About Fame
- Released on January 07, 1982
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City.
The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
Main Cast of Fame
Debbie Allen plays Lydia Grant (136 episodes)
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Gene Anthony Ray plays Leroy Johnson (136 episodes)
Carlo Imperato plays Danny Amatullo (136 episodes)
Carlo Imperato was born on August 3, 1963 and is currently 60 years old.
See Carlo Imperato's other roles →Nia Peeples plays Nicole Chapman (73 episodes)
Jesse Borrego plays Jesse Velasquez (73 episodes)
Jesse Borrego was born on August 1, 1962 and is currently 61 years old.
See Jesse Borrego's other roles →Billy Hufsey plays Christopher Donlon (97 episodes)
Carol Mayo Jenkins plays Elizabeth Sherwood (113 episodes)
Ann Nelson plays Mrs. Berg (136 episodes)
Valerie Landsburg plays Doris Schwartz (89 episodes)
Albert Hague plays Benjamin Shorofsky (136 episodes)
Ken Swofford plays Principal Morloch (73 episodes)
Secondary Cast of Fame
Lee Curreri plays Bruno Martelli (64 episodes)
Lori Singer plays Julie Miller (39 episodes)
Erica Gimpel plays Coco Hernandez (64 episodes)
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Eric Pierpoint plays Paul Seeger (24 episodes)
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Michael Cerveris plays Ian Ware (24 episodes)
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Graham Jarvis plays Principal Dyrenforth (48 episodes)
Elisa Heinsohn plays Jillian Beckett (24 episodes)
Janet Jackson plays Cleo Hewitt (25 episodes)
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Page Hannah plays Kate Riley (24 episodes)
David Packer
Sydney Penny
Richard Venture
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Connie Needham
Art Carney
Signe Hasso
Kelly Jo Minter
Peabo Bryson
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Johnny Haymer
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Melissa Manchester
William Prince
Bob Seagren
Jerry Supiran
Ric Mancini
Louis Giambalvo
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Anthony Newley
Gail Strickland
John Milford
Richard Romanus
Ernie Lively
Marta Kristen
Milton Berle
Ismael 'East' Carlo
Frances Bay
Barry Jenner
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Deborah Geffner
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Gerrit Graham
Garette Ratliff Henson
Jim Piddock
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Martha Quinn
Traci Lind
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Alison La Placa
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Pamela Susan Shoop
Arte Johnson
Brenda Vaccaro
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Jeff Pomerantz
John Karlen
Dominique Dunne
Gwen Verdon
Jennifer Holmes
Charles Pierce
Olivia Barash
Russell Johnson
Tasia Valenza
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Randee Heller
Lenore Kasdorf
Kevin McCarthy
Britt Leach
Stan Shaw
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Richard Simmons
Richard McGonagle
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Russ Marin
Merritt Butrick
Michael Bell
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Michael DeLorenzo
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Mark Dana
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Victor French
Daphne Ashbrook
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David Proval
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Scott Marlowe
Paul Eiding
Madlyn Rhue
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Marilyn Chris
Bonnie Bramlett
John Putch
Morey Amsterdam
Robert Donner
Lew Gallo
Robert Fieldsteel
Henry Beckman
Dan Schneider
Dick Miller
David Paymer
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William Allen Young
