Cynthia Gibb

Cynthia Lowrie Gibb, also credited as Cindy Gibb, 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, Salvador, Malone, Short Circuit 2 and Death Warrant. She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy.

Early life

Cynthia Lowrie Gibb was born December 14, 1963, in Bennington, Vermont. She grew up in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School.

Career

At the age of 14, she began assignments with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss magazines. She was cast for her first film role in 1980, as a Young Fan in the Woody Allen film Stardust Memories.
Gibb appeared in Youngblood, also starring Rob Lowe. She also played the role of Susan Martin Wyatt Carter on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, appearing from 1981 to 1983. Gibb was a regular for three of the six seasons of the television series Fame, which aired from 1982 to 1987. She appeared in the Diagnosis: Murder movies in 1992 as Dr. Amanda Bentley. In Salvador, 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, 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.
Gibb later starred in the NBC sitcom Madman of the People , and UPN series Deadly Games. She has also played in many TV movies, including the role of Karen Carpenter in The Karen Carpenter Story. She played Mary Maloney opposite John Schneider in Mary Christmas.

Filmography

Film

Television

Soundtrack

Year	Production	Notes
1983-1985	Fame	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", "Little Red Corvette", "Heart Attack", "We Got Tonight", "Never Gonna Let You Go", "Childhood's End", "On the West Side", "I Can't Stand Up Alone", "Drive Me Wild", "By My Side"
1989	The Karen Carpenter Story	Genre: Biography Drama performer: "The End of the World"
1993	Gypsy	TV Movie performer: "Little Lamb", "Dainty June and Her Farmboys", "If Momma Was Married", "Together", "Wherever We Go", "Let Me Entertain You"
1998	Earthquake in New York	TV Movie performer:"Jose Can You See?"