Cindy Pickett


Actor

About

Birth Place
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Born
April 18, 1947

Biography

Tall, striking leading lady and character actress, primarily on TV, who came to the fore as Jackie Spaulding, one of daytime drama's many distraught wives and mothers, on the CBS perennial, "Guiding Light." With her tawny complexion, deep-set eyes and intense acting style, Pickett has performed mostly in melodrama, notably as Craig T. Nelson's wife on the war series, "Call to Glory" (198...

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Family & Companions

Lyman Ward
Husband
Actor. Second husband; worked with Pickett on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers" (1992); in both cases the two actors played a married couple.

Biography

Tall, striking leading lady and character actress, primarily on TV, who came to the fore as Jackie Spaulding, one of daytime drama's many distraught wives and mothers, on the CBS perennial, "Guiding Light." With her tawny complexion, deep-set eyes and intense acting style, Pickett has performed mostly in melodrama, notably as Craig T. Nelson's wife on the war series, "Call to Glory" (1984-85). She entered features with a leading role, but unfortunately the film was "Night Games" (1979), routine horror fare as helmed by the ever-tricksy but only occasionally artful Roger Vadim. During the 80s and 90s Pickett alternated between leads in minor films ("Mystique" 1981, "Hot to Trot" 1986) and supporting roles in such widely seen fare as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986, as the hero's mother) and "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers" (1992). Married to actor Lyman Ward.

Life Events

1979

Played first major feature film role in "Night Games"

1984

Portrayed the female leading role of Vanessa Sarnac on the ABC drama, "Call to Glory"

1987

Acted the role of Amanda Bradford on the ABC miniseries, "Amerika"

Family

Shane Ward
Son
Father Lyman Ward.
Miranda Ward
Daughter
Father Lyman Ward.

Companions

Lyman Ward
Husband
Actor. Second husband; worked with Pickett on "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986) and "Stephen King's Sleepwalkers" (1992); in both cases the two actors played a married couple.

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