Winifred Freedman

An American actress and singer, Winifred Freedman has spent most of her career on television. Born in Granite City, Illinois, she studied theater at Northwestern University, finishing in 1979. Her most prominent early role came as Annette Mastorelli, Chachi Arcola's cousin and a bass-playing bandmate, on Joanie Loves Chachi, a short-lived Happy Days spin-off. She then joined the cast of the syndicated soap opera Rituals and played Wendy, Kevin's classmate, in six episodes of Mr. Belvedere. On film, she debuted in The Last American Virgin (1982) and later appeared in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988), along with credits such as My Man Adam, Reform School Girls, and The Fabulous Baker Boys. She has also acted on stage in plays including Design for Living and Found a Peanut, and in later years guest-starred on Desperate Housewives, Without a Trace, Major Crimes, and Young Sheldon.