Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian is an American former actress and singer. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, she began acting as a child, playing Little Bo Peep in the Disney film Babes in Toyland (1961). She went on to appear as Dainty June in Gypsy (1962), was a regular on the sitcom Hazel, and acted in a Twilight Zone episode. In the early 1970s she provided voice work for Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and Sealab 2020. After touring in musical comedies, she joined the original Broadway company of Sugar Babies in 1979. She rose to prominence on the 1980s sitcom It's a Living as waitress Cassie Cranston, and received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for portraying Mae West in a 1982 television film. Her later credits include Mr. Mom (1983), the sitcom Jennifer Slept Here, and the miniseries Ellis Island, for which she earned an Emmy nomination.