Years active 1982–present Name Crystal Bernard | Role Singer-songwriter Height 1.6 m | |
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Full Name Crystal Lynn Bernard Occupation Singer–songwriter, actress Siblings Robyn Bernard, Scarlett Bernard, Angelique Bernard Parents Gaylon Fussell, Jerry Wayne Bernard Albums Don't Touch Me There, The Girl Next Door Movies and TV shows Similar People Peter Cetera, Robyn Bernard, Steven Weber, Tim Daly, David Schramm | ||
Crystal bernard an american singer songwriter and television and film actress
Crystal Lynn Bernard (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.
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- Crystal bernard an american singer songwriter and television and film actress
- Crystal bernard jim messina watching the river run
- Early life
- Television
- Film
- Theatre
- Music
- References
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Early life
Bernard was born in Garland, Texas. She was raised in a Southern Baptist home. Her father, Dr. Jerry Wayne Bernard, was a televangelist who traveled across the United States preaching and singing. She became an entertainer at a young age, singing gospel songs with her elder sister, Robyn, also an actress. 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' recorded when Crystal was 8 years old, a recording of a 1972 Thomas Road Baptist Church service led by Jerry Falwell. She has two younger sisters, Scarlett and Angelique Bernard.
Crystal and one of her sisters sang the "Monkey Song" many years ago in the 1980s at the First Assembly of God church in Slidell, Louisiana, when she was traveling with her father.
Bernard studied acting at Alley Theatre while growing up in Houston, Texas. She attended Spring High School and continued her education at Baylor University, and where she studied acting and international relations.
Television
Bernard got her start in primetime television on the sitcom Happy Days, playing K.C. Cunningham during season 10 (1982–83). Then, after various guest appearances on other series, she joined the cast of the resurrected, syndicated version of the sitcom It’s a Living, playing waitress Amy Tompkins. She played strong-willed airport lunch-counter operator Helen Chappel Hackett on the sitcom Wings for the series' entire eight-season duration (1990–97).
Film
Early in her film career, she appeared in Young Doctors in Love (1982), along with her Happy Days co-star Ted McGinley. She starred in Roger Corman's direct-to-video film Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987).
In the 21st century, her work has included a role in the film Jackpot (2001) and starring roles in Welcome to Paradise (2007) and Grave Misconduct (2008).
In 1999, she starred in the television movie To Love, Honor and Betray opposite David Cubitt and James Brolin.
She has also starred in two Hallmark Channel movies, Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus and its sequel, Meet the Santas.
In 1989, she starred in a television 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.
Theatre
Bernard has appeared in these stage productions since the end of Wings:
Music
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.
She co-wrote the song "If I Were Your Girl" with Rhett Lawrence, which appeared on Paula Abdul's album Head over Heels (1995).
Bernard sang a duet with Peter Cetera called "(I Wanna Take) Forever Tonight", released on Cetera's album One Clear Voice (1995).
She appeared in the video for the song "Birdhouse in Your Soul" by They Might Be Giants.
She sang a duet with Jim Messina called "Watching the River Run".