Where Are They Now - Friday, September 23, 2016

Hello fans,

Tiffany Brissette earned child star status when she played the role of Vicki the Robot on Small Wonder. But after the series was canceled, Brissette pretty much disappeared from the acting scene. So, where is she now? Keep on reading to find out!

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Steve

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Dana Elcar: He played Peter Thornton in the TV series "MacGyver" and Colonel Lard in the TV series "Baa Baa Black Sheep", among many roles

Lloyd Nolan: He appeared in "Ice Station Zebra", "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", "The Lady in the Lake", "Earthquake" (in Sensurround) and a lot of other movies, he played Dr. Chegley on the TV series "Julia"

Jean Smart: She played Charlene on the TV series "Designing Women"



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Tiffany Brissette
Learn More About Tiffany Brissette on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: December 26, 1974, Paradise, California

BIRTH NAME: Tiffany Michelle Brissette

CLAIM TO FAME: Brissette is best known for her role as V.I.C.I. the Robot (aka Vicki Lawson) on the sitcom Small Wonder.

FAMILY LIFE: Sorry, no info found.

INFO: Brissette's first acting role was in the 1983 film Heart Like a Wheel opposite Bonnie Bedelia and Beau Bridges. Following this, she appeared on the show Webster before landing the role of V.I.C.I. the Robot in the syndicated series Small Wonder in 1985. Brissette remained on the show until it was canceled in 1989, and went onto other acting roles. She appeared on the TV show Parker Lewis Can't Lose, in the 1990 television movie Beanpole, and on the series Equal Justice in 1991.

TRIVIA: Holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California.

Born on the exact same day that Jack Benny died.

One of her favorite hobbies is horseback riding.

Has worked as a youth counselor at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church in San Diego, California.

Did voiceovers for McDonald's, the California Dental Association, and the telefilms A Woman Called Golda and Marco Polo.

Beat out Candace Cameron Bure and Heather O'Rourke for the role of Vicki The Robot on Small Wonder.

Was involved in a couple of telethons for the Variety Club Telethon and Shriners Telethon, causes which aid very sick children and children at burn centers.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Since 2007, Brissette has worked as a nurse in Boulder, Colorado.

CREDITS:

1990-1991 "Equal Justice" .... Katie Rogan (7 episodes)

1991 "Parker Lewis" .... Annie Ricker (1 episode)
- Heather the Class (1991) TV episode .... Annie Ricker

1990 Beanpole (1990) (TV) .... Alice Gillette

1989 "Teen Win, Lose or Draw" (5 episodes)

1985-1989 "Small Wonder" .... Vicki the Robot (96 episodes)

1988 "Fox's Fun House" (1 episode)

1987 "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" TV series .... Safety Tips Officer (unknown episodes)

1986 "New Love, American Style" (1 episode)
- Love and the Doll (1986) TV episode

1984-1985 "Webster" .... Kathy (3 episodes)
- Strike Up the Band (1985) TV episode .... Kathy
- The Uh-Oh Feeling (1985) TV episode .... Kathy
- Too Much Class (1984) TV episode .... Kathy

1984 The Ewok Adventure (TV) (voice) (uncredited)

1983 Heart Like a Wheel .... Little Shirley

1982-1983 "Marco Polo" TV mini-series

1982 A Woman Called Golda (TV) (voice)

To see Then & Now pictures of Tiffany Brissette, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Dana Elcar - DEAD (Pneumonia)
Born: 10/10/1927 Died: 06/06/2005

Lloyd Nolan - DEAD (Cancer)
Born: 08/11/1902 Died: 09/27/1985

Jean Smart - ALIVE
Born: 09/13/1951

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/21
Leonidas Donskis, 54, Lithuanian philosopher and politician.
Shawty Lo, 40, American hip-hop musician (D4L), traffic collision.

9/20
Bill Barrett, 87, American politician, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1991-2001).
Jean Chabbert, 96, French prelate.
Alan Cousin, 78, Scottish footballer (Dundee, Hibernian, Falkirk).
Richie Dunn, 59, American ice hockey player (Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Hartford Whalers).
Jack Garman, 72, American computer engineer and NASA official, key figure in the Apollo 11 mission, bone marrow cancer.
Peter Leo Gerety, 104, American Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Portland (1969-1974) and Archbishop of Newark (1974-1986).
Curtis Hanson, 71, American film director and screenwriter (L.A. Confidential, 8 Mile, Wonder Boys), Oscar winner (1998).
Dennis M. Jones, American businessman (Jones Pharma).
Terry Kohler, 82, American businessman, CEO of Vollrath (since 1982).
Yuri Korablin, 56, Russian politician and businessman, owner of Venezia.
Wilf Roberts, 75, British landscape artist.
Jim Semple, 81, Northern Irish businessman.

9/19
Burhanettin Bigali, 89, Turkish general.
Karl Dietrich Bracher, 94, German political scientist and historian.
Gerwald Claus-Brunner, 44, German politician.
Mike Fellows, 59, American politician, traffic collision.
Jan O. Karlsson, 77, Swedish politician, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Migration and Asylum Policy (2002-2003).
Ron Massey, 86, Australian rugby league tactician and administrator (Eastern Suburbs, Parramatta, Cronulla), namesake of Ron Massey Cup, cancer.
Zerka T. Moreno, 99, Dutch-born American psychotherapist.
Allister Sparks, 83, South African writer, journalist and political commentator.
Boris Trakhtenbrot, 95, Russian-Israeli mathematician.
Amy van Singel, 67, American journalist and blues writer (Living Blues).

9/18
Robert W. Cone, 59, American Army general.
John J. Craighead, 100, American wildlife scientist.
C. Martin Croker, 54, American voice actor and animator (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Brak Show).
Sir Nicholas Fenn, 80, British diplomat, High Commissioner to India (1991-1996).
Mary Grant, 88, Ghanaian politician.
David Kyle, 97, American science fiction writer.
Lee Ho-cheol, 84, South Korean writer.
Stephanie Anne Lloyd, 70, British businesswoman, tractor collision.
Mandoza, 38, South African kwaito musician, pharyngeal cancer.
Tom Mintier, 68, American television journalist (CNN).
Remigio Molina, 45, Argentine Olympic boxer (1992).
Joan Patricia Murphy, 79, American politician, member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (since 2002), breast cancer.
Rose Pak, 68, Chinese-born American political activist.
András Prékopa, 87, Hungarian mathematican.
Hassan Sharif, 65, Emirati artist, cancer.
Michel Vaxès, 75, French politician, member of the National Assembly for Bouches-du-Rhône (2007-2012).

9/17
Theodore Wilbur Anderson, 98, American mathematician and statistician, heart failure.
Clarence Brooks, 65, American football coach (Baltimore Ravens), esophageal and stomach cancer.
Charmian Carr, 73, American actress and singer (The Sound of Music), complications from dementia.
Desmond Clarke, 74, Irish philosopher.
Bahman Golbarnezhad, 48, Iranian Paralympic racing cyclist (2012, 2016), race collision.
Marsha Hervey, 79, American talent agent.
Roman Ivanychuk, 87, Ukrainian writer.
Carmelo Dominador Flores Morelos, 85, Filipino Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Zamboanga (1994-2006).
Sigge Parling, 86, Swedish footballer (Djurgården), World Cup silver medalist (1958).
Bojja Tharakam, 77, Indian writer and social activist.
Rose Warfman, 99, French Holocaust survivor and member of the French Resistance.