Donna Pescow (born March 24, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film and television actress.
Her father owned and ran a news stand in downtown NYC at Battery Place. Pescow attended Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn, NY and she took drama classes with Rocky co-star Carl Weathers. Pescow studied at the American Academy of the Arts. She lost her native Brooklyn accent, but had to re-learn it for her best known role as Annette in Saturday Night Fever, for which she gained 18kg (about 40 pounds).
Later, Pescow starred on her own television series, Angie, for two seasons from 1979 to 1980. Her most groundbreaking role has been Dr. Lynn Carson on the soap opera All My Children, which she portrayed from 1982 to 1983. Her character was the first lesbian on the daytime serials. She had earlier played a role on ABC's One Life to Live.
She played Donna Garland, the mother of Evie Ethel Garland, in the children's comedy show Out of This World, along with Maureen Flannigan and Joe Alaskey.
From 2000 to 2003, she played the mother, Eileen Stevens, on Even Stevens, a sitcom that aired on The Disney Channel.
In real life, she dated actor Jason Kincade of All My Children and As the World Turns. Pescow states that she was 25 years old when she first got her driving license.
Television filmography
The Sopranos as Donna Parisi (2007)
Crossing Jordan as Debbie's Mother (2007)
Even Stevens (2000-2003) as Eileen Stevens
Out of This World (1987-1991) as Donna Garland
All My Children as Dr. Lynn Carson (1983)
Angie (1979-1980) as Angie Falco Benson
One Life to Live as Celena Arquette (1977)
Saturday Night Fever as Annette (1977)
External links
Donna Pescow at the Internet Movie Database
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Categories: 1954 births | Living people | Jewish actors | American film actors | American soap opera actors | American television actors | New York actors | People from Brooklyn | People from New York City | Russian-American Jews
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