Tonya Crowe
Born (1971-01-24) January 24, 1971
Los Angeles, California, U.S
OccupationActress
Years active1976—2001

Tonya Crowe (born January 24, 1971) is an American actress, best-known for her role as Olivia Cunningham in the CBS prime time soap opera, Knots Landing.

Life and career

Crowe was born in Los Angeles, California, a daughter of school principal and a real estate agent. She is best known for playing Olivia Cunningham, the daughter of Donna Mills's Abby Cunningham, in the CBS prime time soap opera, Knots Landing, a role she played from 1980 to 1990 as well as in the reunion miniseries Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997).[1][2] She received three Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Prime Time.,[3][4][5] and well as Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Nighttime Drama Series. Crowe received ten total Young Artist Award nominations during the 1980s for her television performances.

Crowe also had a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Who's the Boss?, and guest starred on CHiPs, Trapper John, M.D. and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Since leaving television, Crowe went to college and graduated from University of California, Los Angeles.[6] She starred and wrote 2001 independent film Only in Venice.[6] Since then, Crowe not acted on film or television.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1976 Charlie's Angels Young Kelly Episode: "The Seance
1979 Women in White Cynthia Rayburn Miniseries
1979 The Cracker Factory Jenny Barrett Televisio film
1979 The Bad News Bears Wendi Episode: "First Base"
1980 Mother and Daughter: The Loving War Renie, age 8 Televisio film
1980 CHiPs Marla Episode: "Tow Truck Lady"
1980 The Memory of Eva Ryker Little Eva Televisio film
1980 Joshua's World Thorpe Torrance Television pilot
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress - TV Special
1980—1990 Knots Landing Olivia Cunningham Dyer Series regular, 153 episodes
Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Nighttime Drama Series (1989)
Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Prime Time (1988-1990)
Nominated — Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress on a Daytime or Prime Time Serial (1986)
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Drama Series (1983-84)
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Supporting Actress in a Daytime or Nightime Drama (1985)
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Female Superstar in Television (1988)
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Long Running Series Comedy or Drama (1987)
1981 Trapper John, M.D. Jenny Episode: "Finders Keepers"
1981 Dark Night of the Scarecrow Marylee Williams Television film
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Television Special
1982 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers B.J. Palmer Episode: "Christmas Song"
1985 Call to Glory Girl Episodes: "JFK: Part 1" and "JFK: Part 1"
1985-1986 Who's the Boss? Robin Fraser 3 episodes
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Performance by a Young Actress, Guest Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series
1988 A Family Again Lindsay Foster Television film
Nominated — Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Special, Pilot, Movie of the Week or Mini-Series
1997 Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac Olivia Cunningham Dyer Miniseries
1997 Soldier of Fortune, Inc. EMT Episode: "Genesis"
2001 Only in Venice Guinevere Also writer

References

  1. ↑ "Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac. - Free Online Library". www.thefreelibrary.com.
  2. ↑ "Tonya Crowe grows up on series". The Prescott Courrier. 9 June 1989. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  3. ↑ "1990". 11 April 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "1989". 11 April 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "1988". 11 April 2003. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. 1 2 L, Knots; Fan, ing (March 8, 2023). "The Tonya Crowe Exclusive Interview".
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