Tonya Crowe
{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1971
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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S
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| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1976—2001
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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' 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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Knots+Landing:+Back+to+the+Cul-De-Sac-a019703639|title=Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-De-Sac. - Free Online Library|website=www.thefreelibrary.com}}{{cite news|title=Tonya Crowe grows up on series|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5OpSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=loEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5996,2458419&dq=tonya+crowe&hl=en|accessdate=5 September 2011|newspaper=The Prescott Courrier|date=9 June 1989}} She received three Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role: Prime Time.,{{cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/1990-0/|title=1990|date=11 April 2003|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/1989-0/|title=1989|date=11 April 2003|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/1988-0/|title=1988|date=11 April 2003|publisher=|accessdate=3 December 2017}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.knotslanding.net/interviews/tonya.htm|title=The Tonya Crowe Exclusive Interview|first1=Knots|last1=L|first2=ing|last2=Fan|date=March 8, 2023}} She starred and wrote 2001 independent film Only in Venice. Since then, Crowe has not acted on film or television.
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1976
|Young Kelly |Episode: "The Seance |
| 1979
| Cynthia Rayburn |Miniseries |
| 1979
| Jenny Barrett |Televisio film |
| 1979
| Wendi |Episode: "First Base" |
| 1980
|Mother and Daughter: The Loving War |Renie, age 8 |Televisio film |
| 1980
|Marla |Episode: "Tow Truck Lady" |
| 1980
| Little Eva |Televisio film |
| 1980
|Joshua's World | Thorpe Torrance |Television pilot |
| 1980—1990
| Olivia Cunningham Dyer |Series regular, 153 episodes |
| 1981
| Jenny |Episode: "Finders Keepers" |
| 1981
| Marylee Williams |Television film |
| 1982
|Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | B.J. Palmer |Episode: "Christmas Song" |
| 1985
|Girl |Episodes: "JFK: Part 1" and "JFK: Part 1" |
| 1985-1986
| Robin Fraser |3 episodes |
| 1988
| Lindsay Foster |Television film |
| 1997
|Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac | Olivia Cunningham Dyer |Miniseries |
| 1997
| EMT |Episode: "Genesis" |
| 2001
|Only in Venice | Guinevere |Also writer |
References
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External links
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Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:American television actresses