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Tiffany Michelle Brissette (born December 26, 1974) is an American
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and former
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. She is best known for her role as Vicki the Robot (also known as Vicki Lawson) on the syndicated American
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'', which aired from 1985 to 1989.


Career

Born in
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, Brissette first appeared in the 1983 film ''
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'' opposite
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and Beau Bridges. She then had a guest role on '' Webster'' before landing the role of V.I.C.I. the Robot in the syndicated series ''Small Wonder'' in 1985. After the series was canceled in 1989, Brissette continued acting, appearing in ''
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'' as well as an unsold television pilot entitled ''Beanpole''. In 1990, she voiced Wrenifred Brown the bird in the two-dimensional computer animated video ''
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'', which is based on the book of the same name and stars the voice talents of
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, Tony Melendez, and
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. Her last professional acting role was in 1991 in Christopher Knopf's television series '' Equal Justice''. In 2007, Brissette was working as a registered
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for Boulder Community Hospital in Boulder, Colorado.


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Tiffany Brissette's Biography
1974 births 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Boulder, Colorado Actresses from California American child actresses American film actresses American nurses American television actresses American voice actresses American women nurses Living people People from Paradise, California Westmont College alumni 21st-century American women {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub