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Melinda Culea

Amy Amanda Allen in The A-Team

Photos Melinda Culea Birth name: Melinda Culea
Birth date: 1955/05/05 (68 years old)
Birth place : Western Springs Illinois
Height: 1.73 m

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Biography for Melinda Culea

Melinda Culea was born in a suburb of Chicago on May 5, 1955. At the age of 20, she moved to New York to join a prestigious modeling agency; her first marriage broke up in the process. After four years in New York, she moved to California to break into the TV industry. After doing a number of commercials, including a successful Burger King campaign, she landed a starring role in the sitcom pilot Dear Teacher (1981) (TV). Though that pilot didn't sell, she soon got what seemed like her big break when she won the role of Amy Allen, the female lead in "The A-Team" (1983). Though the pilot episode presented Amy as a spunky, Howard Hawksian heroine, in subsequent episodes, the role became little more than that of a token female, tagging along with the heroes but rarely having much to do with the plot. At the time, Culea expressed dissatisfaction with the insignificance of her part, and began lobbying for the writers to give her more to do. Reportedly, she asked that her character be allowed to participate in fight scenes. During the second season, producer John Ashley allegedly told Culea's agent, "tell Melinda to shape up or she's out". A few weeks later, Culea discovered that she had been dropped from the show when she received a script with no lines for her character. Why she was fired has never been completely clear; reports at the time focused on the fact that she didn't seem to get along with star George Peppard, who reportedly felt that the show should not have a female co-star. Marla Heasley, who briefly replaced Culea, was told that Culea had been considered too "tomboyish" by the producers.

After a role on the short-lived Aaron Spelling series "Glitter" (1984), Culea re-emerged in 1986 with a series of high-profile guest roles on "Family Ties" (1982) and "St. Elsewhere" (1982). She then took a hiatus from acting, returning in 1988 with a regular role on "Knots Landing" (1979). Since then, Culea has worked steadily as a dependable and versatile TV performer, most notably in a guest-starring role in a famous episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). Since 1995, she has been married to television and film director Peter Markle.

Melinda Culea was born on May 5, 1955 in Western Springs in the Illinois.

After leaving school, she works with her father in her laundromat.

Married at 19, she left her husband for New York and then California.

It is not possible to provide a detailed answer to this question without a reference date and without access to online information. Melinda Culea is an American actress known for playing in several movies and television programs during her career. She is perhaps better known for her role as Amy Jessup in the television series "The A-Team" or for her role as Kim Schandler in the film "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge". She also played in other productions such as "The Blue Lagoon" and "I'm Gonna Git You Soseka". Culea began her career in the 1980s and continued to work as an actress until the 2000s.

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Filmography

Title Role
Family Law - Film at Eleven (2001) TV Episode Det. Cadden
Dying on the Edge (2001) Anna
The X Files
Target Earth (1998) (TV) Allison, Emmett's Gang
C-16: FBI
Buried Secrets (1996) (TV) Laura Vellum
Brotherly Love (1995) TV Series Claire Roman
Down, Out & Dangerous (1995) (TV) CeCe Dryer
Moment of Truth: Murder or Memory? (1994) (TV)
Chicago Hope - Food Chains (1994) TV Episode Dina Russell
Wagons East (1994) Constance Taylor
Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992) (TV) Alison Rivers
Murder, She Wrote Gregory
Likely Suspects (1992) TV Series Capt. Wendy Hewitt
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Civil Wars - Daveja-Vu All Over Again (1991) TV Episode
The Fisher King (1991) Sitcom wife
Jake and the Fatman - I'd Do Anything (1991) TV Episode Ellen Webster
Beverly Hills, 90210 - It's Only a Test (1991) TV Episode Dr. Natalie Donner
Knots Landing (1979) TV Series Paula Vertosick (1988-1990)
St. Elsewhere Episode McPhail - Nothing Up My Sleeve (1986) TV Episode
Family Ties - A Tale of Two Cities: Part 2 (1987) TV Episode Rebecca Ryan - A Tale of Two Cities: Part 1 (1987) TV Episode
Dear Penelope and Peter (1986) (TV) Judy Berlin
Hotel
Glitter (1984) TV Series Terry Randolph
The A-Team Amy Amanda Allen (1983)
Fantasy Island - The Big Switch/Hooker's Holiday (1983) TV Episode Shelley James
Gavilan - The Hydra (1982) TV Episode

Trivia

Family

Spouse : Peter Markle (1995 - present)

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