Occupation Actress Role Actress | Name Connie Needham Years active 1977 – 1995 | |
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Full Name Connie Marie Bowen Spouse David Needham (m. 1979–2005) Children Kimberly Needham, Taylor Needham Similar People Dianne Kay, Laurie Walters, Susan Richardson, Lani O'Grady, Grant Goodeve | ||
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Connie Needham (born December 5, 1959) is an American actress and dance instructor. As Connie Newton, she portrayed Elizabeth Bradford on the television series Eight is Enough from 1977 to 1981.
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- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
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Early life
She was born Connie Marie Bowen in Anaheim, California.
Career
Although her most prominent role was as Elizabeth Bradford, she had other roles. She portrayed two different characters during the run of the television series Fame. Her first appearance was in the episode "To Soar and Never Falter" (1982) as a dancer in the initial stages of multiple sclerosis. The episode won Harry Harris an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series. Her other appearances on Fame were as Kelly Hayden in three episodes the following year.
She made a guest appearance on the Leslie Nielsen comedy TV series Police Squad! as Jill, a dance teacher who attracts the line "When she leaves, put a tail on her".
Other acting work has included L.A. Law and Ellen as well as television commercials such as for the supermarket Jewel-Osco.
She now works as a dance instructor in Orange County, California, teaching junior jazz and lyrical classes and choreographing team competitions and annual recitals.
Personal life
While known as Connie Newton, she married David Needham, a set designer on Eight is Enough, on April 7, 1979. David Needham's father was stuntman and film director/producer Hal Needham. Connie and David divorced in 2005. They have two daughters, Kimberly and Taylor.
In July 2009, it was announced that Needham was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She has since made a full recovery.
Filmography
Actress
1995
Ellen (TV Series) as
Waitress
- Gladiators (1995) - Waitress
1989
An Eight Is Enough Wedding (TV Movie) as
Elizabeth Bradford
1987
L.A. Law (TV Series) as
Denise Franklin
- Brackman Vasektimized (1987) - Denise Franklin
1987
Eight Is Enough: A Family Reunion (TV Movie) as
Elizabeth Bradford
1983
An Uncommon Love (TV Movie) as
Warren's wife
1982
Fame (TV Series) as
Kelly Hayden / Kathy Murphy
- U.N. Week (1983) - Kelly Hayden
- Ending on a High Note (1983) - Kelly Hayden
- -Help from My Friends (1983) - Kelly Hayden
- To Soar and Never Falter (1982) - Kathy Murphy
1982
Police Squad! (TV Series) as
Jill
- Rendezvous at Big Gulch (Terror in the Neighborhood) (1982) - Jill
1982
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Debbie Holton
- Isaac Gets Physical/She Brought Her Mother Along/Cold Feet (1982) - Debbie Holton
1977
Eight Is Enough (TV Series) as
Elizabeth Bradford
- Father Knows Best? (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Goals (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Starting Over (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Idolbreaker: Part 2 (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Idolbreaker: Part 1 (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Yet Another Seven Days in February (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- If the Glass Slipper Fits (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Way We Were (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Vows (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- David's Rib (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Second Thoughts (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Darlene Dilemma (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Bradfordgate (1981) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Strike (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Maltese Airline Bag (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Holly (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Generations (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Welcome to Memorial Dr. Bradford (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Jeremy (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- And Baby Makes Nine: Part 2 (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- And Baby Makes Nine: Part 1 (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Finally Grad Night (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- A Little Triangle (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Roll Over Bradford (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- A Matter of Mentors (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Official Positions (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Memories (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Bradford vs. Bradford (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Return of Joe Simons (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Seven More Days in February (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Commitment (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Semi-Centennial Bradford (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Courage to Be (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- My Son, the Prom Queen (1980) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Mary, He's Married (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Brotherhood, Sisterhood (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Arrivals (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Separate Ways (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Letter to One Bradford (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Fathers and Other Strangers: Part 2 (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Fathers and Other Strangers: Part 1 (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Big Shoes, Little Feet (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Devil and Mr. Bradford (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Night They Raided Bradfords (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Ten Ships in the Night (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Cupid Crisis (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- Merle the Pearl (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford
- The Graduates (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 2 (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 1 (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Final Days (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Better Part of Valor (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Kid Who Came to Dinner (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Best of Friends (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Just the Ten of Us (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Horror Story (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Inlaws and Outlaws (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Moving Out (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Mother's Rule (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Yearning Point (1979) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Alone at Last (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 2 (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 1 (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- All the Vice President's Men (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- War Between the Bradfords (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Fast and Loose (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Cops and Toddlers (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Flunked and the Funked (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Milk and Sympathy (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Cinderella's Understudy (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Here We Go Again (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Nine Is Too Much (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Who's Crazy Here? (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Who's on First? (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Poor Little Rich Girl (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Lost Weekend (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Long Night's Journey Into Day (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Great Expectations (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Boyfriend (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Seven Days in February (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Hard Hats and Hard Heads (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Dear Ms. Dinah (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Much Ado About Garbage (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Author, Author! (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- A Hair of the Dog (1978) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Yes Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 2 (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Yes Nicholas, There Is a Santa Claus: Part 1 (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Return of Auntie V (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- All's Fair in Love and War (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- I Quit (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Children of the Groom: Part 2 (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Children of the Groom: Part 1 (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Bard and the Bod (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Dark Horse (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Mortgage Burnin' Blues (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Double Trouble (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Triangles (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Trial Marriage (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Is There a Doctor in the House? (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- The Gipper Caper (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Hit and Run (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- V Is for Vivian (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Quarantine (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Turnabout (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Women, Ducks and the Domino Theory (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Pieces of Eight (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Schussboomer (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
- Never Try Eating Nectarines Since Juice May Dispense (1977) - Elizabeth Bradford (as Connie Newton)
1979
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Connie Needham
- Roller Disco: Part 2 (1979) - Connie Needham (uncredited)
Soundtrack
1983
Fame (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)
- Ending on a High Note (1983) - (performer: "Mr Cool")
Self
2010
Today (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 1 March 2010 (2010) - Self
2000
E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Eight Is Enough (2000) - Self
1979
All-Star Family Feud Special (TV Series) as
Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Nighttime Shows vs. Daytime Shows: Soap vs. All My Children; Eight Is Enough vs. General Hospital (1980) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
- Special #5: One Day at a Time vs. Benson; Dallas vs. Eight is Enough (1979) - Self - Celebrity Contestant
1980
Celebrity Challenge of the Sexes 5 (TV Special) as
Self
References
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