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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

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Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

Easterbrook was born in Los Angeles. She was adopted when she was nine months old; her adoptive parents, Carl and Helen Easterbrook, raised her in Arcadia, Nebraska. She attended and graduated from Kearney High School and Stephens College. Her father was a music professor and her mother was an English teacher at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Easterbrook appeared in about a dozen feature films and over 300 television episodes. One of her earlier successes was in 1980 as Rhonda Lee beginning with season six of Laverne & Shirley. The role of Rhonda was part of the show's change of locale from Milwaukee to Hollywood. Easterbrook performed as Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy film series. Easterbrook told author Paul Stenning, "The funny thing is, that's not me at all. I'd never played tough. I'd played all kinds of things, but I'd never played someone who's intimidating or someone that was aggressive sexually. I was of a size that I never played the girl who got the guy. I wondered how I could do it. But I did. I went for the audition and I scared the producer and the director and then they backed up in their chairs and I went 'Oh no, now I really blew it. I scared them'. So I left the audition upset. I didn't get to read the script until I got the part. I thought it was outrageous and so funny." Easterbrook appeared in Murder, She Wrote, Diagnosis: Murder, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Baywatch, Matlock, Hunter, and The Dukes of Hazzard. In 2005, she replaced Karen Black as Mother Firefly in Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects, the sequel to the 2003 horror film, House of 1000 Corpses. In 2007, she played security guard Patty Frost in Rob Zombie's remake of Halloween. In 2008, she played as Betty in the thriller/horror film House. In 2010, she starred in The Afflicted. She also appeared on Ryan's Hope as Devlin Kowalski. Her voice work has been featured in several projects, including Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: The Animated Series. She sang the National Anthem at Super Bowl XVII which landed her starring roles in musicals on Broadway and throughout the country; she recorded a song for the soundtrack of Police Academy: Mission to Moscow. Easterbrook made a video, Real Beginner's Guide to the Shotgun Sports, the first in a series designed to encourage and prepare nonshooters for their first shooting experience. Easterbrook serves on the board of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, and supports a number of children's charities. Easterbrook is a National Rifle Association member and has served on the board of directors of the California Rifle and Pistol Association. Easterbrook is married to M*A*S*H writer Dan Wilcox. She was previously married to fellow actor Victor Holchak.

Most Famous Work

Diagnosis: Murder
Average
7

Diagnosis: Murder

(1993) Helen Frolick
Baywatch
Average
6

Baywatch

(1989) Dita
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Antoinette Fishman
Batman: The Animated Series
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9

Batman: The Animated Series

(1992) Randa Duane (voice)
Superman: The Animated Series
Average
8

Superman: The Animated Series

(1996) Mala (voice)
Hunter
Average
7

Hunter

(1984) June Schwan
The Devil's Rejects
Average
7

The Devil's Rejects

(2005) Mother Firefly
Halloween
Average
6

Halloween

(2007) Patty Frost

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2021 Donna Carter
Morla
2020 Zelda Zine
Samantha
2018 Dorothy Cromwell-Eastland
N/A
Madam Hildie
2017 Annabella
Martha (segment "Howl of a Good Time")
N/A
2016 Azreal
Barbara
Dr. Slater
2015 Martha
Mrs. McCormack
Doris
Martha
2014 Irene Van Hooten
Babette Schiller
Donna
Gina
2013 Linda Collier
Patty Newman
Annabelle
2012 Stella Fawnskin
Miranda
Linda
2011 Maggie
Meagan Charms
Bessie
2008 Betty
2007 Jodi's Mom
Lana Gambol
Patty Frost
Fame Longstreet
N/A
2006 Marge
2005 Mother Firefly
N/A
Mrs. Freeman
2003 Helen
2002 N/A
Police Officer
2001 N/A
2000 Science Teacher
1998 N/A
N/A
1997 D.A. Debbie Callahan
1996 Mala (voice)
1995 Diane Wyatt
1994 Capt. Callahan
1993 Helen Frolick
1992 Coach Judd
Randa Duane (voice)
1989 N/A
Dita
Callahan
1988 Callahan
Audrey
1987 Callahan
1986 Lt. Callahan
N/A
1985 N/A
Bobbie Sue
1984 Sally Templeton
Glenda Morrison
Vikki Palumbo
Antoinette Fishman
June Schwan
N/A
Sgt. Debbie Callahan
1980 N/A
Hospital Nurse
1977 Edie Franklin
1976 Rhonda Lee
Bet Tannen
Year Character Movie/Tv

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