Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in
Bennington, Vermont,
U.S.) is an American
actress and former
model who has starred in film and on television.
Biography
Gibb grew up in
Westport, Connecticut and got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the
Eileen Ford Agency in
New York City. She was on the cover of
Vogue and
Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director
Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her her first film role in his 1980 movie
Stardust Memories. In the 1986 war film,
Salvador, directed by
Oliver Stone and starring
James Woods, she portrayed an American nun in El Salvador who was raped and murdered.
Gibb's best known TV role was on the
soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Susan "Suzi" Martin Wyatt Carter from 1981-1983. She was also a regular for three seasons on the original
Fame TV show and appeared in the first three
Diagnosis Murder movies in 1992 as
Dr. Amanda Bentley.
In the TV adaptation of
Gypsy she starred as the adult Rose Louise/
Gypsy Rose Lee, opposite
Bette Midler as Mama Rose. She later starred in the 1995 short lived TV series
Deadly Games. She has also played in many TV movies, including the role of
Karen Carpenter in
The Karen Carpenter Story (1989).
She has three children.
She is no known relation to any of the
Bee Gees.
Selected filmography
External links
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