Mayim Hoya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an
American actress. She is best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the early-1990s
NBC sitcom Blossom.
Early life
Bialik was born in
San Diego,
California, the daughter of Barbara, a nursery school director, and John Bialik, a high school drama teacher.
[www.filmreference.com/film/39/Mayim-Bialik.html] Her grandparents emigrated in the late 1930's from
Poland and
Czechoslovakia/
Hungary. Bialik was raised in
Reform Judaism.
Career
Bialik started her career as a
child actress in the late 1980s. Her early roles included the horror film
Pumpkinhead, her first acting job;
and guest appearances on
The Facts of Life and
Beauty and the Beast. In 1988, she appeared in
Beaches (1988), playing
Bette Midler's character as a young girl. She was also featured in the video clip of
Liberian Girl by
Michael Jackson.
