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Cindy Pickett
BornApril 18, 1947
Sand Springs, Oklahoma
Cindy Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress known for her role in the comedy movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Matthew Broderick's character's mom, as well as playing the mother of a boy who was kidnapped for several years in the dramatic TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven.

Biography

Career

Pickett played the central role in the 1980 film "Night Games", an exquisitely weaved erotic tale, directed by Roger Vadim. She played "Jackie Marler" on the soap opera The Guiding Light from 1976 to 1980, "Vanessa Sarnac" on the ABC-TV weekly series Call to Glory from 1984 to 1985, and she appeared on the hospital drama TV series St. Elsewhere from 1986 to 1988.

TV series she has guest-starred on include Simon & Simon, Magnum, P.I., L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, , Without a Trace, and Crossing Jordan.

Personal life

Pickett was born in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, daughter of Cecil Pickett, a director and drama teacher.[1] She met her husband, Lyman Ward, on the set of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (the actors' characters were husband and wife), and they married sometime afterwards, although they have since divorced.

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References

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Sand Springs, Oklahoma

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April 18 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

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  • 1025 - Bolesław I the Brave was crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland.

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In common, present day usage the word comedy almost always refers to the creation or presentation of humor with the intention of provoking laughter. Most comedy contains variations on the elements of surprise, incongruity, conflict, repetitiveness, and the effect of opposite expectations,
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. It stars Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones and Jennifer Grey.
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Matthew Broderick

Birth name Matthew Broderick
Born March 21 1962 (1962--) (age 45)
New York City, New York,  United States

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I Know My First Name is Steven

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Author Mike Echols
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Pinacle Books
Publication date 1999 revised Edition
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Pages 351 pp (paperback)
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Roger Vadim, born Roger Vladimir Plemiannikov (January 26, 1928 – February 11, 2000) was a French journalist, author, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.
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soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap.
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Guiding Light (known as The Guiding Light prior to 1975, GL) is an American television program credited by the Guinness Book of World Records
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Call to Glory was an American television series that aired 23 episodes during the 1984/1985 TV seasons on the ABC-TV network. Starring Craig T. Nelson as USAF pilot Col.
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St. Elsewhere was a weekly drama series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series was set in a decaying urban teaching hospital called St. Eligius Hospital (named for St.
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Simon & Simon was a detective series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker. Originally a 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key set in Florida, when the show was picked up by CBS, the characters' home was changed from Florida to San Diego, California where the show's
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Magnum, P.I. is an American television show that followed the adventures of Thomas Magnum (played by Tom Selleck), a private investigator living in Hawaii. The show aired eight seasons on the CBS network from 1980 to 1988.
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L.A. Law was an American television legal drama that ran from 1986 to 1994. It was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. As with thirtysomething, L.A.
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Murder, She Wrote is a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons, from 1984 to 1996.
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The Pretender is an American television series that aired on NBC for four seasons between 1996 and 2000. After it was cancelled, two TV movies were made that picked up where the series left off.
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NYPD Blue is an Emmy Award-winning hour long-running American television police drama set in New York City. It was created by Steven Bochco and David Milch and inspired by Milch's relationship with a former member of the New York City Police Department Bill Clark (who
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Without a Trace is an American television show set in New York City. The show is about a fictitious FBI missing persons unit, each episode usually following the investigation into one person's disappearance.
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Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC. It stars Jill Hennessy as the crime-solving medical examiner, Jordan Cavanaugh. The show uses an ensemble cast approach featuring a group of Jordan's co-workers, members of the Boston Medical
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Sand Springs, Oklahoma

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Location of Sand Springs within Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
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Lyman Ward

Born May 21 1941 (1941--) (age 66)
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Lyman Ward (born June 21, 1941) is a Canadian actor.
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Circle of Power, a 1983 film, co-produced by Gary Mehlman, Anthony Quinn and Jeffrey White , was based on the book .
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