Baby Girl Grew Up and Had a Baby Girl of Her Own
Dee Dee Davis played the youngest, bossiest member of the family on The Bernie Mac Show, starting when she was just four years old.
Careers
Camille Winbush Won Three NAACP Awards and Still Never Gets Invited Back
Camille Winbush was acting before she could talk, got her SAG card at two, and grew into one of the most decorated young stars on The Bernie Mac Show.
Jeremy Suarez Walked Away From Hollywood and Picked Up Construction Work Instead
Jeremy Suarez spent his whole childhood on camera, first in Jerry Maguire at age five, then for five seasons as Jordan on The Bernie Mac Show.
Mr. T Legally Changed His Name Before Anyone Knew Who He Was
Mr. T was already Mr. T years before The A-Team or Rocky III ever made him famous.
The A-Team Cast a Character Before He Actually Existed
The A-Team is one of the rare shows where the casting happened backwards.
Linda Evans Only Landed Dynasty Because Her Marriage Fell Apart on Christmas
Linda Evans has said plainly that she’d never have taken the role of Krystle Carrington on Dynasty if her marriage hadn’t fallen apart first.
Pamela Sue Martin Walked Away From Two Hit Shows for the Exact Same Reason
Pamela Sue Martin had a habit most actors don’t: walking away from hit shows the moment she stopped believing in them.
John Forsythe Met Joan Collins Decades Before They Were Ever Cast Together
John Forsythe spent decades building relationships that eventually shaped Dynasty before the show even existed.
George Peppard Got Fired From Dynasty for Comparing His Own Character to Dallas
George Peppard was supposed to be Blake Carrington.
Diahann Carroll Thought Dynasty Was Just a Hoot, Then Made TV History Twice
Diahann Carroll had already changed television once by the time Dynasty came calling.
Jayne Walton Sang in Spanish on Lawrence Welk Long Before Anacani Did
TLDR: Jayne Walton was singing with Lawrence Welk more than a decade before The Lawrence Welk Show ever aired on television, and she recorded a … Read more
Lawrence Welk’s First-Ever Champagne Lady Lied About Her Age at 13 to Enlist
TLDR: Roberta Linn was the actual first Champagne Lady on The Lawrence Welk Show, years before Alice Lon or Norma Zimmer ever held the title. … Read more
Gail Farrell Tapped Lawrence Welk on the Shoulder and Asked to Sing
TLDR: Gail Farrell wasn’t looking for a spot on The Lawrence Welk Show when she flew to Los Angeles for a work trip. She talked … Read more
Cissy King Got Her Big Break by Teaching Bobby Burgess to Do Lifts
TLDR: Cissy King wasn’t looking for a spot on national television when she met Bobby Burgess. She just happened to be a lifting expert at … Read more
A Chance Encounter With Donald O’Connor Led to Six Sisters on Lawrence Welk
TLDR: The Semonski Sisters were a genuine sextet, six real sisters from New Jersey who ended up on The Lawrence Welk Show after a chance … Read more
Jabari Banks Learned He Got the Role From Will Smith Himself, on Video
TLDR: Jabari Banks had never acted on screen before landing the lead role of Will in Bel-Air, a part he learned he’d won directly from … Read more