Kerry Remsen
| Kerry Remsen | |
|---|---|
| Born | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Kerry Cates, Kerry Remsen Phillips |
| Occupation | Actress, Acting coach, Dance instructor |
| Years active | 1981 - 1995 |
Kerry Remsen is an American actress. She is the daughter of actor Bert Remsen and casting director Barbara Joyce Dodd, sister of Ann Remsen Manners and has been married to Ron Cates since 2006. She attended the U.S. Grant High School in Van Nuys, California. She has appeared in well over twenty different films and television programs. She was a regular and prominent cast member of Leah Laiman's 1990s soap opera, Tribes. She is also most likely remembered by horror fans for her small part in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge , and supporting and co-starring roles in Pumpkinhead, and Ghoulies II.
Remesen was one of three children. She has a sister Ann Manners, and a brother guy. Her mother Barbara Joyce Dodd was an actress and played Granny in Employee of the Month. Her actor father Bert Remsen died on April 22, 1999, aged 74.
In addition to her more than 25 year career in film, she is the founder of ACT, Acting Communication Training. This organization works to boost the morale and confidence of at-risk children in inner-city schools. Part of her work has been with the Payson Road organization to help children with eating disorders. In 2001, she was working with the organizations founder, Sarah Mason who was an LA based screenwriter at the time to organize the "Road to the Stars" event to raise support and awareness. She is also a children's dance instructor and private acting coach.
Remsen found a decent amount of work in the 1980s. She appeared in at least ten movies, with two of them made for television. Some of those films were the best known horror films of the decade. She also appeared in six different television programs. She had a part as a teenager in Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, a 1981 TV movie which was directed by Walter Grauman. Then she had a credited role as Chris in Not My Kid, which was directed Michael Tuchner, and released in 1985. She then had a part as a stage manager in The Facts of Life, episode 3, 2, 1. She then had a major role as Samantha in the Jim Wilson directed 1986 film Smart Alec, which also starred Ben Glass, Antony Alda, Orson Bean and Natasha Kautsky. The next movie she appeared in was a made for television film. It was Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story, which was directed by James Goldstone and starred Cliff Robertson and Loretta Swit. Her role as Taffi Fisher, the youngest child of the treasure hunter Mel Fisher was a prominent one. In 1987, she appeared in 21 Jump Street,CBS Schoolbreak Special, and Our House. Her next film was Two Moon Junction, which was directed by Zalman King. She played the part of Carolee.
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