Hallie Todd

Hallie Todd is an American actress who built a long career in television comedy and drama. Born in Los Angeles, she is the daughter of actress Ann Morgan Guilbert and writer and producer George Eckstein, and she trained at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Her longest-running role was Penny Waters on the Showtime comedy Brothers, and in 1990 she moved into another sitcom, Going Places, as Kate Griffin. She played Jo McGuire on Lizzie McGuire and was Rhoda Markowitz, assistant to Dennis Stanton, across seven episodes of Murder, She Wrote, with guest turns on The Golden Girls, Highway to Heaven, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Her films include The Ultimate Christmas Present (2000) and The Last Champion (2020), which she also executive produced. She co-founded In House Media, teaches acting, and wrote two books on young performers.