. . . Where Are They Now? . . .
Hello fans,

It's time to vote for who you would like to see featured next in Where Are They Now. Here are your choices:

Freddie Highmore - Finding Neverland
Bette Midler - The Rose, Beaches, singer
Max Wright - Alf, The Norm Show
Gillian Anderson - The X-Files, Bleak House
Wallace Shawn - The Princess Bride, Toy Story

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Melissa

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

Kevin Tighe: Played paramedic Roy DeSoto on the TV series "Emergency!"

Bubba Smith: Football player and actor, he was a defensive lineman for the NFL Baltimore Colts for nine years and appeared in all six "Police Academy" movies

Lesley Ann Warren: She was Cinderella in the 1966 TV movie "Cinderella", she's also appeared in many movies, including "Victor/Victoria", "Clue" (where she played Ms. Scarlet), "Baja Oklahoma", and "The Color of Night"

(Answer at the bottom)
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Melissa Joan Hart
Learn More About Melissa Joan Hart on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: April 18, 1976, Smithtown, Long Island, New York

CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her title roles in the television series Clarissa Explains It All (1991-1994), and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-2003).

FAMILY LIFE: She has been married to musician Mark Wilkerson since 2003. They have two sons: Mason Walter Wilkerson, born in January 2006, and Braydon "Brady" Hart Wilkerson, born in March 2008. On April 17, 2012, Hart confirmed they were expecting their third child.

INFO: At the age of four, Hart appeared in a television commercial for a bathtub doll named Splashy. This started her acting career, and she began appearing regularly in commercials. She appeared at a young age in the miniseries Kane & Abel in 1985, guest-starred in an episode of The Equalizer in 1986, and starred in the Emmy Award-winning TV movie Christmas Snow (1986).

It was in 1991 that Hart won the starring role on the Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All, which met with success during its four-year run.

Following this, Hart started a college career at New York University, but didn't finish because she landed the title role for the 1996 TV movie Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which led to the successful television show of the same name which ran for seven seasons on ABC and The WB.

She then starred with Adrian Grenier in the movie Drive Me Crazy, for which Hart asked friend Britney Spears to do a remix of her song "(You Drive Me) Crazy" and add it to the movie's soundtrack. Hart also appeared in Spears' music video for the song.

Hart directed her first movie in 2005, a live-action short film called Mute, which starred her sister Emily. In 2007, she directed the "Anger Cage" video for her husband Mark Wilkerson's band Course of Nature. Also in 2007, she starred in the ABC Family Original Movie Holiday in Handcuffs, with Mario Lopez. This ended up being the highest rated program in the history of the network, with 6.7 million viewers.

TRIVIA: Has called herself a fan of Peggy Noonan and Ronald Reagan.

Has sung on two rock-pop albums: "This is What Na Na Means" 1994) and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Album" (1998), and narrated a classical album for children, a recording of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" (1994).

Has a lazy eyelid that causes her right eye not to open as wide as her left eye.

Was born without the teeth on either side of her two front teeth, a condition that was fixed in 1993.

Is vice-president of Hartbreak Films, a production company she runs with her mother, Paula Hart, and stepfather, Leslie Gilliams.

Collects Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn memorabilia.

Hobbies: snowboarding, hockey and watching TV (esp. basketball), movies, guitar, flute and painting.

Childhood friend of Soleil Moon Frye.

Her younger half sister, Mackenzie, is the only one of her siblings who did not join the acting business.

Was offered the role of 'Sidney Prescott' in the horror/thriller 'Scream' but turned it down.

Performed in an off-Broadway play titled "Beside Herself" with William Hurt and Calista Flockhart in 1989.

Was named after the Allman Brothers song "Melissa".

Her middle name, Joan, came from her maternal grandmother.

Is the eldest of eight children with six sisters, and one brother.

Recorded two albums as Clarissa, This is What 'Na Na' Means and a recording of Peter and the Wolf.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In 2009, Hart opened a candy shop called SweetHarts in Sherman Oaks, California. However, the shop closed in December 2011 due to a lawsuit from a former employee as well as 'scheduling difficulties,' and has since been reopened and operated under the same name by new owners.

In 2009, Hart competed in the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars, and was paired with pro Mark Ballas. She made it to the sixth week of competition before she was eliminated.

Since 2010, she has starred with Joey Lawrence on the TV sitcom Melissa & Joey.

In June 2012, St. Martin's Press announced that it had made a deal with Hart to publish her memoir Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life in the fall of 2013. Hart writes about growing up as a child actor, her rise to fame, her rebellious teen years, and how she has balanced her career with motherhood.

WRITE TO MELISSA JOAN HART:
Melissa Joan Hart
c/o Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Los Angeles, CA 90067

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CREDITS:
2010-2012 Melissa & Joey (TV series)...Melissa Burke

2011 Satin...Lauren Wells

2010 Nine Dead...Kelley

2009 My Fake Fiance (TV movie)...Jennifer

2008 Whispers and Lies (TV movie)...Jill Roperson

2007 Holiday in Handcuffs (TV movie)...Gertrude 'Trudie' Chandler

2007 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)...Sarah Trent
Impulsive (2007)... Sarah Trent

2006 Jesus, Mary and Joey...Jackie

2006 Dirtbags (TV movie)...Kate

2005 Robot Chicken (TV series)...Emily the Spy
Operation Rich in Spirit (2005)

2005 Justice League (TV series)...Dee Dee / Deidre Dennis / Delia Dennis
The Once and Future Thing: Part Two: Time, Warped (2005)... Dee Dee (voice) / Delia Dennis (voice) / Deidre Dennis (voice)

