Michelle Nicastro
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Michelle Nicastro | |
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Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | March 31, 1960
Died | November 4, 2010 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 50)
Occupation(s) | Actress, singer |
Years active | 1983–1999 |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Michelle Nicastro (March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010) was an American actress and singer.
Life and career
Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist.[1]
She provided the speaking voice of the adult Princess Odette in The Swan Princess and its first two sequels The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain and The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure.
She also did the singing voice of Callisto for the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "The Bitter Suite". She also had guest starring roles in Airwolf, Knight Rider and Wings.
She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally.... In 1996 she played Snow White in Coach episode "Grimmworld" as the girlfriend of Michael "Dauber" Daubinski (Bill Fagerbakke). Nicastro also had a minor role in Full House as Roxanna. She also played Lois "Old Lady" Scranton on an episode of Who's the Boss?. From September 1989 to May 1990 she appeared as singer Sasha Schmidt on Santa Barbara during one of its Daytime-Emmy-award-winning years.[2]
On the stage, she created the role of Ariadne in the 1983 Broadway musical Merlin. She was the first Éponine in the second United States tour of Les Misérables in 1988. Nicastro recorded four albums released on the Varese Sarabande label. Two albums, Toonful and Toonful Too, feature songs from animated musicals, Reel Imagination features songs from family musicals, and On My Own features songs from contemporary Broadway musicals, including her version of On My Own. They feature Paul Goldberg on drums and percussion, Walt Fowler on trumpet, Jimmy Hoff on bass, and Lanny Meyers piano/arranger. [citation needed]
Death
Nicastro died of breast and brain cancer on November 4, 2010, at home with her family.[3] She was 50 years old. "For the Good of Our Country", an episode of The Event that originally aired November 15, 2010, is dedicated to her memory. The pilot episode of Fairly Legal, originally aired January 20, 2011, was dedicated to her memory and a character in the series Judge David Nicastro (played by Gerald McRaney) is named after her. Both series were executive produced by her husband Steve Stark. [citation needed]
Partial Filmography
- 1984 Airwolf as Nurse Susan
- 1984 Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs as Diane Barstow
- 1984 Body Rock as Darlene
- 1984 Cover Up as Model
- 1985 Charles in Charge as Michelle
- 1985 Who's the Boss as Lois Scranton
- 1985 Knight Rider as Terry Malloy, Circus Knight
- 1986 Bad Guys as Janice Edwards
- 1986 Murder, She Wrote as Vanessa D'Argento
- 1987 Simon & Simon as Annette MacDowell
- 1987 Days of Our Lives as Sasha Roberts
- 1987 Full House as Roxanna
- 1988 It's Garry Shandling's Show as Shandlingland Nancy
- 1989 When Harry Met Sally... as Amanda Reese
- 1989 A Peaceable Kingdom as Jenny
- 1989 The New Lassie as Lynn Risdon
- 1989 The New Dragnet as Plumbing Store Worker
- 1986-1990 Santa Barbara as Sasha Schmidt / Sybil Jordan / Illiana (82 episodes)
- 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Ann Penington
- 1994 The Swan Princess as Princess Odette (as an adult; speaking voice)
- 1996 Coach as Mary Beth, Dauber’s Girlfriend (Episode: Grimworld)
- 1996 Wings as Ariel Reed, Antonio’s Dream Girl (Episode: The lady vanishes)
- 1997 The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain as Princess Odette (voice; speaking and singing)
- 1998 The Swan Princess III: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure as Princess Odette (voice; speaking and singing)
- 2000 Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time as Cleopatra
References
- ^ Michelle Nicastro profile, filmreference.com; accessed August 3, 2014.
- ^ Profile of Sasha Schmidt, Capridge.Com
- ^ Michelle Nicastro Passes Away at 50, Broadwayworld.com (Nov. 5, 2010)
External links
- Michelle Nicastro at IMDb
- Michelle Nicastro at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fan site with commentary on her roles
- 1960 births
- 2010 deaths
- Musicians from Washington, D.C.
- Actresses from Washington, D.C.
- American film actresses
- American musical theatre actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- Deaths from cancer in California
- Deaths from breast cancer
- Deaths from brain tumor
- American people of Italian descent
- 21st-century American women