Kristen Meadows is an actress who has appeared in such daytime TV soap operas as ''

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'' as Mimi King and '' Santa Barbara'' as

Victoria Lane '' Santa Barbara'' is an American television soap opera that aired on NBC from July 30, 1984, to January 15, 1993. The show initially revolved around the lives of four families; the wealthy Capwell family, rivals the Lockridge family, and the mor ...

Personal life

Meadows was born in

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. She comes from a family of performers and started her stage career in musicals. When she was 12, she has got a leading role in musical directed by her grandfather (a conductor). After graduating from high school, she studied at the

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. Later she was a model for

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Agency, did commercials, and became a TV and movie actress. In 1981, she made her Broadway debut in the play ''Fearless Frank''. Meadows was engaged with English designer Paul Stanley Lewis, but their wedding was canceled. On 16 July 1988, Meadows married a television director by the name of Bill Sheridan, but they were soon divorced. She had a romance with her ''Santa Barbara'' co-star

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, then started a relationship with Dr. David Kipper. Their son Sam was born in December 1989. Meadows received death threats from fans over the way she played Victoria Lane, and she knew that she was not popular with Eden and Cruz fans, so Meadows left ''Santa Barbara'' in 1989.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1994) as agent Megan * ''

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'' (2001) as Patty

Television

Theatre

* '' Hits Of Broadway'' * '' South Pacific'' * ''

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'' as Catherine * ''

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'' as Janet * '' Kismet'' * ''

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'' * ''

Fiddler on the Roof ''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...

'' * ''

The Sound of Music ''The Sound of Music'' is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, '' The Story of the Trapp Family Singers''. Se ...

'' as Liesel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meadows, Kristen American television actresses Actresses from Milwaukee Living people 1957 births American stage actresses 21st-century American women