Brenda Strong, Actress, - Biography
Actress,
Height: 5 foot 11 & a half (1.82 M)
Born
March 25, 1960 in Brightwood, Oregon, USA
Strong grew up in Portland,
Oregon & graduated in 1978 from Sandy High School in Sandy, Oregon. She later
moved to Arizona to attend college. She graduated from Arizona State University
with Bachelor of Music in musical theatre. Strong was crowned Miss Arizona in
1980.
Her first break after college was a spot in Billy Crystal’s 1984 music video You Look Marvelous. Her first television appearances began in 1985 with brief stints on St. Elsewhere, MacGyver, & Cheers. She also made guest appearances on Matlock, Murphy Brown, Herman's Head, Blossom, as well as a recurring role on the cult favorite Twin Peaks.
By the mid-90s, she was a regular guest player on dozens of series, with prominent recurring roles on 3rd Rock From the Sun, Party of Five, & most notably as Elaine’s rival Sue Ellen Mischke, the “bra-less wonder,” on Seinfeld. Strong also appeared on ER, Picket Fences & Silk Stalkings. She also appeared on The WB's hit show Dawson's Creek in the episode 'High Anxiety' as Audrey's mother.
She is well known to viewers for recurring roles on Sports Night, in which she played Sally Sasser, the nemesis of Felicity Huffman's Dana Whitaker. She also guest starred on The WB's popular 7th Heaven, Gilmore Girls & Everwood. While working for the WB, she also managed to squeeze in guest appearances on Ally McBeal, Nip/Tuck, CSI, Malcolm in the Middle, & the short-lived The Lyon’s Den.
Currently, Strong is appearing on the ABC hit dramedy Desperate Housewives, opposite Huffman & Teri Hatcher. She plays the deceased Mary Alice Young, who narrates the events of her four best friends' lives from beyond the grave.
Strong appears in movies such as Spaceballs, The Deep End of the Ocean, Red Dragon, Starship Troopers & Starship Troopers 2. More recently, she can be seen in the dramatic Lifetime movie Family in Hiding which premiered on August 6, 2006.
As a certified
yoga instructor & fertility expert, Strong has experience teaching at UCLA's
Mind/Body Institute. She is currently working on her first book about yoga &
the woman's journey.
She married Tom Henri in July 1989 & they have a child together.
Trivia
Long before her now popular role on Desperate
Housewives, she played a 'desperate housewife' in Undercurrent (1999), starring
Lorenzo Lamas. This role also marks the only time she's appeared topless on the
big screen.
Before her role on Desperate Housewives, she also played another deceased wife on the television series Everwood, appearing mainly in flashback sequences as the late Julia Brown. Marcia Cross, her Desperate Housewives co-star also appeared on Everwood for a season playing Dr. Linda Abbott, the love interest of the Julia Brown's widower, Dr. Andrew Brown.
Brenda previously had a
recurring role on Twin Peaks which featured Sheryl Lee. Lee was the original choice
to play Mary Alice in Desperate Housewives.
Written
in April 2007
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