Cindy Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap Guiding Light, and for her appearances in the comedy movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Matthew Broderick's character's mom, as well as playing the mother of a boy who was kidnapped for several years in the dramatic TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven.
Pickett played the central role in the 1980 film "Night Games", dir...
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Cindy Pickett (born April 18, 1947) is an American actress known for her 1970s role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap Guiding Light, and for her appearances in the comedy movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Matthew Broderick's character's mom, as well as playing the mother of a boy who was kidnapped for several years in the dramatic TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven.
Pickett played the central role in the 1980 film "Night Games", directed by Roger Vadim. In the 1981 mystery/crime drama Margin for Murder, Pickett played the role of Velda, Mike Hammer's (Kevin Dobson) loyal and devoted secretary. She played "Jackie Marler" on the soap opera The Guiding Light from 1976 to 1980, "Vanessa Sarnac" on the ABC weekly TV series Call to Glory from 1984 to 1985, and she appeared on the hospital drama TV series St. Elsewhere from 1986 to 1988.
TV series she has guest-starred on include Simon & Simon, Magnum, P.I., L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, The Pretender, NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami,...
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