![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Producer, Actor Born: November 20, 1943 in Philadelphia, PA Biography:Long before she showed up on the cover of "TV Guide", Temple University graduate "Veronica Hamel" was a frequent visitor to that magazine's back cover, as a model in many a cigarette and cosmetic advertisement. The sloe-eyed, brunette actress began playing speaking parts on TV in 1975; that same year, she had an opportunity to co-star on "Charlie's Angels", but turned the role down, obliging producer "Aaron Spelling" to cast "Jaclyn Smith" instead. In 1981, Hamel was cast as hard-driving public defender Joyce Davenport, the lover (and later wife) of police captain Frank Furillo ("Daniel J. Travanti"), on the weekly Hill Street Blues. She remained with the series until it left the air in 1987. The intensely dramatic roles played by "Veronica Hamel" in recent years are reflected by the titles of her made-for-TV starring films: "Deadly Medicine" (1991), "The Baby Snatcher" (1992), "The Conviction of Kitty... Full Biography
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