Cathy Silvers (born May 27, 1961) is an

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actress and author. She is the daughter of actress Evelyn Patrick and actor/comedian

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. She is best known for her role as boy-crazy teenager Jenny Piccolo in later seasons of the TV sitcom ''

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''. She was a member of the cast of the 1985–86 sitcom ''Foley Square''. She also provided the voice of Marie Dodo, Big Bird's adoptive sister, in '' Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird''. As of August 2002, she was an announcer for the TV series ''

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'' on the cable station SoapNet. She is the author of the 2007 book ''Happy Days Healthy Living''.

Early life

Silvers was born in

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, the daughter of actors

and Evelyn Patrick. She has a twin sister, Candace Silvers, and three other sisters: Nancey Silvers, Tracey Silvers and Laurie Silvers. She graduated in the class of 1978 from

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Personal life

Her father was television comedy star

, who was best known as Sgt. Bilko, the title character of ''

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'' Silvers was married to doctor Alexander Burnett in August 1988 and had two children with him. They divorced in 1996. She married entertainment lawyer David Fullmer in 2001 and had two children with him and also raised a stepchild. Silvers earned a degree in marketing from

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. She parlayed her education into forming her own business after she was done acting in Hollywood. A

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, she operates a delivery service that delivers organic produce from farmers’ markets to customers throughout

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