. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans,This week we are catching up with Peri Gilpin, who is best known for her role as Roz Doyle in the U.S. television series Frasier from 1993 until 2004. What is she doing now?
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Marjoe Gortner: One-time child evangelist turned actor, appeared in "Viva Knievel!" and other movies
Mary Kay Place: Played Meg in the movie "The Big Chill", she has also appeared in "Captain Ron", "Being John Malkovich" and other movies as well as in the TV series "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman"
Jean Seberg: Starred in the original version of "Breathless", as well as "Paint Your Wagon" and "Airport"
(Answer at the bottom)*Peri GilpinLearn More About Peri Gilpin on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: May 27, 1961, Waco, Texas
BIRTH NAME: Peri Kay Oldham
CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for playing Roz Doyle in the U.S. television series Frasier from 1993 until 2004.
FAMILY LIFE: Gilpin married the realist painter Christian Vincent on July 31, 1999. The couple have twins, Stella May and Ava, born via a surrogate mother on May 7, 2004.
INFO: Gilpin studied acting at the University of Texas at Austin and the British-American Academy in London. Early in her career, she played the role of Holly Matheson in the 21st episode of the 11th season of the TV series Cheers.
From 1993 until 2004, Gilpin played Roz Doyle in the television series Frasier, on which she co-starred alongside fellow Cheers star Kelsey Grammer. The cast won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000.
TRIVIA: Is the daughter of the late Philadelphia weatherman and radio disc jockey Jim O'Brien, who was killed in 1983 during a parachute dive while saving the life of another skydiver.
Won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2000.
Appeared on the TV series Cheers, playing Holly Matheson in the 21st episode of the eleventh season.
Godmother to "Frasier" (1993) co-star Jane Leeves's daughter, Isabella Kathryn Coben.
Graduated from Skyline High School, Dallas, Texas.
Worked as a makeup artist before getting her acting break after meeting Blythe Danner, who became her main supporter.
Named after the Disney cartoon character Perri the squirrel. Weighed so much during gestation that her parents thought she was a boy.
Actually worked as a radio show sound engineer.
Was the only one of the five main cast members for "Frasier" (1993) never to be nominated for an Emmy.
Her husband, Vincent, is an artist.
Began using the moniker "Peri Gilpin" (using her stepfather's last name) after becoming a professional actress.
WHERE IS SHE NOW: In 2009, she appeared in the ABC Family drama Make It or Break It. She received a Gracie Award in the category of "Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama Series".
Gilpin has also done a lot of work as a voice artist in recent years. She voices the character Jane Proudfoot in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and provides the voices of Desiree in the Nickelodeon animated television series, Danny Phantom, Volcana in Superman: The Animated Series and Justice League Unlimited, Hecate in Hercules: The Animated Series, and Kate Corrigan in the Hellboy animated films. Gilpin also did voice work for several Wells Fargo and Johnsonville Meats TV commercials.
She has appeared on the television series Medium, Desperate Houseives, Hot in Cleveland, Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order, and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She appeared in the Lifetime movie, For the Love of a Child, alongside Teri Polo. In 2012, she appeared on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation along with Ted Danson.
In addition to acting, Gilpin has also led efforts for cancer research via the Sarcoma Foundation since her mother's death from leiomyosarcoma cancer.
* CREDITS:2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series)...Barbara Russell
2012 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)...Marcy
Hope for the Hopeless (2012)
2009-2011 Make It or Break It (TV series)...Kim Keeler
2011 Hot in Cleveland (TV series)...Taylor
I Love Lucci: Part One (2011)
2003-2009 King of the Hill (TV series)...Gwen St. James / Jo Rita / Judy / ...
