![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Executive Producer, Actor Born: April 6, 1952 in Chicago, IL Biography:Redheaded leading lady "Marilu Henner" was born and educated in Chicago, where her mother ran a dance studio in the family garage. Henner also began her acting career in City of Broad Shoulders. She was one of the stars of the original community-theatre production of Grease, remaining with the show when it moved to New York in 1976 (During this period, she carried on a well-publicized romance with former Grease cast member "John Travolta"). She went on to garner excellent revues for her work in the Broadway production Over Here, an otherwise disappointing musical spoof of the 1940s starring the "Andrews Sisters". Henner began making on-camera appearances in 1977, notably as a stripper in "Joan Micklin Silver"'s "Behind the Lines", and in a generously distributed "Ring Around the Collar!" TV commercial. From 1978 through 1983, Henner played Elaine Nardo on the popular TV sitcom "Taxi". Though she never... Full Biography
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