| | | |  | | Marilu Henner (right) as "Elaine" with the rest of the cast of Taxi: Judd Hirsch, Tony Danza, Jeff Conaway, and Danny DeVito. |
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Marilu Henner, who followed in the footsteps of Lucille Ball by starring as "Liz Cooper" in the L.A. Theatre Works production of My Favorite Husband - The Sitcom That Inspired I Love Lucy, started out in life not as "Marilu" but "Mary Lucy Denise." She began her professional career starring in the first national touring company of Grease (co-starring with Taxi co-star Jeff Conaway), later appearing with the Broadway company. This was followed by Over Here, Pal Joey, and later Social Security, directed by Mike Nichols. Called out to California for the Taxi pilot, she came of age in a hit series, keeping company with Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, and Tony Danza. For her work on Taxi, Marilu received five Golden Globe nominations. She then worked opposite Burt Reynolds on the TV show Evening Shade. After a year-long stint as host of her own talk show, Marilu, she yearned for an acting project. With her husband, Robert Lieberman, she formed a production company. Its projects included Medicine Ball, an offbeat Fox series, and the critically acclaimed ABC MOW, Abandoned & Deceived, which told the true story of Gerri Jenson, the founder of ACES, an organization which helps trace "deadbeat dads and moms." After seeing the positive results of her support and presence, Marilu starred in another film, Fight For Justice: The Nancy Conn Story. With this project she hoped to shed light on the stalking and battering of women. Throughout all of this Marilu has continually starred in feature films, including Blood Brothers (with Richard Gere), L.A. Story (with Steve Martin), Johnny Dangerously (with Micheal Keaton), Perfect (with John Travolta), The Man Who Loved Women (with Burt Reynolds), and Rustler's Rhapsody (with Tom Berenger), to name a few. Finally, in her "spare" time, she authored the best-selling By All Means Keep on Moving, followed by Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover, and her latest book, I Refuse to Raise a Brat: Straightforward Advice on Parenting in an Age of Overindulgence.
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