Catherine Hicks Biography

Catherine Bethany Hicks double majored in Theology and English Literature at Notre Dame University and attended Cornell University where she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting. Born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona, she now lives in Bel-Air. with her husband (Kevin Yagher, special effects artist) and her daughter Catie (born in 1992). Catherine is a strong Catholic and shes left-handed. After attending Saint Marys College (Indiana), across the street from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, where she studied theology, Hicks began a career in acting. She first rose to prominence as Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera Ryans Hope, a role she played from 1976 to 1978. In 1979, she was one of the leads in the television version of The Bad News Bears and in 1982 she took the lead role in the comedydetective series Tuckers Witch opposite Tim Matheson. Supporting roles in movies followed, with appearances in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home as Dr. Gillian Taylor, and Peggy Sue Got Married as Carol Heath (both 1986), but it was the role of the mother in the movie Childs Play (1988) that first established her as a name in Hollywood. The next year, she starred opposite Tony Danza in Shes Out of Control. In the first half of the 1990s, Hicks found acting work in the form of made-for-TV movies, but it wasnt until 1996 that she got another popular role. She was cast as preachers wife Annie Camden on the drama 7th Heaven, which is arguably her most famous role to date. 7th Heaven is currently filming its tenth and final season, making it the longest-running family drama on television.

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