Claudette Nevins (née Weintraub; April , â€" February , ) was an
American stage, film and television actress.Claudette Nevins was born
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She
was a daughter of merchant Joseph Weintraub and garment worker Anna
Lander, both of whom emigrated to America from small towns in Austria.
Nevins was a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of
Performing Arts and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University,
with a degree in English.Nevins debuted on Broadway in The Wall ()
with other Broadway appearances including Plaza Suite () and Danton's
Death ()). She also appeared in In White America (off-Broadway) with
Gloria Foster and Moses Gunn.[citation needed]The National Company of
The Great White Hope, in which she starred with Brock Peters, took her
to Los Angeles, after which she began working in television. For two
and a half years she was seen in the long-running daytime soap opera
Love of Life playing Laurie Krakauer. She appeared as a series regular
in Headmaster (opposite Andy Griffith), Husbands, Wives, and Lovers,
and Married: the First Year (a David Jacobs project). Her guest star
appearances include Beverly Hills , Barnaby Jones, Melrose Place, JAG,
Three's Company, Lou Grant, Without a Trace, M*A*S*H, Hart to Hart,
and many others.
American stage, film and television actress.Claudette Nevins was born
in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She
was a daughter of merchant Joseph Weintraub and garment worker Anna
Lander, both of whom emigrated to America from small towns in Austria.
Nevins was a graduate of the Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of
Performing Arts and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of New York University,
with a degree in English.Nevins debuted on Broadway in The Wall ()
with other Broadway appearances including Plaza Suite () and Danton's
Death ()). She also appeared in In White America (off-Broadway) with
Gloria Foster and Moses Gunn.[citation needed]The National Company of
The Great White Hope, in which she starred with Brock Peters, took her
to Los Angeles, after which she began working in television. For two
and a half years she was seen in the long-running daytime soap opera
Love of Life playing Laurie Krakauer. She appeared as a series regular
in Headmaster (opposite Andy Griffith), Husbands, Wives, and Lovers,
and Married: the First Year (a David Jacobs project). Her guest star
appearances include Beverly Hills , Barnaby Jones, Melrose Place, JAG,
Three's Company, Lou Grant, Without a Trace, M*A*S*H, Hart to Hart,
and many others.
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