Connie Needham

Connie Needham (born December 5, 1959, Anaheim, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as Elizabeth Bradford on the television series Eight is Enough, which she played from 1977 to 1981. She portrayed a dancer in the initial stages of multiple sclerosis on the television series Fame. (The episode, "To Soar and Never Falter", won an Emmy award.)

Born Connie Marie Bowen, Needham was known as Connie Newton before marrying David Needham, a set designer on Eight is Enough on April 7, 1979. They have since divorced. She was the daughter-in-law of legendary stuntman and film director, Hal Needham. She continued to act until the late 1980s, including a guest appearance on the Leslie Nielsen series, Police Squad as Jill a dance teacher who attracts the famous line "When she leaves, put a tail on her".

Personal life

Needham is the mother of two daughters (Kimberly and Taylor). She now works as a dance teacher in Orange County, where she teaches junior jazz and lyrical classes and choreographs team competitions and annual recitals.

She has been battling ovarian cancer since 2009.

External links

• Connie Needham at the Internet Movie Database

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Date of birth	December 5, 1959
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