2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)...Grace Pardue
Offense (2007)
2007 Side Order of Life (TV series)...Celia Hutchinson
Awakenings (2007)
2007 Crossroads: A Story of Forgiveness (TV movie)...Erin
2007 Desperate Housewives (TV series)...Maggie Gilroy
God, That's Good (2007)
2007 Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (TV movie)...Professor Kate Corrigan (voice)
2007 Medium (TV series)...Diane Benoit
The Boy Next Door (2007)
2006 Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (TV movie)...Professor Kate Corrigan (voice)
2006 For the Love of a Child (TV movie)...Sara
2006 Women of a Certain Age (TV movie)...Dianne
2005 Thru the Moebius Strip
Caroline Weir (voice)
2004-2005 Danny Phantom (TV series)...Desiree
2005 Uncommon Sense (TV movie)...Tracy
1993-2004 Frasier (TV series)...Roz Doyle
2003 Justice League (TV series)...Claire Selton / Volcana
Only a Dream (2003)
2001 Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within...Jane (voice)
2001 Laughter on the 23rd Floor (TV movie)...Carol Wyman
2000 How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog...Debra Salhany
2000 Baby Blues (TV series)...Ms. Brennan
Ugly Zoe (2000)
1999 Spring Forward...Georgia
1998-1999 Superman (TV series)...Volcana / Claire Selton
1998 The Lionhearts (TV series)...Lana Lionheart
1998 Hercules (TV series)...Hecate
1998 The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (video)...Raksha the Wolf (voice)
1996 Early Edition (TV series)...Lenore
After Midnight (1996)
1996 The Secret She Carried (TV movie)...Ellen Hayward
1996 The Outer Limits (TV series)...Dr. Rebecca Warfield
Out of Body (1996)
1995 Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (TV movie)...Charlotte Parks
1995 Pride & Joy (TV series)...Brenda
Brenda's Secret (1995)
1993 Cheers (TV series)...Holly Matheson
Woody Gets an Election (1993)
1993 Designing Women (TV series)...Jade Herman
Shovel Off to Buffalo (1993)
1992 Wings (TV series)...Barbara #242
Four Dates That Will Live in Infamy (1992)
1991 Flesh 'n' Blood (TV series)...Irene
1990 Matlock (TV series)...Leslie Matthews
The Pro (1990)
1988 Almost Grown (TV series)...Kim
Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney (1988)
1988 21 Jump Street (TV series)...Fitzgerald
The Currency We Trade In (1988)
To see Then & Now pictures of Peri Gilpin, visit: Celebrity Nooz*--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--Marjoe Gortner - ALIVE
Born: 01/14/1944
Mary Kay Place - ALIVE
Born: 09/23/1947
Jean Seberg - DEAD (Drug overdose)
Born: 11/13/1938 Died: 09/08/1979
*WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...2/26
Marie-Claire Alain, 86, French organist.
Bert Flugelman, 90, Australian sculptor, complications from polio.
Abdel-Moneim Kamel, 63, Egyptian ballet dancer, chairman of Cairo Opera House, heart attack.
Tom Ketterick, 99, Irish football player and co-founder of Castlebar Celtic F.C.
2/25
Joseph Olayiwola Afolabi, 80, Nigerian music executive.
Herb Epp, 78, Canadian politician, MPP of the Ontario Legislature for Waterloo North (1977-1990).
Jan Howard Finder, 73, American science fiction writer, renal and liver failure.
Barry Horstman, 60, American investigative journalist (Cincinnati Enquirer, The Los Angeles Times, Scripps Howard News Service).
Samuel Kivuitu, 74, Kenyan election official and politician, MP for Parklands (1969-1974, 1983-1988), throat cancer.
C. Everett Koop, 96, American pediatric surgeon and public health administrator, Surgeon General of the United States (1982-1989).
Phillip Leishman, 61, New Zealand broadcaster, brain tumor.
Carmen Montejo, 87, Cuban-born Mexican actress.
Ray O'Connor, 86, Australian politician, Premier of Western Australia (1982-1983).
Willy Rizzo, 84, Italian-born French news photographer and furniture designer.
Dan Toler, 64, American musician (Allman Brothers Band), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Milan Velimirovic, 60, Serbian chess problemist and publisher.
2/24
Dave Charlton, 76, British-born South African racing driver.
Greg De Gannes, Trinidadian-born Canadian racehorse trainer.
John Driftmier, 30, Canadian television director, plane crash.
Denis Forman, 95, British television executive, Chairman of Granada Television (1974-1987).
Ralph Hotere, 81, New Zealand artist, pneumonia.
Virgil Johnson, 77, American doo-wop singer (The Velvets).
Farideh Lashai, 68, Iranian contemporary artist, cancer.
Con Martin, 89, Irish Gaelic and association football player.
Frank Joseph Polozola, 70, American federal judge, US District Court for Middle Louisiana (1980-2013), cancer.
Ruben Re, 51, Argentinian tennis coach (Leonardo Mayer, Agustin Velotti), blunt force trauma.
Mahmoud Salem, 84, Egyptian author, cardiac dysfunction.
Olivier Voisin, 38, South Korean-born French photo-journalist, injuries sustained in shell blast.