Cathy Silvers

{{short description|American actress }} {{BLP sources|date=March 2025}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Cathy Silvers | image = Cathy Silvers.jpg | caption = Silvers in her 1978 high school junior yearbook | birth_date = {{birth date and age text|May 27, 1961}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|author}} | years_active = 1980–1996 | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Alexander Burnett|1988|1996}}|David Fullmer|(m. 2001–present)}} | children = 5 | father = Phil Silvers }}

'''Cathy Silvers''' (born May 27, 1961) is an American actress and author. She is the daughter of actress Evelyn Patrick and actor/comedian Phil Silvers. She is best known for her role as boy-crazy teenager Jenny Piccolo in later seasons of the TV sitcom ''Happy Days''. She was a member of the cast of the 1985–86 sitcom ''Foley Square''. She also provided the voice of Marie Dodo, Big Bird's adoptive sister, in ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird''.

As of August 2002, she was an announcer for the TV series ''SoapTalk'' on the cable station SoapNet.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}

She is the author of the 2007 book ''Happy Days Healthy Living''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://toofab.com/2019/10/02/happy-days-reboot-in-works-by-jenny-piccolo-actress-cathy-silvers-exclusive/|title='Happy Days' Reboot In Works by Jenny Piccolo Actress Cathy Silvers (Exclusive)|website=Toofab}}</ref>

== Early life == Born in New York City,<ref name="lsj">{{cite news |title=Cathy Silvers' TV role is just like her |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-journal-cathy-silvers/176010526/ |access-date=July 6, 2025 |work=The Lewiston Sun/Journal |date=January 10, 1981 |page=26|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> Silvers is the daughter of actor Phil Silvers and his wife, Evelyn, a model and former Miss Florida. She has four sisters, one of whom is her twin.<ref name=wp>{{Cite news|last=Brennan|first=Patricia|date=1986-03-23|title=Cathy Silvers|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1986/03/23/cathy-silvers/248a9ab4-d304-4e46-a4a4-059007a07c0f/|access-date=2020-09-18|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250206043943/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1986/03/23/cathy-silvers/248a9ab4-d304-4e46-a4a4-059007a07c0f/ |archive-date=February 6, 2025}}</ref> The family moved to Los Angeles when she was 6 months old. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School where, with her mother's encouragement, she starred in plays and participated for four years in dramatic and humorous interpretation categories in forensics competition. She subsequently studied drama at California State University, Northridge.<ref name="lsj" />

== Personal life == Silvers was married to doctor Alexander Burnett in August 1988, and they had two children. They divorced in 1996. She married entertainment lawyer David Fullmer in 2001, and they had two children and raised a stepchild.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/culture/tv/my-life-with-bilko-a-daughter-s-memories-1.58530 My life with 'Bilko' - a daughter's memories] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', October 02, 2014</ref>

Silvers earned a degree in marketing from American University. She formed her own business after she finished acting in Hollywood. A vegan, she operates a service that delivers organic produce from farmers’ markets to customers throughout Los Angeles County.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Hern|first1=Greg|last2=ez|date=2008-03-05|title=Wondering whatever happened to Jenny Piccalo?|url=http://blogs.dailynews.com/outinhollywood/2008/03/05/wondering-whatever-happened-to-2/|access-date=2020-09-18|website=Out in Hollywood}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" ! colspan=4 style="background-color:#C4D2D9;" | Film and Television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1980–84 || ''Happy Days'' || Jenny Piccolo || recurring (season 8–9); main (season 10); guest (season 11 finale) |- | 1983 || ''High School U.S.A.'' || Peggy || television movie |- | 1985 || ''1st & Ten'' || Betty Ann Smith || episode: "The Sins of the Quarterback" |- | 1985 || ''The Love Boat'' || Robin Mills || episode: "No Dad of Mine" |- | 1985 || ''Sam'' || Susan || television pilot |- | 1985 || ''Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird'' || Marie Dodo (voice) || feature film |- | 1985 || ''The Paper Chase'' || Weinstein || episode: "The Choice" |- | 1985 || ''Punky Brewster'' || Mrs. Darney || episode: "Baby Buddies, Inc." |- | 1985–86 || ''Foley Square'' || Molly Dobbs || main cast (14 episodes) |- | 1994 || ''Wings'' || Phoebe || episode: "Insanity Claus" |- | 1995 || ''Too Something'' || Janet || episodes: "Foreign Affair" and "Meter Feeders" |- | 1995 || ''Cleghorne!'' || Coral || main cast (12 episodes) |- | 1996 || ''Sgt. Bilko'' || 1st Lt. Monday || feature film |- | 1996 || ''Encino Woman'' || Susan || television movie |}

== Works == * {{cite book | title=Happy Days Healthy Living: From Sit-Com Teen to the Health-Food Scene | year=2007 | publisher=North Atlantic Books | pages=336pp | isbn=978-1556437144 }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0799001|Cathy Silvers}}

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