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Gregory Cooke
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Nancy Cartwright
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Paul Comi
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Jim Doughan
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Myron Healey
John Finn
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Julie Ariola
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Al Ruscio
Bruno Kirby
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Carmine Caridi
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Jimmy Osmond
Will Bledsoe plays Joe Douglas (2 episodes)
Crew of Fame
Discover the backstage crew of Fame →
- Lee Curreri
- Lori Singer
- Erica Gimpel
- Carrie Hamilton
- Eric Pierpoint
- P.R. Paul
- Michael Cerveris
- Loretta Chandler
- Graham Jarvis
- Elisa Heinsohn
- Janet Jackson
- Morgan Stevens
- Page Hannah
- David Packer
- Sydney Penny
- Richard Venture
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin
- Connie Needham
- Art Carney
- Signe Hasso
- Kelly Jo Minter
- Peabo Bryson
- Claudia Wells
- Lew Ayres
- Johnny Haymer
- Fionnula Flanagan
- George Kirby
- Melissa Manchester
- William Prince
- Bob Seagren
- Jerry Supiran
- Ric Mancini
- Louis Giambalvo
- Tuesday Knight
- Anthony Newley
- Gail Strickland
- John Milford
- Richard Romanus
- Ernie Lively
- Marta Kristen
- Milton Berle
- Ismael 'East' Carlo
- Frances Bay
- Barry Jenner
- Julie Carmen
- Rob Morrow
- Lycia Naff
- Deborah Geffner
- Carolyn Mignini
- Gerrit Graham
- Garette Ratliff Henson
- Jim Piddock
- Willard E. Pugh
- Martha Quinn
- Traci Lind
- Robert Romanus
- Cam Clarke
- Todd Susman
- Christian Clemenson
- Esai Morales
- Nancy Lenehan
- Don Cheadle
- David Greenlee
- Bill Quinn
- Alison La Placa
- Jack Murdock
- Pamela Susan Shoop
- Arte Johnson
- Brenda Vaccaro
- Julius Carry
- Jeff Pomerantz
- John Karlen
- Dominique Dunne
- Gwen Verdon
- Jennifer Holmes
- Charles Pierce
- Olivia Barash
- Russell Johnson
- Tasia Valenza
- Richard Bright
- Nicholas Worth
- Randee Heller
- Lenore Kasdorf
- Kevin McCarthy
- Britt Leach
- Stan Shaw
- Kathleen Wilhoite
- Paul Bartel
- Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
- Sal Viscuso
- Bebe Neuwirth
- Krista Errickson
- Richard Simmons
- Richard McGonagle
- Jasmine Guy
- Brian Patrick Clarke
- Russ Marin
- Merritt Butrick
- Michael Bell
- Charlie Brill
- Michael DeLorenzo
- Dave Shelley
- Mark Dana
- Rick Barry
- Victor French
- Daphne Ashbrook
- Lee Ving
- David Proval
- Joan Baez
- Scott Marlowe
- Paul Eiding
- Madlyn Rhue
- Bill Applebaum
- Marilyn Chris
- Bonnie Bramlett
- John Putch
- Morey Amsterdam
- Robert Donner
- Lew Gallo
- Robert Fieldsteel
- Henry Beckman
- Dan Schneider
- Dick Miller
- David Paymer
- Greg Evigan
- Vernon Washington
- Dean Devlin
- William Allen Young
- Luis Ávalos
- Stanley DeSantis
- Russ Tamblyn
- Caryn Ward
- Michael Preston
- Gregory Cooke
- Harrison Page
- Robert Costanzo
- Lupe Ontiveros
- Steve Susskind
- Dermot Mulroney
- Jim McKrell
- Judy Farrell
- Martin Speer
- William Forsythe
- Nancy Cartwright
- Mills Watson
- Steffen Zacharias
- Lawrence Tierney
- Milton Selzer
- Ami Foster
- Stuart Pankin
- Paul Comi
- Albert Hall
- Jack Carter
- Leo Gordon
- Bruce Solomon
- Steven Ameche
- Jim Doughan
- Bruce French
- Gregory Itzin
- Grand L. Bush
- Gregg Berger
- Carol Burnett
- Takayo Fischer
- Tim Haldeman
- Tom Sullivan
- George Murdock
- Burke Byrnes
- Myron Healey
- John Finn
- Larry Miller
- Denny Dillon
- Grainger Hines
- John Carradine
- Julie Ariola
- James T. Callahan
- Al Ruscio
- Bruno Kirby
- Ice-T
- Irene Cagen
- Carmine Caridi
- Elden Henson
- Shawn Stevens
- Lance Stevens
- Jimmy Osmond
- Will Bledsoe