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Party of Five
*The title, "Party of Five" refers to the Salinger kids all eating together at their late father's restaurant as a, "party of five".
*Julia became the first of the Salinger clan to get married when she eloped to Nevada with Griffin.
*Jennifer Love Hewitt's brother Todd had a crush on a girl named Jennifer. That's how she picked her first (stage) name. Her mother's best friend at college was named "Love" so that became her middle name. She also has adopted "Love" as her nickname. She performed for the first time at a livestock show in her home state of Texas at the age of 3. At the age of 4, she disappeared at a restaurant-dance hall. Her mother found her on the stage singing, "Help Me Make It Through The Night". By age 5 she was taking ballet, jazz and tap dancing lessons. Soon thereafter she joined the "Texas Show Team" and toured Europe and the Soviet Union. She was discovered by talent scouts at 10 years old and they encouraged her mother to move her to Los Angeles. Almost immediately, she got a job on Disney's show, "Kids Incorporated (1984)". Like many actresses and actors, she got several television roles for series that didn't make it before she finally landed her "break-out" role on "Party of Five" when she joined the TV show in 1995. She finished high school by correspondence while doing Party of Five, graduating in 1997. She was offered a role on the TV show, "Charmed" to replace Shannen Doherty but turned it down. She broke her finger while filming "Heartbreakers (2001)".
*Neve Cambell had a nervous breakdown at age 14. She lost all of her hair and claims that only acupuncture would get her hair to grow back. She has a "no nudity" clause in her contract. Neve is also her mother's maiden name.
*Scott Wolf got his role on "Party of Five" after Jerry O'Connell backed out to take the lead role on the TV show, "Sliders (1995)". He has a degree in finance from George Washington University and is a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity.
*Jeremy London won a role on the TV show, "I'll Fly Away" but couldn't take it due to conflict with another job. Then his twin brother Jason auditioned for the role and got it. They had a sister Diedre who died in an automobile accident. Jeremy was voted the "Most Talented Male" at his high school and is an avid anti-smoking advocate.
*Matthew Fox attended college on a football scholarship and graduated with a degree in Economics at Columbia University and originally intended to have a career on Wall Street. His girl friend's mother was a talent agent and got him, first, some modelling jobs and after that, some television commercials. At that point, he decided to pursue acting.
*Lacey Chabert was a finalist on the TV show, "Star Search" in 1991. She got her first break into show business with a cough syrup commercial. She then appeared on Broadway in, "Les Miserables" for two years. The violin music you heard Lacey play on "Party of Five" was not actually her playing, contrary to common belief. She did play the violin well enough to look convincing on screen but not quite as good as what you heard on the show. She won the title of "Miss Junior Mississippi".
Touched By An Angel
*The word angel means messenger in the Greek language.
*The show was cancelled during its first season. It was brought back the next year after the fans staged a letter-writing campaign.
*John Masius's original pilot script was much darker than that which was eventually shown on TV (In the original pilot, Tess was a chain-smoking angel who was frequently at Monica's throat.)
*The show became so popular that it caused the "spin-off" of another series called, "Promised Land (1996)". In fact, the first episode of "Promised Land" appeared as episode #36 of "Touched By An Angel". The second episode appeared 2 nights later in its own time slot.
*Della Reese is a Reverend of the "Understanding Principals for a Better Living" Church in Los Angeles, California. She toured with the renowned gospel singer Mahalia Jackson when she was only a teenager. She was the first performer to sing gospel music in Las Vegas Casinos!
*Roma Downey was born and raised in Derry City, Northern Ireland. She graduated from Brighton Art College in England. In 1997, she was chosen one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People Magazine! Prior to her appearance on "Touched By An Angel", she was probably best-known for her role as Jacqueline Kennedy on "A Woman Named Jackie", the mini-series.
*The Touched By An Angel TV show is filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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