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Barbara Stock
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbara Stock (born May 26, 1956)[1] is an American former actress, best known for roles as Susan Silverman in ABC crime drama series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988),[2] and as Liz Adams in CBS primetime soap opera Dallas (1990–1991); she also appeared in the role of Heather Wilson in two episodes in season five of the series.
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Early years
Born in Downers Grove,[3] Illinois,[1] Stock earned a bachelor's degree in telecommunications from Indiana University (IU). Broadcasting and singing were her main interests before she became an actress.[3] During her time at IU she sang with the university's vocal group, The Singing Hoosiers, and for one year she hosted a morning talk program on WTTV television.[4] Following her college graduation she attended the Musical Theater Workshop in Los Angeles.[5]
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She played Claudia in the Tommy Tune-directed, Tony Award-winning musical Nine on Broadway, replacing Shelley Burch in the original cast in 1983.[6] She is best known for her appearances in the prime-time drama Spenser: For Hire for two non-consecutive seasons (1985–1986; 1987–1988) as Susan Silverman, the love interest of Spenser (Robert Urich).[7]
Stock starred in the final season of CBS primetime soap opera Dallas from 1990 to 1991 as Liz Adams, the fiancée of Cliff Barnes (Ken Kercheval).[8] She later starred in the ABC primetime soap opera miniseries Trade Winds[2]: 1103 as Grace Sommers. She also appeared in "The Subway", an episode of Seinfeld, where she enticed George Costanza (Jason Alexander) off a subway, took him to a hotel, then handcuffed him to a bed and robbed him of eight dollars and all of his clothes. In 1997, Stock had a recurring role on the now-defunct ABC daytime soap opera Port Charles as Nicole Devlin.
Stock appeared in more than 100 hours of television and made over 30 guest appearances on television shows, including CHiPs; The Facts of Life; Fantasy Island; Remington Steele; Knight Rider; The A-Team ; Moonlighting; Murder, She Wrote; The Twilight Zone; MacGyver; Touched by an Angel; and Charmed.[9] Her final screen appearance was in the 2001 television film The Princess & the Marine alongside Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
After she left acting, Stock started an interior design firm whose clientele were generally in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley.[10][better source needed]
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Personal life
Stock married producer Bill Dunn in 1988. They met when she was working on the film Verne Miller and he was its executive producer.[11]
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