felicia finley played the character pinky tuscadero on happy days.
felicia finley played the character pinky tuscadero on happy days.
who played the character pinky tuscadero on happy days?
felicia finley
beyond "happy days", kelly reprised her pinky role on the first episode of the short-lived 1977 "happy days" spin-off, "blansky's beauties". she had a small but memorable role in the television thriller "curse of the black widow". she portrayed diane sullivan in the slasher film "new year's evil" (1981). kelly also played guest roles on "starsky & hutch", "the paul lynde halloween special", "baretta", "kojak", "the love boat", "the dukes of hazzard", "charlie's angels" and "fantasy island". her role in "starsky & hutch" was created when star paul michael glaser (starsky) planned to quit at the start of the third season, with kelly's character, officer linda baylor, intended to fill his place. however, glaser was persuaded to stay, and kelly's character ultimately only appeared in one episode, "fatal charm". her characters on these other series never reached the level of cult fame that pinky tuscadero gave her. so closely identified was she with the character that she was billed as roz "pinky tuscadero" kelly for her appearance on "the paul lynde halloween special".
roz kelly
the musical bypassed broadway and went directly into a first national tour, starring joey sorge ("saturday night") as the fonz, felicia finley as pinky tuscadero ("the wedding singer"), steven booth as richie cunningham, and cynthia ferrer as marion cunningham. in 2011, "happy days" was produced by compagnia della rancia the italian version, directed by saverio marconi starring riccardo simone berdini as the fonz ("grease", "les miserables", "pinocchio"), floriana monici as pinky tuscadero ("grease"), luca giacomelli as richie cunningham ("cats"), jacopo pelliccia as alfred delvecchio ("peter pan") and sabrina marciano as marion cunningham ("vacanze romane").
happy days (musical)