Martha Smith
Out of her hundreds of TV appearances, Martha Smith is perhaps best known as "Francine Desmond", intelligence agent (and nemesis of star Kate Jackson) on the CBS series "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" (1983). Raised in Farmington, MI, Martha--an honor student with a mention in "Who's Who of American Students"--enrolled in Michigan State University at 17 to study psychology. She soon became an in-demand model and spokeswoman, whose travel demands uprooted her from her studies. She was "discovered" by a scout for "Playboy" magazine, selected as a centerfold (Miss July 1973) and promptly sent back on the road on press junkets. That road led to California. With the support of Universal Studios Contract Department, Martha honed her thespian skills in workshops while appearing in featured TV roles ("How the West Was Won" (1978), "Quincy M.E." (1976), "Charlie's Angels" (1976), etc.). Her first major film role was in the comedy blockbuster Animal House (1978), where her "Barbara 'Babs' Jansen" character, a devious cheerleader, was arch-rival to John Belushi's "Bluto". Shortly after, she shared star billing with Debbie Allen in the CBS pilot Ebony, Ivory and Jade (1979) (TV), which marked her professional singing/dancing debut.
Animal House
as Barbara Sue "Babs" JansenAt a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi...
Movie pageBroadcast News
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Movie pageA Futile and Stupid Gesture
as Tour GuideIn a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy...
Movie pageWhere Are They Now?: A Delta Alumni Update
as Barbara 'Babs' JensenA hilarious John Landis-created 'mockumentary' that provides updates on what became of Faber...
Movie pageBlood Link
as HedwigA man who has been having psychic visions of himself killing naked women soon discovers that...
Movie pageAnimal House: The Inside Story
as SelfDocumentary about the making of Animal House
Movie pageThe Winds of Autumn
as Maydell's GirlIn 1884, an eleven-year-old Quaker boy sets out on his own to seek revenge against a gang of...
Movie pageThe Seduction of Dr. Fugazzi
as Kitty CarloffDr. Anna Fugazzi is a young, attractive psychologist with a loving and devoted (albeit freakish)...
Movie pageEbony, Ivory and Jade
as Maggie 'Ivory' DavidIn this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles...
Movie pageAlex and the Doberman Gang
as Susan HamiltonA more than slightly incompetent private eye inherits five doberman pinschers. The dogs at first...
Movie pageQuincy, M.E.
as Dianne JohnsonLos Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
TV Show pageCharlie's Angels
as ShelleyBeautiful, intelligent, and ultra-sophisticated, Charlie's Angels are everything a man could...
TV Show pageHappy Days
as uncreditedIn 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
TV Show pageTaxi
as Mary SnyderLouie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain...
TV Show pageScarecrow and Mrs. King
as Francine DesmondScarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May...
TV Show pageHotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
TV Show pageGreek
as Mary BethCasey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her...
TV Show pageHow the West Was Won
as Ellen TaylorThe Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer...
TV Show pageOliver Beene
as uncreditedOliver Beene is an American sitcom. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and...
TV Show pageThe Defenders
as AnitaThe Defenders is a drama about two colorful Las Vegas defense attorneys who go all-in when it...
TV Show pageKingpin
as uncreditedKingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the...
TV Show pageThey Came from Outer Space
as Vicki McVickerThey Came from Outer Space is an American science fiction comedy series that aired in...
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