Kimberly Beck
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Kimberly Beck is an American actress with over sixty television and film roles to her credit.
, Roller Boogie
, and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
. Among her notable television credits are Capitol
(as Kimberly Beck-Hilton), Fantasy Island
, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(as one side of a Jekyll-and-Hyde character, whose counterpart was played by Trisha Noble
), Westwind, Dynasty
, Lucas Tanner
and Peyton Place
(as the character Kim Schuster
).
She also starred in the pilot episode of Eight Is Enough
as Nancy Bradford, the role that, in the series, went to Dianne Kay
.
Biography
Beck starred in such movies as Massacre at Central HighMassacre at Central High
Massacre at Central High is a 1976 horror-thriller film directed by Dutch director Rene Daalder, a protegé of Russ Meyer. Despite its title, it is not at all a slasher film; the film is more an odd and violent political allegory, which tells the story of a series of revenge killings at a fictional...
, Roller Boogie
Roller Boogie
Roller Boogie is a United Artists film starring Linda Blair and introducing Jim Bray The film also stars Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard, and Kimberly Beck, and is directed by Mark L...
, and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is a 1984 slasher film. It is the fourth film in the Friday the 13th film series. Though it was billed as "The Final Chapter," there have been many further sequels in the franchise. The popularity and financial success of the film, which grossed over $32 million,...
. Among her notable television credits are Capitol
Capitol (TV series)
Capitol is an American soap opera which aired on CBS from March 29, 1982 to March 20, 1987 for 1,270 episodes. As its name suggests, the storyline usually revolved around the political intrigues of people whose lives intertwined in Washington D.C....
(as Kimberly Beck-Hilton), Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island
Fantasy Island is the title of two separate but related American fantasy television series, both originally airing on the ABC television network.-Original series:...
, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film several months before the series aired....
(as one side of a Jekyll-and-Hyde character, whose counterpart was played by Trisha Noble
Trisha Noble
Patricia Ann Ruth "Trisha" Noble is an Australian singer and actress.-Biography:Noble was born in Sydney, Australia. Her father was comedian and singer Buster Noble and her mother was the entertainer Helen De Paul....
), Westwind, Dynasty
Dynasty (TV series)
Dynasty is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 12, 1981 to May 11, 1989. It was created by Richard & Esther Shapiro and produced by Aaron Spelling, and revolved around the Carringtons, a wealthy oil family living in Denver, Colorado...
, Lucas Tanner
Lucas Tanner
Lucas Tanner is an NBC television drama that aired during the 1974-75 season. The title character, played by David Hartman, was a former baseball player and sportswriter who became an english teacher at the fictional Harry S. Truman High School in Webster Groves, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis...
and Peyton Place
Peyton Place (TV series)
Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969.Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in...
(as the character Kim Schuster
Kim Schuster
Kim Schuster is a fictional character on the television drama Peyton Place. She was portrayed in 33 episodes by Kimberly Beck, between 1965 and 1966.-Character history:...
).
She also starred in the pilot episode of Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name...
as Nancy Bradford, the role that, in the series, went to Dianne Kay
Dianne Kay
Dianne Kay is an American actress, best known for her role as Nancy Bradford on the ABC television show Eight is Enough ....
.