Annette McCarthy

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Annette McCarthy is an American actress who is best known for her role as Evelyn Marsh in the second season of Twin Peaks, and as Dr. Wendy Oliver in the cult movie Creature (1985). She also appeared in several TV movies and series, including Baywatch and noteworthy episodes of Night Court and Riptide.[1][2][3][4]

Career[]

She was stage trained in both New York City and Los Angeles and continues to work in theatre. She has also been in several commercials.[4]

Television series[]

She had roles in a variety of major TV shows of the day, including: St. Elsewhere, The Twilight Zone, Happy Days, Beauty and the Beast, Magnum, P.I., The Fall Guy, and played a lesbian character in an episode of Night Court called "Passion Plundered" that has been noted by critics.[5] She also played wealthy heiress Kathleen Huntington on Baywatch.[6][4][7][8][9]

Twin Peaks[]

She was hired by David Lynch for her role in Twin Peaks.[10][11][12][13] Her character Evelyn Marsh[14] was a controversial addition, appearing in a string of episodes in a storyline that was meant to emulate film noir movies[15] during a weak stretch of the show's second season,[16] shortly after the conclusion of its main plotline (the reveal of Laura Palmer's killer) when the writers were struggling to come up with new storylines. One episode was one of the rare directorial projects of actress Diane Keaton's, which McCarthy found memorable.[17][18][19][20][1]

Riptide[]

She also played "Rosalind Grant", the name derived from Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant but the character itself a parody of Cybill Shepherd's character Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting, in the penultimate episode of Riptide called "If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em" shortly before its cancellation, in part due to being beaten in the ratings by Moonlighting.[2][21] This episode drew a lot of press attention at the time, with both Entertainment Tonight and the Los Angeles Times running features on it.[22][2]

Films[]

She made her feature film debut in Second Thoughts (1983) and played Dr. Wendy Oliver in Creature (1985).[23][3]

Under contract to ABC, McCarthy starred in several made-for-TV movies, including Crazy Times (1981), Fugitive Among Us (1992),[24] and A Cry For Love (1980).[25][5]

Personal life[]

She is the niece of actress Joan Hackett.[10]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "SPOOFING AROUND ON 'RIPTIDE'". Los Angeles Times. 1986-04-16. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Creature". Horror Movie Database. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Annette McCarthy". TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Tropiano, Stephen (2002-05-01). The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-1-4768-4798-6.
  6. ^ "Annette McCarthy". LezWatch.TV. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  7. ^ Fischer, Dennis (2011-06-17). Science Fiction Film Directors, 1895-1998. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-6091-5.
  8. ^ Barsanti, Chris (2014-09-22). The Sci-Fi Movie Guide: The Universe of Film from Alien to Zardoz. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-57859-534-1.
  9. ^ Lentz, Harris M. (2001). Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy Film and Television Credits: Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0951-8.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks" by Brad Dukes|Dukes, Brad (24 Jun 2014). Reflections: An Oral History of Twin Peaks. Short/Tall Press. ISBN 978-0615968834.
  11. ^ Muir, John Kenneth (2013-02-25). Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0416-9.
  12. ^ Clarke, James; Hughes, David; Smith, Jim (2001). The Complete Lynch. Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0598-4.
  13. ^ Lavery, David (1995). Full of Secrets: Critical Approaches to Twin Peaks. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-2506-3.
  14. ^ "Lost in the Movies: Evelyn Marsh (TWIN PEAKS Character Series #46)". www.lostinthemovies.com. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  15. ^ "The Surprising (Other) Reason for the Sunset Boulevard Allusion in Twin Peaks". 25YL. 2017-08-26. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  16. ^ Evans, Charles (2017-05-18). "Twin Peaks, The Second Season: A look back, and why you don't have to hate it just because…". Medium. Retrieved 2021-02-25.
  17. ^ Wilkins, Budd. "Twin Peaks: Every Episode Ranked". Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  18. ^ Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew; Spooner, Catherine (2015-11-17). Return to Twin Peaks: New Approaches to Materiality, Theory, and Genre on Television. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-55695-0.
  19. ^ Nochimson, Martha P. (1997-11-01). The Passion of David Lynch: Wild at Heart in Hollywood. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-75566-6.
  20. ^ Video Watchdog. Tim & Donna Lucas. 1990.
  21. ^ Abbott, Jon (2009-09-12). Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5401-3.
  22. ^ "The Moonlighting Parody Episode of Riptide". davidandmaddie.com. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
  23. ^ Maltin, Leonard (2014-09-02). Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-698-18361-2.
  24. ^ O'Connor, John J. (1992-02-03). "Review/Television; A Father and His Son In 'The Broken Cord' (Published 1992)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  25. ^ Prouty (1994). Variety TV REV 1991-92 17. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-3796-3.

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