Danielle Brisebois

Danielle Brisebois (born June 28, 1969) was a child actress in the 1970s, most recognized for her role as Stephanie Mills on the sitcoms All in the Family and its spin-off/continuation Archie Bunker's Place. In the 1990s she quit acting and began a career in music, recorded two solo albums and was a member of the New Radicals. She currently works as a producer and songwriter for artists such as Kelly Clarkson and Natasha Bedingfield. Image File history File links This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... Image File history File links This is a copyrighted promotional photo with a known source. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The term child actor is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion the latter is also called a former child actor. ... Stephanie Mills was a character on the classic 1970s American television situation comedy All in the Family and the follow-up series, Archie Bunkers Place. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Archie Bunkers Place Opening title screen Archie Bunkers Place was a CBS sitcom that had previously been known as All in the Family. ... The New Radicals were an American rock band in the late 1990s, centered around front man Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all of their songs and was the sole constant member. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is a Grammy-Winning American pop and rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress. ... Natasha Bedingfield (born November 26, 1981) is a British pop singer, and sister of pop singer, Daniel Bedingfield. ...

Biography

Danielle Brisebois was born on June 28, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York. She began acting very early, appearing in her first movie (The Premonition) at the age of five. In 1977 she appeared in an episode of Kojak and began starring in the Broadway play Annie as the youngest of the orphans, Molly. (Jay-Z later sampled a clip of Brisebois from Annie for his song "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)".) June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... A map of New York City, highlighting Brooklyn. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ... Telly Savalas as Theo Kojak Kojak was a US detective TV series which ran between 1973 and 1978 on CBS, starring Telly Savalas as bald New York City policeman Lt. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) was a 1998 hit single from rapper Jay-Zs third album Vol. ...

In the late 1970s she joined the cast of All in the Family and later also starred in its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place in early 1980s. She was nominated for six Young Artist Awards from 1980 to 1984 and won two of them, in 1981 as Best Young Actress in a TV Special for Mom, the Wolfman and Me and in 1982 as Best Young Actress in a Television Series for Archie Bunker's Place. In 1982 she was also nominated for a Golden Globe as Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, again for Archie Bunker's Place. She also appeared in several episodes of Battle of the Network Stars and Circus of the Stars in the early 1980s and played the daughter of William Devane's character on Knots Landing in season five. All in the Family is a popular and acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 until April 8, 1979, when the final original episode aired. ... Archie Bunkers Place Opening title screen Archie Bunkers Place was a CBS sitcom that had previously been known as All in the Family. ... The Young Artist Award is an award which is presented yearly by the Young Artist Foundation. ... The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ... Battle of the Network Stars was the name of a number of U.S. television specials featuring competitions among teams of popular television performers representing the three major broadcast networks at that time: ABC, CBS, and NBC. The ABC specials were first broadcast in November 1976, with subsequent episodes airing... Devane in Knots Landing William Devane (born September 5, 1937)[1] is an American film and television actor. ... Knots Landing was a primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS and was at that time the second longest-running primetime drama on U.S. TV, after Gunsmoke. Set in the fictional Knots Landing, a small community on the California coast...

In the late 1980s, she had several single-episode appearances in various TV series, including Hotel, Mr. Belvedere, Murder, She Wrote, Tales from the Darkside, Days of Our Lives. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... The television drama Hotel aired on ABC from 1983 to 1988. ... Mr. ... Murder, She Wrote is a long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Tales from the Darkside is an anthology TV series from the 1980s produced by George A. Romero. ... Days of our Lives is a long-running American soap opera. ...

Brisebois began her career as a recording artist in the early nineties, providing backing vocals on Intoxifornication, the 1992 album by rock singer Gregg Alexander. Alexander also co-wrote and produced her first solo album, 1994's Arrive All Over You, and when Alexander formed the New Radicals in the late 1990s, Brisebois also became a member of the band. After Alexander disbanded the band in 1999 to focus on producing and writing music for other artists, Brisebois' was set to release a second solo album, Portable Life, again produced and co-written by Alexander, but RCA Records canceled the album. A musician is a person who plays or composes music. ... A backing vocalist is a vocalist who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backup vocalists, or alone but in the background of a song. ... Intoxifornication is the second album by Gregg Alexander, released on May 5, 1992. ... Gregg Alexander Gregg Alexander (born 4 May 1970 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA) is best known as the producer/singer/songwriter behind the New Radicals, who scored the international hit You Get What You Give in late 1998. ... Arrive All Over You is Danielle Brisebois debut album, released on May 10, 1994 by Epic Records. ... The New Radicals were an American rock band in the late 1990s, centered around front man Gregg Alexander, who wrote and produced all of their songs and was the sole constant member. ... Portable Life is the second album by Danielle Brisebois. ... Sony BMG Music Entertainment is the result of a 50/50 joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment (part of Sony) and BMG Entertainment (part of Bertelsmann AG) completed in August 2004. ...

Since the New Radicals broke up and her second album was shelved she has written and produced numerous songs for various other artists, including Carly Hennessy, Clay Aiken, Kelly Clarkson, and Natasha Bedingfield, most notably Bedingfield's top 10 hit "Unwritten". Ultimate High is the debut album of Carly Hennessy, released in 2001 by MCA Records. ... Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American popular music singer who rose to fame on the American Idol television program, and who has become the most successful second-place finisher in that shows history. ... Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24, 1982) is a Grammy-Winning American pop and rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress. ... Natasha Bedingfield (born November 26, 1981) is a British pop singer, and sister of pop singer, Daniel Bedingfield. ... Unwritten is a single from British singer Natasha Bedingfield, co-written by her, Danielle Brisebois and Wayne Rodrigues. ...

She has a song called "Everyday Angels" she co-wrote on Kimberley Locke's upcoming 2006 release. Kimberley Dawn Locke (born January 3, 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee) is an American Adult Contemporary Pop/R&B and plus-size fashion model. ...

Filmography

As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film which tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, cantankerous, racist, homophobic writer named Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) who, because of his affective disorder, lives in a world that has shrunk to about the size of his apartment and the books he... Annie is a musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie. ...

Discography

Albums

• Arrive All Over You (1994)
• Portable Life (1999, unreleased)

Arrive All Over You is Danielle Brisebois debut album, released on May 10, 1994 by Epic Records. ... Portable Life is the second album by Danielle Brisebois. ...

Singles

• "What If God Fell From The Sky" (1994)
• "Gimme Little Sign" (1994)
• "I Don't Wanna Talk About Love" (1995)
• "I've Had It" (1999, promotional single only)

What If God Fell From The Sky is a song by Danielle Brisebois, the first single off her 1994 album Arrive All Over You. ... Gimme Little Sign is a song by Danielle Brisebois, the second single off her 1994 album Arrive All Over You. ... I Dont Wanna Talk About Love (titled without the I on the album) is a song by Danielle Brisebois, the third single off her 1994 album Arrive All Over You. ... Ive Had It is a song by Danielle Brisebois that was scheduled for release as the first commercial single from her album Portable Life. ... A promo single (short for promotional single) is a single that is released to club or radio outlets for the purpose of promotion of a song. ...

External links

• Danielle Brisebois' official website
• Danielle Brisebois at the Internet Movie Database
• Danielle Brisebois at TV.com
• Danielle Brisebois image gallery on www.allinthefamilysit.com
• "Don't Wanna Talk About Love", "What If God Fell From The Sky" and "Gimme Little Sign" music videos (via AOL Music)
• NewRadicals.Us. The unofficial NR forum covering New Radicals, Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois.