Rachel Ward

Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress that has made most of her career in Australia. She attended Byram Art School in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States.

She became well known when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. She then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of the The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife.

Filmography

  • "Martha's New Coat" (2003)
  • "Bobbie's Girl" (2002)
  • "Johnson County War" (2002)
  • "And Never Let Her Go" (Made for TV) (2001)
  • "On the Beach" (Made for TV) (2000)
  • "My Stepson, My Lover" (Made for TV) (1997)
  • "Double Obsession" (1994)
  • "The Ascent" (1994)
  • "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1993)
  • "Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992)
  • "Double Jeopardy" (Made for TV) (1992)
  • "Black Magic" (Made for TV) (1992)
  • "And the Sea Will Tell" (Made for TV) (1991)
  • "After Dark, My Sweet" (1990)
  • "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989)
  • "Shadow of the Cobra" (Made for TV) (1989)
  • "Hotel Colonial" (1987)
  • "The Good Wife" (1987)
  • "Fortress" (Made for TV) (1986)
  • "Against All Odds" (1984)
  • "The Final Terror" (1983)
  • "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982)
  • "Sharky's Machine" (1981)
  • "Night School" (1981)
  • "Christmas Lilies of the Field" (1979)

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She then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of the The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife. Its destruction gained Zadora intense criticism. She became well known when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. The former home of silent screen stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford, the mansion was one of Hollywood's most famous privately owned properties. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States. Zadora gained notoriety when she and her husband bought and demolished the Hollywood landmark mansion Pickfair in 1988. She attended Byram Art School in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model. Her cover version of the Shirley Ellis hit, "The Clapping Song", reached the US Top 40 in 1983, and she had a minor hit with a duet with Jermaine Jackson titled "When The Rain Begins To Fall" in 1984.

Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress that has made most of her career in Australia. In 1982 she received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "Christmas Lilies of the Field" (1979). She has attained some success as a singer, and has had several hit singles throughout the world. "Night School" (1981). Her film career has been a series of lows, with no hit films, and with further Golden Raspberries to her credit, including the "Worst New Star of the Decade" award in the 1989 Golden Raspberry Awards. "Sharky's Machine" (1981). She won a Golden Globe Award as 1982's "Most Promising New Star", but also won "Worst New Star" in the 1982 Golden Raspberry Awards.

"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982). Born Pia Schipani in Hoboken, New Jersey she took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. "The Final Terror" (1983). Pia Zadora (born May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. "Against All Odds" (1984). "Fortress" (Made for TV) (1986).

"The Good Wife" (1987). "Hotel Colonial" (1987). "Shadow of the Cobra" (Made for TV) (1989). "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989).

"After Dark, My Sweet" (1990). "And the Sea Will Tell" (Made for TV) (1991). "Black Magic" (Made for TV) (1992). "Double Jeopardy" (Made for TV) (1992).

"Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992). "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1993). "The Ascent" (1994). "Double Obsession" (1994).

"My Stepson, My Lover" (Made for TV) (1997). "On the Beach" (Made for TV) (2000). "And Never Let Her Go" (Made for TV) (2001). "Johnson County War" (2002).

"Bobbie's Girl" (2002). "Martha's New Coat" (2003).