grant goodeve played the father in eight is enough.
grant goodeve played the father in eight is enough.
who played the father in eight is enough?
grant goodeve
the show was a sophisticated blend of hospital drama, family life and urbane humor. tracey's father, foundry president emory bannister (judson laire), regretted his second marriage to neurotic social-climber clare (lesley woods). after emory died, clare married a kindred spirit, slithery operator lionel steele (martin blaine), who later realized he had a conscience. lionel's nephew larry renfrew (dick van patten) was a small-time wheeler-dealer who married the malones' daughter jill (freda holloway, kathleen widdoes, sarah hardy) while diana hyland—van patten's future on-screen wife on "eight is enough"—played gig houseman, david malone's wife. tracey's fragile sister faye (chase crosley, lenka petersen) married jerry's friend and colleague, dr. stefan koda (michael ingram). soap veteran william post, jr. played jerry's other close friend and advisor, attorney harold cranston, who harbored feelings for tracey. other actors who appeared on the tv show included peter brandon, nicolas coster, louis edmonds, hugh franklin, joan hackett, luke halpin, emily mclaughlin, joyce van patten and ann williams.
young doctor malone
the album went triple-platinum, spawning the number-one hits "hot stuff" and "bad girls", that went platinum, and the number-two "dim all the lights" which went gold. the week of june 16, 1979, summer would again have the number-one single on the hot 100 chart, and the number-one album on the "billboard" 200 chart; when "hot stuff" regained the top spot on the hot 100 chart. the following week, "bad girls" would be on top of the u.s. top r&b albums chart, "hot stuff" remained at no. 1, and "bad girls", the single, would climb into the top five on the hot 100. the following week, summer was the first solo artist to have two songs in the hot 100 top three at the same time. in july 1979, summer topped the hot 100 singles chart, and the "billboard" 200 albums chart, and the soul singles chart simultaneously. in the week of november 10, 1979, "dim all the lights" peaked at 2 for two weeks; the following week "no more tears (enough is enough)" would get to no. 3; and once again summer would have two songs in the top 3, on the hot 100. one week later, "no more tears" climbed to no. 1 spot on the hot 100 chart, and "dim all the lights" went to no. 4; she again had two songs in the top 5 of the hot 100 chart. in the span of eight months, summer had topped both the singles and albums charts simultaneously, three times. she became the first female artist to have three number-one singles in a calendar year. with "mac arthur park", "hot stuff", "bad girls", and the barbra streisand-duet "no more tears (enough is enough)", summer achieved four number-one hits on the hot 100 chart within a 12-month period. including "heaven knows" and "dim all the lights" she had achieved six top 4 singles on the hot 100 chart in the same 12-month period. those songs, along with "last dance", "on the radio", and "the wanderer", would give her nine top 5 singles on the hot 100 chart in just over a two-year period. the single, "no more tears (enough is enough)" would sell over 2 million copies becoming a platinum success. "hot stuff" won her a grammy award in the best female rock vocal performance, the first time the category was included. she was nominated for the grammy award for album of the year and both best female pop vocal performance and best female r&b vocal performance, as well as best disco recording. that year, summer played eight sold-out nights at the universal amphitheater in los angeles.
donna summer