Kim Zimmer
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Kim Zimmer (born February 2, 1955 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American actress.
Personal life and family
Zimmer is married to actor/director, A.C. Weary and they have three children - two boys and one girl. Her son, Jake Weary, is also an actor; he appeared on As The World Turns as Luke Snyder in 2005 as well as various guest roles, including a role on .Zimmer studied at Hope College and at American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Career
Zimmer's career began with stage work; role was portraying the character of Bonnie Harmon on One Life to Live in 1978.In 1979, she was tapped to replace Kathleen Turner as Nola Dancy Aldrich on The Doctors. (Ironically, in 1981 she appeared in the film Body Heat, co-starring with Turner, in a plot that addressed similarities in their appearance.)
After The Doctors was cancelled in 1982, she had a brief return to One Life to Live in 1983 as Echo DiSavoy.
Later in 1983, Zimmer was cast in the role for which she is best known, the character of Reva Shayne Lewis on the television soap opera Guiding Light. Zimmer portrayed the character from 1983 to 1990.
Zimmer left Guiding Light in 1990 and moved to the West Coast for five years, during which she played Jodie DeWitt Walker on Santa Barbara from 1992 to 1993. She returned to Guiding Light in 1995 and has portrayed Reva ever since.
Zimmer has also appeared in several episodic television programs, including Designing Women, MacGyver, Models, Inc., and Babylon 5. She also appeared in several made-for-television movies.
Zimmer frequently returns to Michigan to participate in off-broadway theatre at Augusta's ''Barn Theatre. [link]
Controversies
Like her character, Zimmer is outspoken. She is a staunch defender of her work, and the soap genre in general, although she has been known to be critical of some of her storylines.Zimmer was involved in two "controversies" reported in the soap press in 2005.
- The first came when Guiding Light, faced with declining ratings and a need to reduce production costs, approached the cast about taking an across-the-board pay cut. Zimmer opposed the pay cut, stating that she was still in a contract and expected the terms to be honored until the contract concluded. The producers ultimately did not force the issue and Zimmer remained on the show at her designated salary. (Press reports indicate Zimmer's contract was renegotiated in 2006; she and the show appear to have come to an agreement.)
- The second controversy involved her son Jake Weary, who had portrayed a teenage character on As The World Turns. Producers of As The World Turns decided to have the character, Luke Synder, identify himself as gay. At about the same time, Weary indicated he would be leaving his role as Luke. Press reports questioned whether Weary or Zimmer were homophobic; Zimmer made a statement in the soap press that the content of the story was not the reason Weary was leaving; he had signed on for a recurring role with limited airtime, but was being used far more often, and wanted more time to concentrate on school and sports.
Awards
Zimmer has won four Daytime Emmy awards, including the 2006 honor, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her work on Guiding Light.External links
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