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Melanie Chartoff
American actress
Melanie Chartoff | |
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Chartoff in 1980 | |
| Born | Melanie Barbara Chartoff (1948-12-15) December 15, 1948 (age 76)[1] New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Adelphi University |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
| Spouse | Stan Friedman (m. 2013) |
Melanie Barbara Chartoff (born December 15, 1948) is an American actress and comedian. Chartoff first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series Fridays (1980–1982), and in the 1990s FoxsitcomParker Lewis Can't Lose. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats and All Grown Up!.[2]
Early life
Chartoff was born on December 15, 1948, in New Haven, Connecticut, and attended West Haven High School. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University. Chartoff is Jewish.[3]
Career
Her first Broadway appearances were in Galt MacDermot's space opera Via Galactica (1972), directed by Peter Ha
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Melanie Chartoff began her career on Broadway in "Scapino" and "Via Galactica," and Off-Broadway in "the Proposition" (an entirely improvised musical revue with Jane Curtin, Fred Grande, and Josh Mostel), played Jennifer in a revival of "Do I Hear a Waltz;" and meanwhile performed a stand-up and comedy song act at the Improv Clubs in NY, and later in LA.
She came to prominence as cast and contributor on "Fridays," with Larry David and Michael Richards; co-starred with George Segal on "Take Five," recurred opposite Jonathan Banks on "Wiseguy," recurred as Peter Scolari, Tom Poston, and Bob Newhart's shrink on "Newhart;" recurred as the mom on "Weird Science," played the principal from hell, Grace Musso, on "Parker Lewis Can't Lose," recurred as Jason Alexander's girlfriend on "Seinfeld," and appeared in the final episode; she played Didi Pickles and Minka on Nickelodeon's long running Emmy-winning "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up," its film
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RESUME & BIO
Stella Adler Coaches Melanie
Ms. Musso Loves Kids
Melanie Chartoff sings "Lover Man"
on Merv Griffin Show
"I'm Breaking Down" from "March of the Falsettos" by William Finn
Melanie as Mary Pickford with Brian Stanton Charlie Chaplin at Theatre 40
With Nathan Kress, left, and Brent Rivera, right, on the set of Alexander” I.R.L.,” Premiering Spring, 2017
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