Leah Ayres

Kalish attended both Tufts University and New York University (NYU), earning a degree in dance from NYU. Ayres also earned an MA in human development from Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, California in 1996.{{cite web | url=https://leahkalish.com/integrated-systemic-somatic-trauma-resolution/ | title=Personal Statement | Los Angeles, CA | (818) 667-3689 }}

Kalish is a certified Family Constellations facilitator, embodied language processing (embodiment process) practitioner, and Yoga Alliance registered master yoga teacher. She is a proponent of socio-emotional education and teaching integrated yoga and mindfulness in schools.{{cite web | url=https://leahkalish.com/integrated-systemic-somatic-trauma-resolution/ | title=Personal Statement | Los Angeles, CA | (818) 667-3689 }}{{cite web | url=https://move-with-me.com/author/leah-kalish/ | title=Leah Kalish, Author at Movement and Self regulation skills for early childhood education }}{{cite web | url=https://www.momsrising.org/blog/users/leah-kalish | title=Leah Kalish }} She and her husband Bruce Kalish are founders of a family constellations and inherited family trauma facilitation practice based in Los Angeles.{{cite web | url=https://leahkalish.com/integrated-systemic-somatic-trauma-resolution/ | title=Personal Statement | Los Angeles, CA | (818) 667-3689 }}

Her first major role was as Valerie Bryson on the daytime serial The Edge of Night in the early 1980s. In 1984, she starred in Velvet,{{cite news|title=(TV listing)|newspaper=The San Bernardino County Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4391231/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|agency=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=December 15, 1994|location=California, San Bernardino|page=57|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} an ABC/Aaron Spelling television movie opposite Sheree J. Wilson, Shari Belafonte, and Mary Margaret Humes. In primetime, she co-starred as Linda Bowman on the abbreviated third season of ABC's 9 to 5. She also played Jill Schrader on the HBO original comedy 1st & Ten in 1986-87.

In 1990, she replaced Maureen McCormick in the role of Marcia Brady on the short-lived series The Bradys. She also made guest appearances on such series as Hotel, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Married... with Children, and Who's the Boss?. In 1995, she had a recurring role as Tara Flynn on three episodes of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Ayres starred in Bloodsport (1988) alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme{{cite news|title=(TV listing)|newspaper=The Index-Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4391121/the_indexjournal/|agency=The Index-Journal|date=September 16, 1990|location=South Carolina, Greenwood|page=58|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} and played Michelle in the 1981 film The Burning. She appeared in Eddie Macon's Run (1983){{cite news|last1=Buck|first1=Jerry|title=Sassy free spirit joins '9 to 5' secretarial pool|newspaper=Indiana Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4391338/indiana_gazette/|agency=The Indiana Gazette|date=April 30, 2000|location=Pennsylvania, Indiana|page=16|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = February 21, 2016}} {{Open access}} and portrayed the diner waitress in the Meat Loaf music video for "More Than You Deserve".

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