Carol Potter is an American actress best known for playing Cindy Walsh

Characters of Beverly Hills, 90210

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 on Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

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. She was a regular on the show from 1990 to 1995. She has also guest starred on many shows including NYPD Blue

NYPD Blue

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, JAG

JAG (TV series)

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, Crossing Jordan

Crossing Jordan

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and Providence

Providence (TV series)

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Biography

Potter attended high school in Tenafly, New Jersey

Tenafly, New Jersey

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, and went on to attend Harvard University

Harvard University

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, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 in social relations.

In 1977, she made her Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre

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 debut in Albert Innaurato

Albert Innaurato

Albert Innaurato is an American playwright, theatre director, and writer.Innaurato was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1947. After graduating from California Institute of the Arts, Innaurato attended the Yale School of Drama...

's play Gemini

Gemini (play)

Gemini is a play by Albert Innaurato.-Plot:Set in the backyard of a blue collar South Philadelphia neighborhood early in the summer of 1973, the comedy-drama focuses on the 21st birthday celebration of Harvard student Francis Geminiani...

, which went on to become the fifth-longest running non-musical play in Broadway history.

Potter had her first role as a regular in a prime time television series in 1981, playing Maggie Clinton on Today's F.B.I.

Today's F.B.I.

Today's F.B.I. is an American crime drama television series, an updated and revamped version of the earlier series The F.B.I.Like the original program, this series was based on actual cases from the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the F.B.I. was involved in the making of the show...

. In 1985, she married screenwriter Spencer Eastman, and their son Christopher was born in 1987. Three months later, Eastman was diagnosed with lung cancer

Lung cancer

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, and he died in 1988.

Potter married for a second time to actor Jeffrey Josephson in October 1990, the same month Beverly Hills 90210 made its television debut.

She also appeared on a special "TV Moms" episode of the Anne Robinson

Anne Robinson

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 version of The Weakest Link

Weakest Link (US game show)

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, in which she won $124,000 for her charity, beating June Lockhart

June Lockhart

June Lockhart is an American actress, primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, but with memorable performances on stage and in film too. She is remembered as the mother in two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also portrayed Dr...

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