Amanda Bearse

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Biography

..With Children" (Fox, 1987-97). After studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Bearse broke into the business with a two-year stint playing Amanda Cousins on the daytime soap "All My Children". After making her feature debut with a small part in the Goldie Hawn vehicle "Protocol" (1984), Bearse became the object of desire for Tim Robbins and Stephen Geoffreys in the amiable teen comedy "Fraternity Vacation" (1985). She graduated to …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

August 9, 1958

Career Milestones

After "Married...With Children" went off the air, concentrated on directing TV sitcoms like "Dharma and Greg", "The Jamie Foxx Show" and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch", among others

Joined the cast of daytime soap "All My Children" as Amanda Cousins; stayed with the show for two years

Moved to NYC to study acting

Moved to Young Harris, Georgia, with her family

Raised in Winter Park, Florida

1983

TV movie debut, "First Affair"

1984

Feature debut, "Protocol"

1985

First film lead, "Fright Night"

1987

Played Marcy Rhodes D'Arcy on the popular Fox sitcom, "Married... With Children"

1991

Began directing episodes of "Married... With Children"

1993

Publicly came out as a lesbian