2004 Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative (video)...Nicole Maris (segment "[You Drive Me] Crazy")

2003 Rent Control (TV movie)...Holly Washburn

1996-2003 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman / Katrina / Cyrano Sabrina

2002 Hold On (short)

2002 Backflash (video)...C.J.

2001 Not Another Teen Movie...Slow Clapper's Instructor (uncredited)

2001 Recess: School's Out...Becky Detweiller (voice)

2000 Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (video)...Delia Dennis (voice) / Deidre Dennis (voice) / Dee Dee (voice)

2000 The Specials...Sunlight Grrrll

2000 Just Shoot Me! (TV series)...Krissy
Fast Times at Finchmont High (2000)

2000 Santa Mouse and the Ratdeer (TV movie)...Molly (voice)

1999-2000 Sabrina the Animated Series (TV series)...Aunt Hilda Spellman / Aunt Zelda Spellman

1999 That '70s Show (TV series)...Mary
Eric Gets Suspended (1999)

1999 Sabrina, Down Under (TV movie)...Sabrina Spellman

1999 Drive Me Crazy...Nicole Maris

1999 Love American Style (TV movie)...Annabelle (segment "Love In The Old South")

1999 Time Out with Britney Spears (video)...Girl Standing ('Crazy' video) (uncredited)

1998 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Episode dated 2 December 1998 (1998)

1998 Superman (TV series)...Imra Ardeen / Saturn Girl
New Kids in Town (1998)

1998 Sabrina Goes to Rome (TV movie)...Sabrina / Sophie

1998 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound (Video Game)...Sabrina Spellman (voice)

1998 Can't Hardly Wait...Yearbook Girl (uncredited)

1998 Silencing Mary (TV movie)...Mary Stuartson

1997 Teen Angel (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman
One Dog Night (1997)

1997 You Wish (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman
Genie Without a Cause (1997)

1997 ABC TGIF (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman
Frightful Halloween Bash (1997)

1997 Boy Meets World (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman
The Witches of Pennbrook (1997)

1997 Two Came Back (TV movie)...Susan Clarkson

1997 The Right Connections (TV movie)...Melanie Cambridge (as Melissa Hart)

1997 Clueless (TV series)...Sabrina Spellman
Mr. Wright (1997)

1996 Twisted Desire (TV movie)...Jennifer Stanton

1996 Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV movie)...Sabrina Sawyer

1996 The Weinerville Election Special: From Washington B.C. (TV movie)

1996 The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple (TV movie)...Subway Passenger

1995 Touched by an Angel (TV series)...Claire Latham
Angels on the Air (1995)

1995 Clarissa (TV movie)...Clarissa Darling

1995 Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (TV movie)...Samantha

1991-1994 Clarissa Explains It All (TV series)...Clarissa Darling

1993 Are You Afraid of the Dark? (TV series)...Daphne
The Tale of the Frozen Ghost (1993)

1986 Christmas Snow (TV movie)...Amy (as Melissa Hart)

1986 Another World (TV series)...Roller-Skater
Episode dated 22 April 1986 (1986)

1986 The Equalizer (TV series)...Laura Moore
Torn (1986) ... Laura Moore (as Melissa Hart)

1985 Kane & Abel (TV mini-series)...Florentyna Rosnovski (Age 7) (as Melissa Hart)

1985 ABC Weekend Specials (TV series)...Cindy
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (1985)

To see Then & Now pictures of Melissa Joan Hart, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Kevin Tighe - ALIVE
Born: 08/13/1944

Bubba Smith - DEAD (Drug overdose)
Born: 02/28/1945 Died: 08/03/2011

Lesley Ann Warren - ALIVE
Born: 08/16/1946

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/19
Victor Cabedo, 23, Spanish cyclist, car collision.
Itamar Singer, 66, Romanian-born Israeli Hittitologist.

9/18
Santiago Carrillo, 97, Spanish politician, veteran of the Spanish Civil War.
Deputed Testamony, 32, American Thoroughbred racehorse.
Luis Goes, 79, Portuguese singer.
Haim Hefer, 86, Israeli songwriter, poet and writer.
Kitty Janssen, 82, Dutch actress.
Jim Jordan, 84, Canadian politician, MP for Leeds-Grenville (1988-1997), cancer
Betty Kaunda, 84, Zambian First Lady (1964-1991), wife of Kenneth Kaunda
Ralph Marshall, 85, Bermudian politician, MP for Southampton West (1963-1993), pneumonia.
Steve Sabol, 69, American filmmaker, co-founder of NFL Films, brain cancer.
Romulus Vulpescu, 79, Romanian writer, poet, publicist and Senator (1990-1992).
Brian Woolnough, 63, British sports journalist, cancer.
Wu Shaozu, 73, Chinese major general and politician.

9/17
Bafo Biyela, 31, South African footballer, after short illness.
Melvin Charney, 77, Canadian artist and architect.
Edouard Leclerc, 85, French businessman, founder of E.Leclerc supermarket chain.
Nikodimos, 81, Greek Orthodox bishop of Ierissos.
Russell E. Train, 92, American civil servant, Administrator of the EPA (1973-1977) and President of the WWF (1978-1985).
Tedi Thurman, 80s, American fashion model and actress.
Ferenc Zakar Polikarp, 82, Hungarian Cistercian monk, Arch Abbot of the Zirc Abbey (1996-2010).