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Crystal Bernard
Crystal Bernard

Crystal Bernard (born September 30, 1961 in Garland, Texas) is an American actress. Image File history File links Crystal_Bernard. ... Image File history File links Crystal_Bernard. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Garland is a suburb of Dallas, Texas, located in Dallas County, Texas. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


She began her career in entertainment singing gospel songs with her older sister Robyn Bernard. Songs included the anti-evolution theory Monkey Song ("I'm no kin to the monkey / the monkey's no kin to me / I don't know much about his ancestors but mine didn't swing from a tree") and The Ecumenical Movement ("We hear a lot of talk about the ecumenical movement / they say that we should get together and all be one big family / Catholic, Protestant and Jew, Buddhist, Muslim and Hindu / I guess they want the devil too"). As an adult, she has continued to produce albums containing religious songs. The word ecumenical comes from a Greek word that means pertaining to the whole world. ...


She got her start in primetime on the sitcom Happy Days and first shot to stardom as waitress Amy Tompkins on the sitcom It's a Living, but she is best known for her role as airport lunch-counter operator Helen Chappel Hackett on the sitcom Wings, a role she played for the show's duration (1990-1997). Happy Days is a popular United States television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Its a Living was the name of a sitcom which aired on American television from 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to 1989. ... Wings was a sitcom that ran on NBC from 1990 to 1997. ... This article is about the year. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Bernard, at the height of her popularity on Wings, was the spokesperson for the gym chain Q: The Sports Club and was seen in advertisements across the United States.


In addition to acting, Bernard has a music career as a singer/songwriter.She is best known for singing a hit duet with Peter Cetera called "Forever Tonight".
Someone who performs, composes, or conducts music is a musician. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice as an instrument to produce music. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Peter Paul Cetera (born September 13, 1944) is the former lead vocalist, songwriter and bass player for the band Chicago. ...


Albums include The Girl Next Door done in 1996, and Don't Touch Me There done in 1999. The latter having a Gospel track done with her father. Also another track sung with country artist Billy Dean. Billy Dean (born April 2, 1962 in Quincy, Florida) is an American country music singer and songwriter. ...


She lives in Beverly Hills, California.


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CNN - Crystal Bernard spreads wings in new direction: pop music - May 7, 1999 (1481 words)
Bernard's first album flirted with country, but this latest offering with its pleasing array of thought-provoking stylings can only be considered pop -- all penned by the actress herself.
A woman approached Bernard at the table at which she and her father were sitting.
And it serves as a catalyst for Bernard to explain her fascination with songwriting, this well-hidden secret she's kept from the majority of her fans over the years.
Crystal Bernard (313 words)
Crystal Bernard was born in Garland, Texas to Jerry Wayne and Gaylon Bernard.
"The Bernard Trio" as she, her sister Robyn and her father Jerry were known, recorded 17 gospel albums in all.
Gentry asked Crystal and Robyn, who were 14 and 16 at the time to join her Las Vegas show.
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