Brenda Sykes
Biography
Brenda Sykes is a former American actress who worked largely in film and television during the 1970s, after being discovered on The Dating Game. She was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and grew up in Los Angeles. She graduated from Susan Miller Dorsey High School in 1967 and studied at UCLA for two years before training at the Professional Theatre Workshop, which producer Aaron Spelling suggested she attend. She went on to study with the actor Jeff Corey. Her film credits include Black Gunn (1972), in which she played Jim Brown's love interest. On television, she co-starred on Ozzie's Girls from 1973 to 1974 as a college student who boarded with Ozzie and Harriet Nelson. She also played Mandy, a girlfriend of Jimmie Walker's character, on Good Times, had a starring role in the debut season of The Streets of San Francisco, and played Summer Johnson in Executive Suite, a CBS series.
77years old
Turns 78 on June 25in 253 days
- Born Shreveport
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 6 years1970 to 1976
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Early training
Sykes spent six months at the Professional Theatre Workshop in Los Angeles, which she attended on the recommendation of producer Aaron Spelling.
Brenda Sykes movies on Netflix
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Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jay Montgomery2 films together, 1972 to 1973
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