Sentences with phrase «role on a sitcom»

Emmy award winner Heaton stars on the sitcom «The Middle» and is well known for her role on sitcom, «Everybody Loves Raymond.»

He benefited hugely from his association with Foxworthy, who featured the comic in an occasional supporting role on his sitcom The Jeff Foxworthy Show; the two then teamed up with Larry the Cable Guy and Ron White for the mega-successful Blue Collar Comedy Tour, which spawned its own concert film in 2003.

Thomas, a radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on the sitcoms «Murphy Brown» and «Cheers,» died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, at age 69.

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Henderson was best known for her role as Carol Brady, the cheerful mom on the 1970s sitcom «The Brady Bunch.»

White's performance was edgy and widely praised, and the grandmother with a blue streak finished out 2010 by agreeing to costar in the TV Land sitcom Hot in Cleveland, releasing a calendar and popping up in cameo roles on almost every self - respecting comedy in the fall.

There, the comedian tells stories about his early years on stage, drag racing on Woodward Avenue, and his brief stint in prison for drug violations, before landing his iconic role on the ABC sitcom «Home Improvement.»

This fall, Ellie Kemper, best known for her role as Erin on The Office, will star in her own NBC sitcom, Brenda Forever.

is an actress, producer, and New York Times bestselling author, beloved by millions worldwide from her role as D.J. Tanner on the iconic family sitcoms Full House and Fuller House.

Mayim Bialik, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s television sitcom Blossom, and she currently appears on the top - rated comedy The Big Bang Theory.

Bronx - born actor Steve Landesberg, known for his role on the long - running sitcom «Barney Miller,» died in Los Angeles Monday from colon cancer.

Mikel HealeyCandace Cameron Bure, 34, best known for her role as DJ Tanner on the sitcom Full House, struggled with bulimia after the show's eight - year run ended.

The 25 - year old American actress, best known from her role as Cerie on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock, was one of many celebrity guests at New York Fashion Week last month.

Aniston gained worldwide recognition for portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

He was in small TV roles on the basis of his «build»; one of his early jobs on the weekly sitcom Topper garnered more fan mail than any other episode of that series.

After recurring roles on such TV series as That Was the Week That Was, The Debbie Reynolds Show, and The Sandy Duncan Show, Bosley was hired by Hanna - Barbera to provide the voice of flustered patriarch Howard Boyle on the animated sitcom Wait Til Your Father Gets Home (1972 - 1973).

She landed a regular role as Linda, a not - so - bright nurse's aide, on the 1998 CBS sitcom Becker, starring Ted Danson, and stuck with the series until it wrapped in 2004.

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

In 2007, McCarthy was cast in a supporting role alongside Christina Applegate on the ABC comedy Sam I Am.She found genuine success with the sitcom Molly and Me, playing one - half of a weight - challenged couple opposite Billy Gardel and earning an Emmy nod for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

The next year, Cho went on to essay a supporting role on the short - lived chef sitcom Kitchen Confidential before returning to feature films.

Abandoning the screen for a career as a legal secretary the same year that Zelig was released, fate guided Jeter back into his true calling when a producer, recalling his role in television's Designing Women, asked that he take a supporting role on the Burt Reynolds» sitcom Evening Shade.

It was Chao's father who encouraged her to audition for her first acting role on the early -»70s TV sitcom Here's Lucy.

Throughout his Broadway years, he made infrequent film and TV appearances; he played supporting roles in such movies as All the President's Men (1976) and Pennies from Heaven (1980), was briefly a regular on Falcon Crest, guested as Shelley Fabares» father on the sitcom Coach, and was seen in the made - for - TV features Separate but Equal (1991) and Citizen Cohn (1992).

After doing the guest - star round on several TV dramatic programs, Feldon won the role of statuesque Agent 99 on the spy sitcom Get Smart.

In 2007 he landed the leading role in the sitcom The Big Bang Theory and it grew to be one of the most popular shows on TV, earning Galecki Emmy, Golden Globe, and Sag nominations in 2011 for his work on the show.

Van Dyke then tried out for the role of dim - witted Vermont handyman George Utley on the seminal»80s sitcom Newhart.

Actress Tracy Pollan had a few commercials and minor TV roles to her credit when, in 1985, she was cast as Ellen Reed on the long - running sitcom Family Ties.

The actress also found a great deal of success on the small screen — Ivey starred in television productions of The Long, Hot Summer (1985), Dixie: Changing Habits (1985), We Are the Children (1987), and Decoration Day (1990) before landing several prominent sitcom roles.

