Chris Weatherhead

Chris Weatherhead was born and raised in California, and trained with Brewster Mason of the Royal Shakespeare Company at UC Irvine and in London, and also in New York with Michael Shurtleff and Warren Robertson. She became a leading lady in the American theatre in 1971 at the American Conservatory Theatre and married actor, Richard Council. She performed in theaters across the nation, as well as film and television, including a two-year run as Alicia Van Dine on Edge of Night for ABC and a two-year run as a co-star portraying The Wife in James Lapine's Off Broadway hit, "Table Settings". In 1984, Chris starred in "Whatever It Takes" with James Rebhorn before moving to Los Angeles. She married actor, Clarence Felder in 1985 and guest starred in numerous episodic TV series and independent film projects in LA. She directed, co-wrote, and co-starred as Catherine Felder in the Revolutionary War, action-adventure independent feature, "All For Liberty", with husband, Clarence Felder, Rob Gorman, Michael Easler, David Reed and Trevor Erickson. The film has won 9 international film awards and is in world distribution with Bridgestone Multimedia Group. Ms. Weatherhead also directed and co-produced "John Laurens' War", a docudrama, which has won 6 global film awards (The 50th Worldfest Houston & Accolade in LaJolla, California ). She is the author of Kamehameha The Great, (AKA) Kumakani, Against the Wind, an historical novel set in 18th century Hawaii, for which she won a top Remi Award for the screenplay at WorldFest Houston 2013.