Didi Conn
Didi Conn was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States on July 13th, 1951 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 72, Didi Conn biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Edith Conn (born Bernstein, 1951), also known as Didi Conn, is an American actress best known for her appearances in Grease, Denise Stevens Downey in Benson, and Stacy Jones in Shining Time Station.
Conn, the daughter of a medical psychologist, was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Early life
Edith Bernstein was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 13, 1951. She grew up to be a "holiday Jewish" girl and is the granddaughter of a medical psychologist; "Didi" was her childhood nickname. She attended Midwood High School. Richard Bernstein, an opera singer, is her brother.
Personal life
Frank Conn, her first husband, married her in 1975, but the couple separated in 1978. Since 1984, she has been married to composer David Shire. Conn is Matthew Shire's stepmother, as well as the son of David's first wife Talia Shire, and a Los Angeles screenwriter.
Career
Conn made her debut as an actress in the 1960s. Her notable characters since the 1970s, when she first became prominent, include Laurie Robinson in You Light Up My Life (1977; for which Kasey Cisyk provided the character's singing voice), Frenchy in the feature films Grease (1978) and Grease 2 (1982), Helen on The Practice (1976–77), Denise Stevens Downey on Benson (1981–84), and Stacy Jones on Shining Time Station (1989–95).
Conn provided the voice for Raggedy Ann in the animated feature Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) directed by Richard Williams. Her voice is one of her trademarks. She appeared as a celebrity guest on game shows like Match Game, The $20,000, $25,000, $50,000, and $100,000 Pyramids, Whew!, Chain Reaction, and Go.
In 2013, she starred as Pearl in the play A Heap of Livin' by Elliot Shoenman at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
In January 2016, she had a cameo as Vi in the Grease: Live television special on Fox, thus being the only actress to appear in all three screen adaptations of the franchise. In addition, she has appeared in numerous other roles on television.
In 2019, Conn was a contestant on the eleventh series of the British television series Dancing on Ice. At 67, she was the oldest person ever to compete on the show. She, alongside her professional partner Łukasz Różycki, were eliminated in Week 4, after the judges saved Saara Aalto and Hamish Gaman in the skate-off.