J. Pat O'Malley had regular roles on the TV sitcoms Wendy and Me (1964) and A Touch of Grace (1973).

Producer / creator Barry Kemp felt that the actor would be the wrong choice for the part (and eventually handed it to Tom Poston instead), but also felt so impressed by Van Dyke's talents that he both cast the actor in a guest - starring role on a season - one episode of that series (he played a flustered travel agent named Roy Herzog), and promised Van Dyke a more substantial recurring assignment on a sitcom.

When he was barely an adolescent, the young actor made his Broadway debut opposite Judd Hirsch in the acclaimed play Conversations With My Father and landed a recurring role on the short - lived sitcom Drexell's Class around the same time.

In 1992, Engvall landed a recurring role on the short - lived sitcom Delta (with Delta Burke as a struggling country singer); he played Buck Overton, the husband of Delta's cousin and number one fan, Lavonne (Gigi Rice).

An amusing supporting role as a myopic ballplayer in the William Bendix comedy Kill the Umpire (1950) led to D'Andrea being cast as Bendix's buddy Gillis on the TV sitcom The Life of Riley in 1953.

In fall 2007, he took on a regular role as a Neanderthal on the bizarre ad campaign - turned - sitcom Cavemen.

She continued to crop up on series and TV movies throughout the 1980s and»90s and is best remembered for her recurring role as Dr. Ilene Markham on Tim Allen's hit sitcom Home Improvement from 1993 - 1997.

In the television venue, guest roles followed on series including ER and NYPD Blue, as well as a recurring parts on Murder One, Party of Five, and on the Friday - night ABC sitcom Boy Meets World as high school senior Griff Hawkins.

As her film career faded, Perreau flourished briefly as a TV leading lady, with supporting roles on the 1959 sitcom The Betty Hutton Show and the 1961 adventure weekly Follow the Sun.

The young actor's first American TV assignment was the regular role of teen orphan Todd Mahaffey on the 1989 sitcom Sister Kate.

In 2007, Helberg was cast in the regular role of Howard Wolowitz on the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, about a couple of nerdy physicists (Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons) who struggle with women, and everything else outside the lab.

Sterling's additional TV work included the hosting chores on the 1956 - 57 season of The 20th Century - Fox Hour, and the starring role of small - town editor Robert Major on the 1961 sitcom Ichabod and Me.

He began to branch into comedy during his supporting stint as obstetrician Leon Bessemer on the Marlo Thomas sitcom That Girl, but his most memorable role would come in 1980 as the nasty, chauvinistic boss in 9 to 5.

Born and raised in L.A., Mackenzie began as a child and teen actor on TV in the early 1980s with roles in the TV movie Lois Gibbs and the Love Canal (1982), and the girls» prep - school sitcom The Facts of Life.

The film features some of the earliest screen appearances of Emmy - nominated sitcom veteran Ed O'Neill («Married... With Children», «Modern Family»), playing a mercenary reluctant to go on the mission, and a young Jim Broadbent, who is lowly credited but instantly recognizable in a brief background role.

In the early 1970s, Macy was cast in several small roles in the TV properties of producer Norman Lear; this led to a lengthy (72 - 78) engagement as Walter Findlay, husband of fiery feminist Maude Findlay (Bea Arthur) on the popular sitcom Maude.

Aniston won her first Golden Globe in 2003 for her performance on NBC sitcom «Friends,» and was nominated the previous year for the same role.

The child star - turned - teen heartthrob began acting when he was eight years old, and became a household name with his role on the long - running sitcom Home Improvement.

Shouty stand - up Nick Helm has been a regular on panel shows like» 8 Out of 10 Cats», and played the lead role in BBC sitcom «Uncle».

When the sitcom ended in 1999, she quickly signed on to ER as a bright but brooding med student, an intensely serious role that earned her an Emmy nod in 2001.

Coyle perhaps remains best known for his beloved role in the BBC sitcom Coupling, yet he is well on his way to a big - time acting career outside of the comedy series if he keeps maintaining this performance standard.

Jim Rash & Nat Faxon («The Way Way Back») Sure, «The Way Way Back» writers / directors Jim Rash & Nat Faxon might have already won an Oscar, but even with both actors killing it in regular roles on network sitcoms (Rash is the Dean on «Community,» Faxon is one half of the title duo on Fox «s recently axed «Ben & Kate «-RRB-, most of the country, and even the industry, might have struggled to pick them out of a line - up, but that could all start to change once their directorial debut, «The Way Way Back,» leaves Park City and finds audiences around the world.

The 29 - year - old Wayans appeared in a plenty of his father's work as a younger man: he played the younger version of David Alan Grier in his father's film «Blankman,» and would later appear in a recurring role in his sitcom «My Wife And Kids,» as well as being a regular on his short - lived Showtime sketch comedy series «The Underground.»