Riordan, opposite John Lithgow and Lea Salonga, in the 1995 ABC Hallmark Hall
of Fame movie, Redwood Curtain. In 1996, she was cast as Annie Camden on
The WB's family drama 7th Heaven, and she portrayed the role until the series
ended, after 11 seasons, in 2007. In 1997, Hicks played flight attendant,
Maggie, one of Ray Liotta's victims in Turbulence. The same year, Hicks played
next door neighbor, Ms. Lewis, in Michael Davis' coming-of-age film, Eight
Days a Week. In 2008, Hicks also starred in Lifetime
Movie Network's Poison Ivy: The Secret Society as Dean Elisabeth Graves. In the
2009 Lifetime Movie Network film, Stranger with My Face, she played the
widowed mother Shelley Stratton. She plays Mom in the 2009 independent short
film You're a Wolf, co-starring with Michael Gross and Jesse Bradford. Again
in 2009, she played therapist, Dr. Rosen, in the WB's online series,
Pushed. Hicks is featured in My Name Is Jerry, an independent film shot mostly
in Muncie, Indiana. Hicks won the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
from the 2009 International Filmmakers Festival for her portrayal as Dana.
In 2010, Hicks received positive reviews for her role as Hildegarde, in
playwright Christopher Durang's Why Torture is Wrong and the People Who Love
Them at the Stella Adler Theater in Hollywood. She was Texas family court
Judge Harriet Krammer in the 2011 Hallmark Channel movie, A Valentine's
Date,. She played Jean in the 2011 Lifetime Movie Network movie, Borderline
Murder. Hicks played bartender, Rose, who attracted the attention of Elliott
Gould in the 2011 film Dorfman in Love. Hicks co-starred as Anna Walker in the
2011 Walmart and Procter & Gamble Family Movie Night drama on NBC called Game
Time: Tackling the Past with Beau Bridges and Ryan McPartlin. She joined
actors Noah Wyle, Virginia Madsen, Mike Farrell, and others in a September, 2011
reading of Windows on the World, by Colette Keen, at Hollywood's Stella
Adler Theatre, commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11. In November 2011,
she starred as Irene Livingston in the Jewish Repertory Theatre of Nevada's Las
Vegas production of the Moss Hart play Light Up the Sky. Hicks played Ellen in
the 2011 Hallmark Channel movie A Christmas Wedding Tail.
In May, 2012, Hicks played Annette Bramble in the Lifetime Network movie
Shadow of Fear. Also in May, 2012, and into June, she performed in the play
Princess, in The Blank Theatre Company's 20th Annual Young Playwrights Festival
at The Stella Adler Theatre. In December, 2012, she played Marla
Sokoloff's mother, Shirley, in the ION Television original movie, A Christmas
Wedding Date. She played Linda, a mother whose young adult son has terminal
cancer, in the 2013 film, Reach. Hicks was one of the eight actresses in the
2015 Showtime documentary, That Gal... Who Was in That Thing, as she shared her
experiences and challenges of being a female actor.
Personal life Hicks was engaged to journalist Jeff
Silverman in the mid-1980s, but the engagement ended. She met her future
husband, special effects make up artist Kevin Yagher, on the set of the film
Child's Play. Hicks and Yagher were married on May 19, 1990. The two have a
daughter named Caitlin, who was born in 1992. Hicks is a devout Roman Catholic.
Since the 1987/88 academic school year, the University of Notre Dame has given
the Catherine Hicks Award to a graduating senior for outstanding work
in theatre arts. Catherine is an alumna of The Lee
Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. In 2005, Hicks appeared in a national
public service announcement for Catholic Relief Services. She received the 2006
Padre Pio Award from the Capuchin Franciscan Friars for her efforts as
Catholic Relief Services spokesperson and Darfur relief.
In 2010, she made appearances in several public service announcements for the
Children's Advertising Review Unit. She continued her commitment as a parent
advocate by teaming with the National Community Pharmacists Association and
Purdue Pharma for the 2010 Safeguard My Meds campaign to help prevent the abuse
and misuse of prescription medication. Catherine is a trustee on the Hollywood
Arts. Council. Hicks appeared in another public service
announcement for Catholic Relief Services in 2015.
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