Maureen Jane Teefy is an American actress. She is best known for her appearances in the films '' Fame'' (1980), ''

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'' (1982), ''

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'' (1984), and '' Startime'' (1992). Her last film appearances to date were in 1997 film ''

Men Seeking Women ''Men Seeking Women'' is a 1997 American comedy film written and directed by Jim Milio. The film stars Grant Shaud, Maureen Teefy, Anthony Palermo, Will Ferrell, Lisa Wilcox, and Nia Vardalos. The plot focuses on three friends, single on their bi ...

,'' then 20 years later in 2017's ''Hollywood Girl: The Peg Entwistle Story.''

Life and career

Teefy was born in

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, one of eight sisters in a large

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family. Her first film role was a small part as a

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singer in the 1979

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comedy ''

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'' and in the same year she appeared in two minor productions, ''Fyre'' and ''

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''. She was one of the principal performers in the 1980

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musical drama '' Fame'', portraying Doris, a naive young acting student. In 1981, she starred in the ''

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'' episode "Portrait of a Teenage Shoplifter". Other films featuring Teefy include ''

'' (1982) as Sharon Cooper, ''

'' (1984) as

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, and ''

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'' (1988). She starred in the 1993 supernatural horror thriller '' Star Time'', directed by Alexander Cassini (married 1982 - 2006). She provided the voice of the female robot "host" ''Chrome'' on the 1997

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horror series ''

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''. Other television roles include the made-for-TV films ''

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'' and ''

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''. She also guest-starred on TV series including ''

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'' and ''

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''. Her acting career developed much more in the theater, singing and dancing in several

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. Maureen wrote, produced and starred in A Subject for a Short Story.

Filmography

Soundtrack

In the movie

, Maureen Teefy sings a duet with

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(Do It For Our Country). However she could not make it to recording sessions for the song, so Frechette sings the song solo on the soundtrack. Teefy was dubbed in later for the film's sequence.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teefy, Maureen American film actresses American musical theatre actresses American stage actresses American television actresses American voice actresses 20th-century American actresses American people of Irish descent Living people Actresses from Minneapolis Year of birth missing (living people)