birth_place article_title name birth_date
new york city , new york christopher norris -lrb- actress -rrb-
 christopher norris 7 october 1955
christopher norris -lrb- actress -rrb-

christopher norris -lrb- born october 7 , 1955 -rrb- is an american movie and television actress .
she is probably best known for her portrayal of nurse gloria `` ripples '' brancusi in the cbs television series `` trapper john , m.d. '' .
she attended los angeles valley college .
early notable roles include the wild girl , miriam , in `` summer of ' 42 '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- ; a heroic young flight attendant in the disaster film `` airport 1975 '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- , and as a hot girl alongside ron howard in roger corman 's `` eat my dust '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- .
early in her career norris typically played wholesome , `` girl next door '' types , and , later in her career , she got more `` vixen '' type roles , including the role of loony laura simmons asher on the daytime soap `` santa barbara '' .
her other daytime credits include `` another world '' and `` guiding light '' .
the blonde norris was often mistaken for melanie griffith , due to their physical resemblance .
because of this , griffith was mistakenly interviewed in the 1990s by the british media about acting in `` airport 1975 '' .
in the 1990s , norris took a break from acting and got a degree in psychology from antioch university .
she is also an antique collector .
