Crystal Lynn Bernard[1] (born September 30, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is known for her seven-year-long role on the sitcom Wings. While her main work has been on television, she has appeared in some films and has also pursued a music career. She played the role of K.C. Cunningham, Howard's niece, in Season 10 of Happy Days, apppearing in 15 episodes that season.
About Crystal[]
Early life[]
Born in Garland, Texas, Crystal became an amateur entertainer at a young age, singing gospel songs with her older sister, Robyn Bernard (also an actress, who played, "Terry Brock," on General Hospital, 1984-1990). One recording of the two that has survived from those years is a song called, "The Monkey Song" (an objection to evolution), on, "Feudin' Fussin' and Frettin", a recording of a 1972 Thomas Road Baptist Church service led by Jerry Falwell. Bernard's father is famed televangelist, Dr. Jerry Wayne Bernard, with whom Bernard still travels and sings gospel music. She has two younger sisters, Scarlett and Angelique Bernard.[2]
Crystal developed her acting and performing abilities at, Alley Theatre, while growing up in, Houston, Texas. She continued her education at Baylor University where she studied acting and international relations. .[3]
Career[]
Crystal got her start in prime-time television on the long-running sitcom Happy Days, playing K.C. Cunningham during the show's second-to-last season. After various guest appearances on television, in 1986, she joined the cast of the resurrected, syndicated version of the former ABC-TV sitcom It's a Living, [4] playing waitress Amy Tompkins. But she is best known for her role as strong-willed airport lunch-counter operator Helen Chappel Hackett on the NBC-TV sitcom Wings, a role she played for the show's duration (1990-1997).
Early in her film career, she appeared in the 1982 film Young Doctors in Love. She also starred in the Roger Corman-produced, direct-to-video film Slumber Party Massacre 2. During the 21st century, her work includes a role in the film, Jackpot, and starring roles in Welcome to Paradise, and Grave Misconduct. She has also starred in two Hallmark Channel TV-movies, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus and Meet the Santas.
She also starred in an unsold, 1989 TV-series pilot, Chameleons, created by Glen A. Larson. She played Shelley,a self-proclaimed crazed heiress who discovers that her eccentric millionaire uncle Jason Carr has been murdered. She sets out on a quest to find the truth behind his murder.
Bernard has appeared in stage productions since the end of Wings:<br In 1999, she was in a Los Angeles production of Crimes of the Heart. In 2001, she was the last in a series of actresses to play, Annie Oakley, in a 1999 Marquis Theatre revival of "Annie Get Your Gun".
In 2005, she was in the West Coast premiere of "Barbra's Wedding", starring opposite actor/playwright Daniel Stern, in a production staged at Falcon Theatre, in Burbank, California.
In addition to acting, Bernard has a music career as a singer-songwriter. Albums include The Girl Next Door (1996) and Don't Touch Me There (1999). The latter includes a gospel track she recorded with her father and one sung with country artist Billy Dean. Bernard did a duet with Peter Cetera called, "(I Wanna Take) Forever Tonight," released on Cetera's One Clear Voice album.
References[]
- ↑ Crystal Bernard Biography (1959-)
- ↑
Angelique Bernard at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Crystal Bernard Biography. Allmovie via The New York Times (.com). Retrieved on August 9, 2017.
- ↑ The New York Times. The New York Times.
External links[]
- Crystal Bernard at the Internet Movie Database
- Crystal Bernard article at Wikipedia
