Fame (1982 TV series)
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 "Fame" Season 1 DVD Cover |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Christopher Gore |
| Starring | Debbie Allen Albert Hague Carol Mayo Jenkins Lee Curreri Erica Gimpel Carlo Imperato Valerie Landsburg Gene Anthony Ray Lori Singer |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | January 7, 1982–May 18, 1987 |
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Fame was an American television series that ran from 1982 to 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name that tells the stories of the students and faculty at the "New York City High School for the Performing Arts."
The show was produced by MGM Television and was first broadcast on the NBC television network in the U.S. and on the BBC in the United Kingdom. NBC cancelled the series in 1983, but the show continued for an additional four seasons in syndication. The popularity of the film and television productions was such that its cast members went on the road to perform live concerts.
The show's self-titled theme song was a pop hit for singer Irene Cara, having been the featured piece in the motion picture.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, who currently holds the distribution rights for all MGM television series, released the first season of Fame on DVD on November 1, 2005. [1]
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[edit] Awards
It won a number of Emmy awards and in 1983 and 1984 was voted the Golden Globe Awards: Television, Best Series, Musical/Comedy. Actress, director and choreographer Debbie Allen, who had a small role in the motion picture but played a major character in the television version, also won several awards.
[edit] The cast
[edit] Original cast
[edit] Teachers
- Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
- Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
- Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood (seasons 1–5)
[edit] Students
- Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli (seasons 1–3)
- Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez (seasons 1–3)
- Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
- P.R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil (season 1)
- Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz (seasons 1–4)
- Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
- Lori Singer as Julie Miller (seasons 1–2)
[edit] Additional characters
- Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp (season 6)
- Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez (seasons 4–6)
- Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware (season 6)
- Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler (seasons 5–6)
- Cynthia Gibb as Holly Laird (seasons 3–5)
- Carrie Hamilton as Reggie Higgins (seasons 5–6)
- Page Hannah as Kate Riley (season 5)
- Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett (season 6)
- Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon (seasons 3–6)
- Janet Jackson as Cleo Hewitt (season 4)
- Graham Jarvis as principal Bob Dyrenforth (seasons 5–6)
- Dick Miller as Lou Mackie (season 6)
- Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg (seasons 4–6)
- Nia Peeples as Nicole Chapman (seasons 4–6)
- Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seger (season 6)
- Morgan Stevens as David Reardon (season 2)
- Ken Swofford as Quentin Morloch (seasons 3–5)
[edit] Recurring characters
- Carmine Caridi as Angelo Martelli (seasons 1–2)
- Michael DeLorenzo as Michael (seasons 1–3)
- David Greenlee as Dwight Mendenhall (seasons 2–5)
- Dick Miller as Lou Mackie (seasons 4–5, regular on season 6)
- Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg (seasons 1–3, regular on seasons 4–6)
- Robert Romanus as Miltie Horowitz (seasons 5–6)
- Carolyn J. Silas (season 6)
- Morgan Stevens as David Reardon (seasons 3–4, regular on season 2)
- Sam Slovick as Cassidy
- Bronwyn Thomas as Michelle
