Stevie Vallance
| Stevie Vallance | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Stephanie Louise Vallance |
| Born | September 8, 1958 |
| Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Pop rock, musical theatre, jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Voice actress, musician, actress |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Website | http://www.stevievallance.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Vocals | |
Stephanie Louise Vallance (born September 8, 1958) known as Stevie Vallance, also credited as Louise Vallance during the 1970s-90s, is a Canadian-American actress, singer, and director who has worked on numerous films and television series, both live-action and animated. Vallance is most recognized as Jenny in The Ropers, Det. Stevie Brody in Night Heat, and Whazzat Kangaroo in Zoobilee Zoo. As a Director she received a Daytime Emmy for voice-directing the music and dialogue on the children’s animated series Madeline, in which she also portrayed "Miss Clavel" and "Genevive".
Montréal-born, Toronto-raised Stephanie Louise Vallance began work as a professional actor at age eleven. At that time she was discovered by Alan Lund, who cast her in the lead role of "Adele" in the Charlottetown Festival musical production of Jane Eyre, which performed at Toronto's O'Keefe Centre (now the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts). As a teenager, Vallance made numerous television appearances including leading roles on Canadian television networks in King of Kensington; Police Surgeon; The Tommy Hunter Show; Norman Campbell's The Wonder of It All; and A Bird In The House, directed by Allan King.
After graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she moved to Los Angeles, where David Jacobs cast her as "Sylvie" in the first two seasons of Knots Landing (CBS) before ABC asked her to join the second season of The Ropers as "Jenny", the orphaned newspaper ‘boy’ whom Stanley and Helen found living in their attic; with Norman Fell, Audra Lindley and Jeffrey Tambor.
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