Biography
Valerie Bertinelli began acting as a child, literally growing up on American television screens well into middle-aged adulthood. The petite Bertinelli cut a fresh-faced, smart-alecky presence on Norman Lear's CBS sitcom, "One Day at a Time" (1975-1984), a persona that evolved along with her public young marriage to hard rocking guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Moving into an eclectic mix of television movies, miniseries and series, including the …
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Career Milestones
| Appeared in several TV commercials | ||
| Formed her own production company, Bertinelli, Inc. | ||
| Grew up in Oklahoma, Louisiana and Michigan before family settled in California | ||
| Returned to series work as star of the NBC sitcom "Cafe Americain" | ||
1974 | Made early TV appearances on the CBS drama series, "Apple's Way" | |
1975 | Played Barbara Cooper (later Barbara Cooper Royer) on the popular CBS sitcom, "One Day at a Time"; nominated at the Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV (1983); nominated with Mackenzie Phillips at the TV Land Awards for Favorite Singing Siblings (2005) | |
1978 | Played first dramatic leading role on TV, in the CBS hour-long special, "The Secret of Charles Dickens" | |
1979 | Essayed leading role in the feature film, "C.H.O.M.P.S." | |
1986 | Returned to feature films to play one of the leads in "Number One with a Bullet" | |
1987 | Starred as Maxi Amberville in the four-part CBS miniseries, "I'll Take Manhattan", based on the Judith Krantz novel | |
1990 | Played title role in short-lived CBS sitcom, "Sydney", featuring theme music by her husband, Eddie Van Halen | |
1991 | Starred in the CBS miniseries "In a Child's Name", as a woman fighting for custody of her nephew | |
1996 | Portrayed a lesbian struggling to retain custody of her child in the TV-movie "Two Mothers For Zachary" (ABC) | |
1997 | Cast as an investigative agent looking into the disappearance of a child in the CBS miniseries "Night Sins" | |
2001 | Returned to series TV, joining the cast of the long-running "Touched By an Angel" (CBS) in spring | |
2004 | Played herself in the dark comedy "Saved!" starring Jena Malone | |
2007 | Won in the category Lady You Love to Watch Fight for Her Life in a Movie of the Week at the TV Land Awards | |
2008 | Co-starred opposite Joanna "JoJo" Levesque in Lifetime's "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" | |
2010 | Co-starred in TV Land's ensemble comedy "Hot in Cleveland" opposite Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick, and Betty White | |
Awards
1980 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in One Day At A Time |
1981 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in One Day At A Time |
1982 | Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television in One Day At A Time |