Brianne Leary
 |
This biographical article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. (February 2012) |
 |
This article uses bare URLs for citations. Please consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable. Several templates and the Reflinks tool are available to assist in formatting. (Reflinks documentation) (February 2012) |
| Brianne Leary | |
|---|---|
| Born | Brianne Banigan Leary July 28, 1957 Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, host |
| Years active | 1978–present |
Brianne Banigan Leary (born July 28, 1957)[1][2] is an American actress and inventor. She was the host of The Disney Channel's Walt Disney World Inside Out and Animal Planet's Petsburgh USA.
Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star and she is cousin to writer Timothy Leary.
When in High School at Canyon Del Oro - in Tucson, Arizona - she was a gymnastics champion, finishing in the top three at the State Championship in 1974.
She first appeared on television as a contestant on Match Game '76. She won several games, earning in excess of $9,000. She came back to the show three years later as a celebrity panelist, becoming the only person to appear on the show as both a contestant and a panelist.
She later had a recurring role as Officer Sindy Cahill in the second season of CHiPs (1978–1979), before guest appearing in various shows, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, The Fall Guy, Simon & Simon and 1st & Ten. She also made an appearance in a Battle of the Network Stars V in November 1978 and VI in May 1979.
In 1996, she created a Canadian children's TV show Stickin' Around with Robin Steele.
In early 2000, she was a co-anchor on WNYW New York's Good Day New York.
In 2007, Leary received a patent for her "portable device for cleaning an animal's paw" product, Pet Plunger.[3]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
 |
This article about an American television actor or actress born in the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
