Catherine Hicks

Catherine Mary Hicks (born August 6, 1951 ) is an American retired actress.

She played the character Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th Heaven.

Other roles included Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1976–1978), her Emmy Award-nominated performance as Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980), Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Carol Heath in "Peggy Sue Got Married" (1986), and Karen Barclay in Child's Play (1988).

Hicks was born in New York City, the daughter of Jackie, a homemaker, and Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman.

She is of Irish and English ancestry.

Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, during her childhood.

After attending Saint Mary's College (Indiana), where she studied English literature and theology, Hicks won a prestigious acting fellowship to Cornell University.

While at Cornell, she was a member of the Ithaca Repertory Theater Company.

After graduating from Cornell with a master of fine arts degree, Hicks headed to New York in August 1976, where she immediately got work in television commercials.

Two weeks after arriving in New York, she landed her first major TV role as the newly recovered pediatrician Dr. Faith Coleridge on the ABC soap opera Ryan's Hope.

A year and half later, she left her role on Ryan's Hope when she was cast to star alongside Jack Lemmon (as Scottie) in Bernard Slade's 1978 Broadway play Tribute, in which she played the young model Sally Haines, whom Scottie sets up with his estranged son (Robert Picardo).

That same year, she starred as Valerie in a CBS TV movie/series pilot, Sparrow.

After Tribute ended its run, she moved to California and co-starred on the 1979–80 CBS sitcom, The Bad News Bears as junior high school principal and psychologist Dr. Emily Rappant.

She had roles in a few TV movies, playing an escort, Annie, in ABC's Love For Rent (1979), and as Beth, a camp counselor in CBS's 1980 film To Race the Wind, based on the Harold Krents' autobiography.

In 1980, Hicks beat out hundreds of actresses for the lead role of Marilyn Monroe in ABC's $3.5 million production, Marilyn: The Untold Story, based on the Norman Mailer best seller.

She earned an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her portrayal of the legendary star.

In 1981, Hicks starred in CBS's remake of Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, as Anne Wells, an entertainment lawyer, and James Coburn's protege.

She turned down a co-starring role in Body Heat due to the overtly sexual nature of the film.

She made her feature-film debut in the thriller Death Valley (1982) as Peter Billingsley's mother, Sally.

That same year, she starred as Sable in Better Late Than Never.

Hicks took the lead role as Amanda Tucker in the 12-episode detective series Tucker's Witch opposite Tim Matheson as Rick Tucker.

The program aired on CBS from October 6, 1982, sporadically into August, 1983.

In 1983, she played Lisa Sage and co-starred with John Schneider in CBS's romantic comedy movie Happy Endings.

Hicks appeared with Anne Bancroft and Ron Silver in Sidney Lumet's film Garbo Talks (1984).

Hicks also played Bill Murray's socialite fiancée, Isabel, in the remake The Razor's Edge (1984).

For her work in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Hicks received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

That same year, she played Carol Heath in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married.

In Like Father Like Son (1987), Hicks played Dr. Amy Larkin.

In March 1987, Hicks hosted the 59th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards ceremony.

In 1988, she played businesswoman Ella Frazier in the Yugoslavian comedy Tajna manastirske rakije (also released under the titles Cognac and Secret Ingredient).

She played Karen Barclay in the horror film Child's Play (1988).

Her performance won her a 1988 Best Actress Saturn Award.

She co-starred with Christopher Plummer, as his estranged daughter, Tina Boyer, in Showtime's Souvenir (1989).

In 1989, she starred opposite Tony Danza in She's Out of Control as his girlfriend, Janet Pearson.

In 1991, she co-starred in the Fox TV comedy-fantasy movie Hi Honey - I'm Dead as Carol Stadler.

She played Allison Ploutzer in the Jeff Franklin ABC comedy pilot Up to No Good (1992).

She starred with John Bedford Lloyd in the ABC comedy pilot The Circle Game (1993) as the mother, and schoolteacher, Nancy.

She played Jeannie Barker in the Aaron Spelling primetime soap opera Winnetka Road, which had a six-episode tryout on NBC in 1994.

That same year, she played the wife in the pilot for The Martin Short Show.

Going into production, after the concept of the character was changed, she was replaced by Jan Hooks.