 catherine mary hicks (born august 6, 1951) is an american television, film, and stage actress. she is best known for her role as annie camden on the long-running television series 7th heaven. other notable roles have been: dr. gillian taylor in star trek iv: the voyage home, karen barclay in child's play, dr. faith coleridge on the soap opera, ryan's hope, and her emmy nominated performance as marilyn monroe in marilyn: the untold story. ==early life== hicks was born in new york city, the daughter of jackie, a homemaker, and walter hicks, an electronics salesman.the celebrity collector - catherine hicks she is of irish and english ancestry.irish people and ireland - irish news, events in ireland, irish culture, genealogy, music, ireland travel her family moved to scottsdale, arizona during her childhood.interview in ability magazine she was a cheerleader at gerard catholic high school in phoenix, arizona and a member of the national honor society (nhs).american cheerleader magazine december 2001 issue/ article "spirit lost - and foundâ she graduated in 1969. after attending saint mary's college (indiana), where she studied english literature and theology, hicks won a prestigious acting fellowshipuniversity of notre dame archives/theatre chronology â july 1974 -âthe miserâ notes to cornell university. while at cornell, she was a member of the ithaca repertory theater company.afternoon tv magazine march 1977 issue â article âi don't care about being wealthyâ ==career== after graduating from cornell university with a masters of fine arts degree, hicks headed to new york in august 1976, where she immediately got work in television commercials. two weeks after arriving in new york, she landed her first major tv role as the newly recovered pediatrician dr. faith coleridge #3 on abc soap opera, ryan's hope. a year and half later, she left her role on ryan's hope when she was cast to star alongside jack lemmon (as scottie) in bernard slade's 1978 broadway play, tribute,[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gnutaaaaibaj&sjid=xqueaaaaibaj&pg=6857,33941&dq=catherine-hicks&hl=en ocala
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