Stacey Nelkin is an American film and television actress.
Career
Acting
Nelkin starred as Bonnie Sue Chisholm in four episodes of the
CBS
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western
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miniseries ''
The Chisholms
''The Chisholms'' is a CBS western miniseries
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'' (1979). When the miniseries resumed in 1980, she was up for the role in the miniseries but turned it down to take a role as Candy on ''
Up the Academy''.
Delta Burke
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starred in the role of Bonnie Sue instead of Stacey.
She appeared in the horror film ''
Halloween III: Season of the Witch'' (1982) as Ellie Grimbridge.
Around the same time, Nelkin was scheduled to appear in the film ''
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Di ...
''. She had been cast as Mary, a sixth Nexus-6 replicant that escapes from "off-world" and comes to Earth, but budget constraints resulted in her part being cut from the film early in the period of principal photography. Before being cast as Mary, she had done a screen test for the role of Pris but the role ultimately went to
Daryl Hannah
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. Nelkin's screen test appears on Disc 4 of the collector's edition DVD set. Nelkin has made guest appearances in several TV series, including
The Paper Chase,
The Waltons
''The Waltons'' is an American historical drama television series about a family in rural mountainous Western Virginia of the Appalachian Mountains / Allegheny Mountains / Blue Ridge Mountains chain, during the economic hardships and mass unemp ...
, ''
CHiPs
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'', ''
The A-Team
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'', ''
Eight Is Enough
''Eight Is Enough'' is an American comedy-drama/sitcom television series that aired on ABC from March 15, 1977, to May 23, 1981. The show was modeled on the life of syndicated newspaper columnist Tom Braden, a real-life parent with eight childre ...
'', ''
1st & Ten'' and ''
Hunter
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''.
Her best-known TV role was on the soap opera ''
Generations'' (1990) as Christy Russell.
She starred in the 2022 horror film, ''The Shed'' after responding to a posting about a movie that was going to be shot locally, and calling the number on the poster.
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Relationship expert
Nelkin is a self-styled "relationship expert" and has her own YouTube channel and a website. She wrote a book called ''You Can't Afford to Break Up: How an Empty Wallet and a Dirty Mind Can Save Your Relationship''. For a time, she was a frequent guest on the program ''Fox & Friends
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''.
Substance abuse professional
In 2008, Nelkin began a career in drama therapy and today is a substance abuse professional and Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counselor (CASAC).
In February 2016, Nelkin began treating dually diagnosed individuals with mental health and substance abuse issues through the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Program (OASAS), since serving as an intake and CASAC counselor at The Bridge,[ a New York-based $65 million agency that provides housing and behavioral health services to 4,000 New Yorkers annually.
]
Personal life
According to Nelkin, Woody Allen
Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many List of awards and nominations received by Woody Allen, accolade ...
's film ''Manhattan
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'' (1979) was based on her romantic relationship with the director, whom she met when she was 16 on the set of ''Annie Hall
''Annie Hall'' is a 1977 American satirical romantic comedy-drama film directed by Woody Allen from a screenplay written by Allen and Marshall Brickman, and produced by Allen's manager, Charles H. Joffe. The film stars Allen as Alvy Singer ...
''. Her bit part in that film ended up being cut, and their relationship began when she was 17 years old and a student at New York's Stuyvesant High School
Stuyvesant High School ( ) is a co-ed, State school, public, college-preparatory, Specialized high schools in New York City, specialized high school in Manhattan, New York City. The school, commonly called "Stuy" ( ) by its students, faculty, a ...
, and Allen was 42. Allen has said that they dated for a time, but that Nelkin was not underage. Nelkin has confirmed this.
As of 2014, Nelkin is married to Marco Greenberg, having two children together and adopting a third.[ She was married to actor ]Barry Bostwick
Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom '' Spin City'' (1996–2002). Bostwick has also ...
from 1987 to 1991. She has been married three times. Nelkin is Jewish.
Filmography
Source:
Film
Television
References
External links
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Living people
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American soap opera actresses
American television actresses
Jewish American actresses
Stuyvesant High School alumni
21st-century American Jews
Year of birth missing (living people)