Melanie Mayron

Actor, Director

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Also Known As

Melanie Joy Mayron

Birth Place

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Born

October 20, 1952

Biography

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Best-known for her intense portrayal of the free-spirited Melissa in the acclaimed ABC drama series "thirtysomething," the petite auburn-haired Mayron began her career touring the US in a production of "Godspell." She made her film debut as a teenage hitchhiker opposite Art Carney in "Harry and Tonto" (1974) and earned acclaim for her realistic portrait of a zaftig Jewish photographer wh...

Filmography

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Playdate (2013)

Mean Girls 2 (2011)

She Gets What She Wants (2005)

Toothless (1997)

The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

Freaky Friday (1995)

Photos & Videos

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Girlfriends (1978) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A War With My Mother

Harry And Tonto (1974) -- (Movie Clip) What Happened To Chico?

Biography

Best-known for her intense portrayal of the free-spirited Melissa in the acclaimed ABC drama series "thirtysomething," the petite auburn-haired Mayron began her career touring the US in a production of "Godspell." She made her film debut as a teenage hitchhiker opposite Art Carney in "Harry and Tonto" (1974) and earned acclaim for her realistic portrait of a zaftig Jewish photographer whose roommate leaves to marry in Claudia Weill's "Girlfriends" (1978). Subsequent film appearances failed to capitalize on her unique appeal and, except for Costa-Gavras' "Missing" (1982), she was virtually wasted. Mayron joined director-screenwriter Catlin Adams to create HighTop Films, for which she produced the 1988 feature "Sticky Fingers," which failed to find an audience or strong critical response, and the 1988 award-winning short "Little Shiny Shoes."

Mayron found her biggest success on TV. Beginning with her portrayal of a prostitute in "Hustling" (ABC, 1975), she gave a series of sharply etched performances, notably "Playing for Time" (CBS, 1980) and "Wallenberg: A Hero's Story" (NBC, 1985). Beginning in 1990, Mayron turned her considerable talents behind the camera, helming two episodes of "thirtysomething." She went on to direct episodes of "Tribeca" (Fox, 1993), "Sirens" (ABC, 1993) and "Winnetka Road" (NBC, 1994) as well as the TV remake of "Freaky Friday" (ABC, 1995), which she also scripted. Mayron made her feature film directing debut with the underrated "The Baby-Sitters Club" (1995).

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Playdate (2013)

Mean Girls 2 (2011)

She Gets What She Wants (2005)

Toothless (1997)

The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

Freaky Friday (1995)

Cast (Feature Film)

Itty Bitty Titty Committee (2007)

Clockstoppers (2002)

Range of Motion (2000)

East of A (1999)

Toothless (1997)

Freaky Friday (1995)

Drop Zone (1994)

Other Women's Children (1993)

Ordeal in the Arctic (1993)

My Blue Heaven (1990)

Checking Out (1989)

Sticky Fingers (1988)

The Boss' Wife (1986)

Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)

Heartbeeps (1981)

The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)

Playing for Time (1980)

Katie: Portrait of Centerfold (1978)

Girlfriends (1978)

Susan Weinblatt

The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)

The New Love Boat (1977)

You Light Up My Life (1977)

Car Wash (1976)

Gable and Lombard (1976)

Hustling (1975)

Harry and Tonto (1974)

Writer (Feature Film)

Freaky Friday (1995)

Sticky Fingers (1988)

Producer (Feature Film)

Sticky Fingers (1988)

Cast (Special)

Inside "thirtysomething" (2001)

Time Warner Presents the Earth Day Special (1990)

The Party's Over (1990)

The 41st Annual Emmy Awards (1989)

Wanted: The Perfect Guy (1986)

Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985)

Lily -- Sold Out (1981)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)

Life Events

1972

Toured US in "Godspell"

1974

Feature acting debut in "Harry and Tonto"

1975

TV movie debut in "Hustling"

1979

Broadway stage debut in "The Goodbye People"

1995

Feature directing debut "The Baby-Sitter's Club"

1995

Helmed the ABC small screen remake of "Freaky Friday"

1997

Helmed the ABC/Disney TV-movie "Toothless"

Videos

Girlfriends (1978) -- (Movie Clip) I Have A War With My Mother The first scene following the credits, with the two de facto title characters, previously just introduced, Melanie Mayron as photographer Susan and Anita Skinner as aspiring writer Anne, in Claudia Weill’s celebrated feature debut Girlfriends, 1978.

Harry And Tonto (1974) -- (Movie Clip) What Happened To Chico? With hitcher Ginger (Melanie Mayron), Harry (Art Carney) arrives at the Chicago bookshop run by his lovelorn daughter Shirley (Ellen Burstyn), his grandson Norman (Josh Mostel) making a half-hearted attempt to intervene, in Paul Mazursky's Harry And Tonto, 1974.

Girlfriends (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Thank You For The Hideous Buddha Anne (Anita Skinner) and her husband Martin (Bob Balaban) working on thank-you’s for wedding presents, decide to invite her now ex-roommate, photographer Susan (Melanie Mayron) to their suburban home for the weekend, in Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends, 1978.

Girlfriends (1978) -- (Movie Clip) How Can You Get Married? Minimal staging from first-time director Claudia Weill, Susan (Melanie Mayron) rushes to the laundromat with news for roommate Anne (Anita Skinner), who has an update of her own, with the off-screen first appearance of Bob Balaban as boyfriend Martin, in Girlfriends, 1978.

Girlfriends (1978) -- (Movie Clip) I Caught The Bouquet At a party following her roommate’s wedding, struggling New York photographer Susan (Melanie Mayron) is greeted by hostess Terry (Jean De Baer), and the sublime first appearance of Christopher Guest as Harry, Claudia Weill directing from Vicki Polon’s screenplay, in Girlfriends, 1978.

Missing - (Original Trailer) After an American disappears during a Latin American coup, his father (Jack Lemmon) and wife (Sissy Spacek) discover U.S. involvement in Missing (1982).

Harry and Tonto - (Original Trailer) When his apartment house is condemned, a retired man (Art Carney) goes searching for his place in the world in Harry & Tonto (1974).

Family

David Mayron

Father

Pharmaceutical chemist.

Norma Mayron

Mother

Real estate agent.

Gale Mayron

Sister

Actor, TV host. Hosted an afternoon MTV interview/video show.

Olivia Joy Mayron

Daughter

Born on October 14, 1998.

Miles Mayron

Son

Born c. 1998.

Bibliography

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