Helen Rachel Slater (born (--)December , ) is an American actress,
singer and songwriter. She played the title role in the film
Supergirl, and returned to the TV series of the same name, this time
as Supergirl's adoptive mother Eliza Danvers. In the intervening
years, she starred in several films including The Legend of Billie
Jean (), Ruthless People (), The Secret of My Success (), and City
Slickers (). She additionally found work as an actress in television,
and stage projects, including three guest appearances on the series
Smallville (â€"). She was a series regular for the two-season run
(â€") on the ABC Family series The Lying Game.In the s, Slater
recorded five albums, singing her own compositions and playing the
piano.Slater was born in Bethpage, New York. She is Jewish. Her
parents, Alice Joan (née Citrin), a lawyer and nuclear disarmament
peace activist based in New York City, and Gerald Slater, a television
executive, divorced in . She has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in
New York City. Slater attended Great Neck South High School and then
transferred to the High School of Performing Arts from which she
graduated in . Despite common misconception, she is not related to
actor Christian Slater, who played her brother in The Legend of Billie
Jean.In , she released a CD, One of These Days, consisting of her
original songs. The tracks were real-time recordings with Slater
singing and playing piano, accompanied by six other musicians; no
multitracking, editing, or dubbing was employed. In , she released a
second CD, Crossword, which used the same recording approach as the
first CD. Both albums were produced by Phil Swann. In , Cortes
Alexander recorded Slater's "Any Day Now" and "Love'll Come & Do Just
That" on his album Swell.
singer and songwriter. She played the title role in the film
Supergirl, and returned to the TV series of the same name, this time
as Supergirl's adoptive mother Eliza Danvers. In the intervening
years, she starred in several films including The Legend of Billie
Jean (), Ruthless People (), The Secret of My Success (), and City
Slickers (). She additionally found work as an actress in television,
and stage projects, including three guest appearances on the series
Smallville (â€"). She was a series regular for the two-season run
(â€") on the ABC Family series The Lying Game.In the s, Slater
recorded five albums, singing her own compositions and playing the
piano.Slater was born in Bethpage, New York. She is Jewish. Her
parents, Alice Joan (née Citrin), a lawyer and nuclear disarmament
peace activist based in New York City, and Gerald Slater, a television
executive, divorced in . She has a brother, David, who is a lawyer in
New York City. Slater attended Great Neck South High School and then
transferred to the High School of Performing Arts from which she
graduated in . Despite common misconception, she is not related to
actor Christian Slater, who played her brother in The Legend of Billie
Jean.In , she released a CD, One of These Days, consisting of her
original songs. The tracks were real-time recordings with Slater
singing and playing piano, accompanied by six other musicians; no
multitracking, editing, or dubbing was employed. In , she released a
second CD, Crossword, which used the same recording approach as the
first CD. Both albums were produced by Phil Swann. In , Cortes
Alexander recorded Slater's "Any Day Now" and "Love'll Come & Do Just
That" on his album Swell.
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