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Michelle Nicastro Born March 31, 1960
Washington, D.C., U.S.Died November 4, 2010 (aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Actress, singer Years active 1983–2009
married to Steve StarkMichelle Nicastro (March 31, 1960 – November 4, 2010) was an American actress and singer.
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Life and career
Nicastro was born in Washington D.C., the daughter of Carole Rose (née Guarino) and Norman Joseph Nicastro, who was an ophthalmologist.[1] She provided the voice of Princess Odette in The Swan Princess and its sequels, The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain and The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom, and the singing voice of Callisto for the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "The Bitter Suite". She also had guest starring roles in Airwolf Knight Rider and Wings. She appeared, briefly, as the college sweetheart of Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally. In 1996 she played Snow White in Coach episode "Grimmworld" as the girlfriend of Michael "Dauber" Daubinski (Bill Fagerbakke). Nicastro also had a minor role in Full House as Roxanne. She also played Lois "Old Lady" Scranton on an episode of Who's The Boss?. From September 1989 to May 1990 she appeared as singer Sasha Schmidt on Santa Barbara during one of its Daytime-Emmy-award-winning years.
On the stage, she created the role of Ariadne in the 1983 Broadway musical Merlin. She was the first Eponine in the second US tour of Les Misérables in 1988.
Nicastro recorded four albums released on the Varese Sarabande label. Two albums, Toonful and Toonful Too feature songs from animated musicals, Reel Imagination features songs from family musicals, and On My Own features songs from contemporary Broadway musicals, including her version of On My Own. They feature Paul Goldberg on drums and percussion, Walt Fowler on trumpet, Jimmy Hoff on bass, and Lanny Meyers piano/arranger.
Death
Nicastro died of breast and brain cancer on November 4, 2010 at her home with her family.[2] "For the Good of Our Country", an episode of The Event that originally aired November 15, 2010, is dedicated to her memory. The pilot episode of Fairly Legal, originally aired January 20, 2011, is also dedicated to her memory and a character in the series Judge David Nicastro (played by Gerald McRaney) is named after her. Both series were executive produced by her husband Steve Stark.
References
- ^ Michelle Nicastro Biography (1960-)
- ^ Michelle Nicastro Passes Away at 50, Broadwayworld.com (Nov. 5, 2010)
External links
- Michelle Nicastro at the Internet Movie Database
- Michelle Nicastro at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fan site with commentary on her roles
Categories:- 1960 births
- 2010 deaths
- Actors from Washington, D.C.
- American film actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Cancer deaths in California
- Deaths from breast cancer
- People from Washington, D.C.
- American theatre actor, 20th century birth stubs
- American screen actor, 1960s birth stubs
- American voice actor stubs
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