Donna Pescow
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Her father owned and ran a news stand in downtown NYC at Battery Place. Pescow took drama classes with Rocky co-star Carl Weathers. Pescow studied at the American Academy of the Arts. She lost her native Brooklyn accent, but had to re-learn it for her best known role as Annette in Saturday Night Fever, for which she gained 18kg.
Later, Pescow starred on her own television series, Angie, for two seasons from 1979 to 1980. Her most groundbreaking role has been Dr. Lynn Carson on the soap opera All My Children, which she portrayed from 1982 to 1983. Her character was the first lesbian on the daytime serials.
She played Donna Garland, the mother of Evie Ethel Garland, in the children's comedy show Out of This World, along with Maureen Flannigan and Joe Alaskey.
From 2000 to 2003, she played the mother, Eileen Stevens, on Even Stevens, a sitcom that aired on The Disney Channel.
Pescow states that she was 25 years old when she first got her driving licence.
Television Filmography
- Even Stevens (2000-2003) as Eileen Stevens
- Out of This World (1987-1991) as Donna Garland
- All My Children as Dr. Lynn Carson (1983)
- Angie (1979-1980) as Angie Falco Benson
- One Life to Live as Celena Arquette (1977)
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