Claudette Nevins

Claudette Nevins was an American actress of stage, film, and television. Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia School of Performing Arts before graduating from New York University in 1957. Her Broadway debut came in The Wall in 1960, and she later appeared there in Danton's Death and Plaza Suite. Starring with the National Company of The Great White Hope brought her to Los Angeles, where television work followed, including two and a half years as Laurie Krakauer on the soap Love of Life and regular roles on Headmaster and Married: the First Year. She guest starred on Lou Grant, Three's Company, and Beverly Hills 90210. Her first feature was the 1961 3D film The Mask, and her other films included Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), All the Marbles (1981), and Tuff Turf (1985). She also performed in regional theater and with the Antaeus Company.