Teri Copley (born May 10, 1961) is an American

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and

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. She is known for her role on the

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/ syndicated television series ''

We Got It Made ''We Got It Made'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 8, 1983, to March 10, 1984, and in first-run syndication from September 11, 1987, to March 30, 1988. It starred Teri Copley as a young woman who works as a ...

'', which premiered in 1983, co-starred on the 1985

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television series '' I Had Three Wives'', and appeared as a panelist in the 1989 pilot for ''Match Game 90''. She appeared in the 1984 television film '' I Married a Centerfold'' and the 1992 film '' Brain Donors''. She posed nude and was the cover girl for ''

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'' for the November 1990 issue. In the 1990s Copley became a born-again Christian and eased her way out of Hollywood. In 2003, she released a book about her faith, entitled ''Conversations Between a Girl and Her God''.

Family

Copley is married to Charles Wahlheim. She was previously married to rock musician and guitarist

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and prior to that, late actor Christopher Mayer. She has a daughter from each of her first two marriages. In 2018, Copley appeared on the '' Dr. Phil'' television series seeking help for her adult daughter Ashley, whose boyfriend Hector was accused by Copley of being physically abusive.

Film

Television

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