Chris Weatherhead

Biography

Born and raised in Los Angeles County, California, Weatherhead trained with Brewster Mason of the Royal Shakepeare Company at UC Irvine and in London, and also in New York with Michael Shurtleff and Warren Robertson. She also has trained with the Royal Shakespeare Company in London, the American Rep Theatre (NYC) and American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Career

Weatherhead co-starred, co-wrote and directed a feature film, All For Liberty, which has won nine international film awards, three National Historical Awards [SAR & DAR], and received rave reviews. She co-starred for two years in James Lapine's smash Off-Broadway hit, Table Settings, receiving rave reviews from major New York and U.S. media. She starred in the feature film Whatever It Takes and guest starred in numerous primetime TV series, such as Dallas, Equal Justice, NBC-TV's Night Court, Our Family Honor, and the ABC series Moonlighting.

On daytime television, Weatherhead starred for two years on the CBS soap The Edge of Night as the evil Alicia Van Dine. She also has played recurring roles in four other daytime series.

Theatrical work

She is also a co-founder of the Actors' Theatre of South Carolina with husband, Clarence Felder, directing or producing 73 productions, while performing many roles, which included Mary Chesnut in Mary Chesnut’s War For Independence, and the portrayal of Mary Chesnut for C-SPAN's American Writers series.

Literary works

As a writer, Weatherhead has written six one-act plays, four screenplays and is the author of an historical novel, Kumakani: Against the Wind, an historical novel set in 18th century Hawaii..

Personal life

Chris married her husband, playwright Clarence Felder on August 3, 1987; they have one child, a daughter, Judith. She was previously married to actor Richard Council from June 2, 1971 to July 15, 1982.