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Gail Edwards(I)

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Gail Edwards 1990
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.
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Get Crazy (1983)
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Gail Edwards was born and raised in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1975, after graduating from the University of Miami cum laude, Gail Edwards wrote, produced, and starred in the off-Broadway musical 'Becoming'. It won the Miami Herald Critics' Choice award three times before debuting in New York. While in New York, Edwards signed with the LeMond/Zetter Management Group. Soon afterward, she landed the role of Sandy opposite Peter Gallagher in an East Coast tour of the very long-running musical 'Grease'. After producing and starring in two additional productions, 'The Good One' and 'Vanities', both earning her the Drama-Logue Critics' Award, Edwards turned her focus toward television.

Upon moving to Los Angeles in 1976, Edwards signed with the Ro Diamond Agency (later with the Gersh Agency) and immediately began landing guest-star roles on such television series as Happy Days (1974), Lou Grant (1977), M*A*S*H (1972), and Taxi (1978). In 1979, Edwards auditioned for a Witt/Thomas production, in which she landed the role of Dot Higgins on ABC's It's a Living (1980). The series ran on ABC from 1980-82, and was revived in first-run syndication from 1985-89. Edwards, along with Barrie Youngfellow, Paul Kreppel, and the late Marian Mercer, were the only four members of the It's a Living cast who lasted during the network and syndicated runs. After that show was canceled in 1982, her management was informed by the producers of Happy Days (1974) that they were offering her the role of new character K.C. Cunningham, the niece of Howard and Marion Cunningham, who was moving in with the family.

Without informing Edwards of the offer, her management declined the opportunity, reportedly stating that they did not want Edwards "playing a new character on an old show". Crystal Bernard was then hired for the part. Edwards did not learn of the incident until many years later. In 1985, Edwards and Bernard wound up as co-stars on It's a Living (1980) when it resumed production for first-run syndication. She appeared in many movies-of-the-week during the 1980s, along with numerous other guest-star appearances in such series as Benson (1979), Buffalo Bill (1983), Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989), Knight Rider (1982), Night Court (1984), and the premiere episode of Amazing Stories (1985), directed by Steven Spielberg.

In 1990, Edwards was reunited with former Happy Days (1974) producers Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, when she was cast as divorced mother "Hilary Kozak" on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Family Man (1990). Upon that series' cancellation in mid-1991, Edwards was asked by Miller and Boyett to join the cast of their hit ABC series Full House (1987), feeling Edwards was just right for the role of "Vicky Larson", a talk show host who strikes up a relationship with Danny Tanner. Edwards made her debut late that year, when the Larson character first appeared as a substitute host on the fictional morning show "Wake Up, San Francisco". Vicky and Danny soon embarked on a long-term relationship and were engaged by the seventh season. Edwards' co-star on 'The Family Man', Scott Weinger, was also transferred over to Full House as "Steve Hale", D.J.'s high school boyfriend. During her tenure on Full House, Edwards also had a recurring guest role on NBC's Blossom (1990) as "Sharon LeMeure", the fast-talking mother of "Six LeMeure" (best-friend of the series' titular character).

Edwards concluded her roles on Full House (1987) (with Vicky and Danny breaking up) and Blossom (1990) in 1994. She retired from show business and relocated to Sedona, Arizona. Twenty-three years later, she reprised her role as "Vicky Larson" on the reboot of "Full House" titled Fuller House (2016) for a 2017 episode reasoning that "Once an actress is always an actress". Three years later, she would reprise the role again for the series finale. In 2022, she shared warm memories of working with her leading man Bob Saget to the media, upon learning of his sudden death.
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Gail Edwards and Bob Saget in Full House (1987)
Mckenna Grace & Gail Edwards - Fuller House
Steven Spielberg - Gail Edwards “Amazing Stories”
Gail Edwards with Jenna von Oÿ "Blossom"
Neil Patrick Harris Gail Edwards in Doogie Howser, M.D.
Gail Edwards and Ted Wass in Blossom (1990)
Gail Edwards in M*A*S*H (1972)
Gail Edwards and Jennifer Rhodes in Full House (1987)
Gail Edwards in Full House (1987)
Gail Edwards and Gregory Harrison in The Family Man
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Daniel Stern & Gail Edwards in "Get Crazy"

