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It paid off with her winning several roles in feature films and guest roles on TV dramas. She also played Christine Tate in the episode "Ladybug, Ladybug" of In the Heat of the Night . In 1983, Templeton began appearing regularly on the CBS daytime serial The Young and the Restless , in the role of Carol Robbins, loyal secretary to Jack Abbott ...
Robert Michael Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an American film, television, and stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series. [1] Urich began his career in television in the early 1970s.
Owen starts the series as non-disabled but catches meningitis. His mobility and speech are both profoundly affected and the actor used his own condition, Cerebral Palsy, and his experience of having to learn to walk again after major surgery to portray the character's journey through rehabilitation. Zak Ford-Williams [125] 2024 Matthew Shardlake
Garrett was written into the new show as a housemother, and later a dietitian, at the fictitious Eastland private school. Jewell first appeared in the show's second season. Her role as Geri Tyler, the cousin of Blair, was groundbreaking. She was the first disabled actor to have a recurring role on a TV series;. [10]
Television shows about disability, the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.
Heather Margaret Brotherston Menzies Urich (December 3, 1949 – December 24, 2017) [2] was a Canadian actress. She was known for her roles as Louisa von Trapp in the 1965 film The Sound of Music and Jessica 6 in the TV series Logan's Run .
Marissa Bode (/ ˈ b oʊ d i / BOH-dee; born August 28, 2000 [2]) is an American actress.. After graduating from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Marissa gained recognition for her portrayal of Nessarose Thropp in the musical films Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).
Javed Abidi – director of the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in India [1]; Abia Akram – disability rights activist from Pakistan; founder of the National Forum of Women with Disabilities in Pakistan; prominent figure in the disability rights movement in the country, as well as in Asia and the Pacific; named one of the BBC's 100 Women in 2021