Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. She began her career as a cast member on the musical television drama Fame, based on the movie of the same name. She also appeared in the films Youngblood (1986), Salvador (1986), Malone (1987), Short Circuit 2 (1988) and Death Warrant (1990). She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy (1993).
Gibb appeared in Youngblood,[1] also starring Rob Lowe. She also played the role of Susan Martin Wyatt Carter on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow,[4] appearing from 1981 to 1983. Gibb was a regular for three of the six seasons of the television series Fame,[4] which aired from 1982 to 1987. She appeared in the Diagnosis: Murder movies in 1992 as Dr. Amanda Bentley.[1] In Salvador (1986),[4] directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods, she portrayed an American lay missionary in El Salvador who was brutally raped and murdered. In the TV adaptation of Gypsy,[1] for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film; she played the adult Gypsy Rose Lee opposite Bette Midler as Madame Rose.[5]
performer: "Hey Look Me Over", "One Dream", "If the Lady Wants to Play", "The Loser Gets to Win", "Lucky Star", "Geometry", "Shopping From A to Z", "Friends", "Let the Sunshine In", "Take Me to Your Heart", "Starting at the End", "We're All the Same", It's in Everyone of Us", "Rudy's Restaurant and Cabaret", "Out Here on My Own", "Rock 'n Roll World", "Watcha Gonna Do", "Drive Me Wild" (uncredited), "Little Red Corvette", "Heart Attack", "We Got Tonight", "Never Gonna Let You Go" (uncredited), "Childhood's End", "On the West Side", "I Can't Stand Up Alone", "Drive Me Wild", "By My Side" (uncredited)
