Wendy Schaal

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Actress

Birth Date: July 2, 1954

Age: 70 years old

Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois

Parents: Richard Schaal

Wendy Schaal is a veteran character actress on television and in film. Schaal's resume includes parts on many of the most familiar TV series ever produced, including her first role, a brief appearance on the 1970s hit sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter." During the remainder of the '70s, Schaal worked on classic shows including the comedy "Rhoda" and the dramas "Family" and "Little House on the Prairie." From '80 to '82, she made five appearances on the hit mystery drama "Fantasy Island," and turned up in two episodes of its sister show, "The Love Boat."

Through the '80s, '90s, and into the 2000s, Schaal continued to surface in mainly single-episode guest spots on several of TV's top shows, everything from "The A-Team" to "Northern Exposure" to "Friends," as well as three episodes as Vickie Dimas on the acclaimed HBO drama "Six Feet Under" in 2002. It was finally in '05 that Schaal landed her first major role, as the voice of Francine Smith, wife of CIA agent Stan Smith, on the Fox animated series "American Dad!," created by and co-starring Seth MacFarlane of "Family Guy" fame.

Credits

The Co-Ed Killer

Self
Show
2020

Loving Annabelle

Actor
Sen. Tillman
Movie
2006

American DadStream

Voice
Francine Smith
Series
2005

Six Feet UnderStream

Guest Star
Vickie Dimas
Series
2001
81%

Holiday in the SunStream

Actor
Jill
Movie
2001

Family Guy

Guest Voice
Francine Smith
Show
1999

Family GuyStream

Guest Voice
Francine Smith
Series
1999

Small SoldiersStream

Actor
Marion Fimple
Movie
1998
49%

Fired Up

Guest Star
Series
1997
17%

Hope & Gloria

Guest Star
Show
1995

Star Trek: VoyagerStream

Guest Star
Charlene
Series
1995
76%

Out There

Actor
Paige Davis
Movie
1995

FriendsStream

Guest Star
Jeanine
Series
1994
78%

Runaway Daughters

Actor
Mrs. Cahn
Movie
1994

The X-FilesStream

Guest Star
Martha Crittendon
Series
1993
74%

Red Shoe Diaries

Actor
'Lilac' Boss
Series
1992

Going Under

Actor
Jan Michaels
Movie
1991

The 'BurbsStream

Actor
Bonnie Rumsfield
Movie
1989
56%

Dear John

Guest Star
Series
1988

Full HouseStream

Guest Star
Vivian
Series
1987

My Two DadsStream

Guest Star
Series
1987

InnerspaceStream

Actor
Wendy
Movie
1987
82%

When the Time Comes

Actor
Laura
Movie
1987

MacGyverStream

Guest Star
Series
1985

Amazing StoriesStream

Actor
Series
1985

Criatura Desconocida

Actor
Movie
1985

CreatureStream

Actor
Beth Sladen
Movie
1985
29%

Finder of Lost Loves

Guest Star
Series
1984

AirwolfStream

Guest Star
Marilyn Kelsy
Series
1984

Where the Boys Are '84

Actor
Sandra Roxbury
Movie
1984

The A-TeamStream

Guest Star
Karen
Series
1983

Knight RiderStream

Guest Star
Jamie Downs
Series
1982

It's a LivingStream

Actor
Vicki Allen
Series
1980

Fantasy IslandStream

Actor
Julie
Series
1978

Fantasy IslandStream

Guest Star
Julie
Series
1978

Record CityStream

Actor
Lorraine
Movie
1977

Welcome Back, KotterStream

Guest Star
Series
1975

Little House on the PrairieStream

Guest Star
Christie Norton
Series
1974

Rhoda

Guest Star
Series
1974

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