Known for

Get Crazy (1983)
Get Crazy
6.6
  • Willy Loman
  • 1983
Gail Edwards, Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer, Wendy Schaal, Susan Sullivan, and Barrie Youngfellow in It's a Living (1980)
It's a Living
7.0
TV Series
  • Dot Higgins
Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)
Amazing Stories
7.4
TV Series
  • Joleen Globe
Mary-Kate Olsen, John Stamos, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin, Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and Scott Weinger in Full House (1987)
Full House
6.8
TV Series
  • Vicky Larson

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Actress

  • Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, and Jodie Sweetin in Fuller House (2016)
    Fuller House
    • Vicki Larson
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2020
  • Valerie Bertinelli, Roma Downey, John Dye, and Della Reese in Touched by an Angel (1994)
    Touched by an Angel
    • Barbara Archibald
    • TV Series
    • 1994
  • Mary-Kate Olsen, John Stamos, Andrea Barber, Candace Cameron Bure, Dave Coulier, Lori Loughlin, Bob Saget, Jodie Sweetin, Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, and Scott Weinger in Full House (1987)
    Full House
    • Vicky Larson
    • TV Series
    • 1991–1993
  • Jenna von Oÿ, Joey Lawrence, Mayim Bialik, Michael Stoyanov, and Ted Wass in Blossom (1990)
    Blossom
    • Sharon LeMeure
    • TV Series
    • 1991–1993
  • Neil Patrick Harris in Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
    Doogie Howser, M.D.
    • Mrs. Fukes
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Gregory Harrison and Gail Edwards in The Family Man (1990)
    The Family Man
    • Hilary Kozak
    • TV Series
    • 1990–1991
  • A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder (1990)
    A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder
    • Judy Lipton
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Harry Anderson, Selma Diamond, Ellen Foley, John Larroquette, Richard Moll, and Charles Robinson in Night Court (1984)
    Night Court
    • Tracy Knight
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Mary Page Keller and Matthew Laurance in Duet (1987)
    Duet
    • Kate
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Gail Edwards, Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer, Wendy Schaal, Susan Sullivan, and Barrie Youngfellow in It's a Living (1980)
    It's a Living
    • Dot Higgins
    • TV Series
    • 1980–1989
  • In Self Defense (1987)
    In Self Defense
    • Alice Miller
    • TV Movie
    • 1987
  • You Are the Jury (1984)
    You Are the Jury
    • Maggie Henshaw
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • New Love, American Style (1985)
    New Love, American Style
    • Lucy
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Tough Cookies (1986)
    Tough Cookies
    • Diane Taylor
    • TV Series
    • 1986
  • Kevin Costner, Harvey Keitel, Charlie Sheen, Christopher Lloyd, and John Lithgow in Amazing Stories (1985)
    Amazing Stories
    • Joleen Globe
    • TV Series
    • 1985

Soundtrack

  • Neil Patrick Harris in Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989)
    Doogie Howser, M.D.
    • performer: "Proud Mary" (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • Gail Edwards, Ann Jillian, Marian Mercer, Wendy Schaal, Susan Sullivan, and Barrie Youngfellow in It's a Living (1980)
    It's a Living
    • performer: "Two Lost Souls"
    • performer: "That's All"
    • performer: "Fame" (uncredited) ...
    • TV Series
    • 1985–1989
  • M*A*S*H (1972)
    M*A*S*H
    • performer: "Shrimp Boats"
    • TV Series
    • 1981

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    • Gail Edwards
  • Born
    • September 27, 1952
    • Coral Gables, Florida, USA
  • Spouse
    • Robert Ward Decker? - present
  • Other works
    She acted in Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs' musical, "Grease," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Peter Gallagher in the cast. Tom Moore was director.

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    As of February 2006 had retired from acting and was living with her husband in Sedona, AZ.
  • Quotes
    [In 2017, reflecting on her retirement from acting in 1994] To every action, there's an upside and a downside. People outside of the business are unaware of the downside of Hollywood pressures. I was lucky enough to be able to retire in my early 40s. And, after all, a Hollywood career should be a blessing - not a prison sentence.

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