Gail Boggs
Biography
Gail Boggs is an American actress and vocalist who has worked in theater, film and television since the early 1970s. Born in Montclair, she got her first professional acting job in 1971, playing Silvia on an Australian tour of a pop-rock version of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and she soon signed with the William Morris Agency and appeared in plays including the rock opera Mother Earth, Jesus Christ Superstar and Candide. She also sang backup for Felix Cavaliere, Hall & Oates and Carly Simon, and in 1984 starred in her own cabaret act, The Gail Boggs Show. On screen she played Louise Brown in Ghost (1990), and her other films include And God Created Woman (1988), Curly Sue (1991) and Edtv (1999), along with television roles on Get Smart, Boy Meets World and Better Things.
75years old
Turns 76 on August 10in 301 days
- Born Montclair
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Gail Charlene Boggs
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 11 years1988 to 1999
Every film, newest first
- 1999EdtvIMDb rating 6.1
- 1991Curly SueIMDb rating 5.9
- 1990GhostIMDb rating 7.1
- 1988And God Created WomanIMDb rating 4.5
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A first
After hearing a recording of Madonna's "Like a Virgin", Gail Boggs pressed Nile Rodgers, the Grammy Award-winning writer and producer, to put the song out as the first single from Madonna's then-upcoming album.
First role
Boggs got her professional acting break in 1971. She played Silvia in Australia with a touring group, in a pop-rock version of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
A change of course
Boggs said in a 1975 interview that she ran into Todd Rundgren by chance at a Manhattan intersection, and this led to her singing backup on Destiny, Felix Cavaliere's second album.
Beyond film
In 1984, Boggs headlined a solo cabaret nightclub act called The Gail Boggs Show at "Upstairs at Greene Street". It was staged every week for the next year and a half.
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Worked with
Gail Boggs shares two films with Viveka Davis, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jerry ZuckerDirector, 1 film, 1990
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