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Melissa Manchester

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She attended the Manhattan School of Music and Arts and learned to play the Piano and Harpsicord. Her father is a Basson player in the New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. In the early 1970s, Melissa studied songwriting at the University School of the Arts in New York City, under the direction of Paul Simon and... See full bio »

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2010 For Colored Girls (writer: "I Know Who I Am")
 
2010 Dirty Girl (writer: "Singing From My Soul", "Midnight Blue", "Just Too Many People", "Jenny", "Still Myself" / performer: "You Should Hear How She Talks About You", "Singing From My Soul", "Midnight Blue", "Through The Eyes Of Love", "Just Too Many People", "Jenny", "Still Myself")
 
2010 Michel Legrand and Friends (TV movie) ("The Summer Knows", "The Windmills of Your Mind")
 
2003 Intolerable Cruelty (performer: "Don't Cry Out Loud" 1977)
 
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (performer: "Through The Eyes Of Love")
 
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (video) (music: "Welcome Home", "World Without Fences", "Junkyard Society Rag", "I Didn't Know I Could Feel This Way", "Always There" / lyrics: "Welcome Home", "World Without Fences", "Junkyard Society Rag", "I Didn't Know I Could Feel This Way", "Always There" / performer: "Junkyard Society Rag")
 
2000 Everybody Loves Raymond (TV series)
– Alone Time (2000) (performer: "Through the Eyes of Love" - uncredited)
 
1999 Drop Dead Gorgeous (performer: "Don't Cry Out Loud")
 
1999 200 Cigarettes (performer: "Through the Eyes of Love")
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.35 (1998) (performer: "Friends")
 
1995 Safe (writer: "Whenever I Call You Friend")
 
1990 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV series)
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "After All")
 
1986 The Great Mouse Detective (writer: "Let Me Be Good To You" / performer: "Let Me Be Good To You")
 
1985 Out of Africa (performer: "The Music of Goodbye")
 
1984 Thief of Hearts (lyrics: "Thief of Hearts" / performer: "Thief of Hearts")
 
1984 Fame (TV series)
– Home Again (1984) (writer: "Better Days", "City Nights" / performer: "Better Days", "City Nights")
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "If We Were In Love")
 
1982 A Little Sex (writer: "Your Place or Mine" / performer: "Your Place or Mine")
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special) (performer: "Theme from Ice Castles Through the Eyes of Love", "Theme from The Promise I'll Never Say 'Goodbye'")
 
1979 The T.V. Show (TV movie) (performer: "Elizabeth and Andy")
 
1979 The Promise (performer: "Title Song - The Promise - I'll Never Say Goodbye")
 
1978 Ice Castles (performer: "Through the Eyes of Love", "Midnight Blue")
 
1978 The Muppet Show (TV series)
– Episode #3.11 (1978) (writer: "Confide in Me" - uncredited)
 
1973 The Crazies (writer: "Heaven Help Us")
 
Show ShowActress (8 titles)
2010 Dirty Girl
Piano Playing Teacher
 
1996 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
– The One with Lisa Kudrow in a Small Role (1996) (voice)
 
1995 Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV series)
Jane Green
– Dirty Politics (1995) … Jane Green (voice)
 
1993-1994 Blossom (TV series)
Maddy Russo
– The Wedding (1994) … Maddy Russo
– Graduation (1994) … Maddy Russo
– Night of Reckoning (1994) … Maddy Russo
– Big Doings: Part 2 (1993) … Maddy Russo
– Kiss and Tell (1993) … Maddy Russo
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1992 Batman (TV series)
Model / Nurse
– Pretty Poison (1992) … Model/Nurse (voice)
 
1991 For the Boys
Corrine
 
1986 The Great Mouse Detective
Miss Kitty Mouse (voice)
 
1984 Fame (TV series)
Miss Daniels
– Home Again (1984) … Miss Daniels
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
2001 Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure (video) (composer: songs)
 
1990-1992 The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (TV series) (performer: main title theme song - 5 episodes)
– Heartbreak Hotel (1992) (performer: main title theme song)
– The Other Woman (1992) (performer: main title theme song)
– Lady Luck (1992) (performer: main title theme song)
– The Reunion (1991) (performer: main title theme song)
– Starting Over (1990) (performer: main title theme song)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1984 Fame (TV series)
– Home Again (1984) (story)
 
Show ShowSelf (47 titles)
2010 Michel Legrand and Friends (TV movie)
Herself
 
2008 Forever Plaid
Herself
 
2005 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Blossom (2005) … Herself
 
2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 15 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 14 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2001 The John Kerwin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Melissa Manchester … Herself
 
2001 The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp II': From Tramp to Scamp (video documentary short)
Herself - Song Music/Lyrics
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.35 (1998) … Herself
 
1997 The Songs of Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous for Words (TV movie)
Herself
 
1997 Crook & Chase (TV series)
Herself
– Melissa Manchester (1997) … Herself
 
1994 The 21st Annual American Music Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1985-1991 Great Performances (TV series)
Herself
– The Fred Astaire Songbook (1991) … Herself
– Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne (1987) … Herself
– Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985) … Herself
 
1991 Voices that Care (TV documentary)
Herself - Choir Member
 
1991 George Burns' 95th Birthday Party (TV special)
Herself
 
1991 The 18th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1990 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Performer: 'After All'
 
1990 The 17th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1990 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 January 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 Dionne and Friends (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.1 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 That's What Friends Are for: Arista's 15th Anniversary Concert (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1980-1989 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 23 November 1989 (1989) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 January 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1989 The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (TV movie)
Herself
 
1989 Bob Hope's Birthday Spectacular in Paris
Herself
 
1987 The 44th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1987 The 14th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1986 Liberty Weekend (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1985 Solid Gold (TV series)
Herself - Host
– Episode #5.43 (1985) … Herself - Host
 
1984 Olympic Gala (TV special documentary)
Herself - Song Performer: 'You Should Hear How She Talks About You'
 
1984 Sunday Night Live (TV movie)
Herself - Mistress of Ceremonies (M.C.)
 
1984 The 11th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1983 Salute! (TV series)
Herself
– Peter Allen (1983) … Herself
 
1983 The 37th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
1983 The 55th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1983 The 10th Annual American Music Awards (TV special)
Herself - Host
 
1982 I Love Liberty (TV special)
 
1981 Spring Fling of Glamour and Comedy (TV movie)
Herself
 
1980 The Muppet Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #5.12 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 Horas doradas (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 1 May 1980 (1980) … Herself
 
1980 The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer
 
1980 The 22nd Annual Grammy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1979 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 9 October 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 America 2-Night (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.45 (1978) … Herself
– Celebrity Night (1978) … Herself
 
1977-1978 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 11 January 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 1 November 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary (TV movie)
Herself
 
1977 NBC Special Treat (TV series)
Herself
– How the Beatles Changed the World (1977) … Herself
 
1975-1977 Rock Concert (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #4.21 (1977) … Herself
– Episode #3.12 (1975) … Herself
 
1977 Search for Tomorrow (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 January 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1974 The Midnight Special (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #2.25 (1974) … Herself
 
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1994 Blossom (TV series)
 

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Aquarius