Felice Schachter

Felice Schachter
Born	(1963-11-17) November 17, 1963 New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, Model, Production Coordinator, Line Producer, Special Education Teacher, Tutor
Years active	1964–2003
Children	1

Felice Schachter (born November 17, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Nancy Olson on The Facts of Life and Bernadette in the cult teen comedy Zapped!.

Early life and career

Schachter was born in New York City, the daughter of Suzanne Schachter (née Mokotoff), a theatrical manager, and Alex Schachter, an accountant and bankruptcy trustee. She has two younger sisters. Schachter's mother, the founder of Suzelle Enterprises, helped her get her start at the age of six months, when she appeared on the cover of American Baby magazine. By 1982, Schachter had done over 100 TV commercials, including Ivory Snow, Pampers, Downy, Baby Alive, and Jordache Jeans.

Schachter started her show business career in 1975, appearing in an off-Broadway production of The Innocents, and later in Time Again. She later danced in productions including The Taming of the Shrew with Stuttgart Ballet, Sleeping Beauty with Bolshoi Ballet, and Nutcracker Suite with the New York City Ballet.

Television and film

She started her television career on the 1976 mini-series The Adams Chronicles. She then played what would be her most notable role, Nancy, on The Facts of Life from 1979 to 1982. She played the role regularly until she quit acting to pursue an education at Brown University in 1981, graduating with a B.A. in Semiotics in 1985, although she would continue to make later guest appearances on the show. Her first and only major film credit was as Bernadette in the 1982 movie Zapped!, starring opposite Scott Baio. Other television roles included Diff'rent Strokes, the soap opera Love of Life, NBC Quiz Kids, Alice, New Monkees, and Love, American Style, among others.

After she quit acting to go to school, Schachter was a radio anchor with the sports department of Brown University's WBRU in Providence, Rhode Island, and later a sports broadcaster for CBS Sports (1983–85) and PRIME (1986–87).

Production

In the 1990s, she began working behind the camera, with production credits on such film and television projects as Magic Island, After The Game, the pilot for JAG, Uncle Sam, Twilight of the Golds, High Tide, Born Free, The Citizen, Waiting For The Monkeys, The Gnomes' Great Adventure, Waste Land, Jackie, Knockaround Guys and 30 Years to Life. She was the production coordinator for the series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1978	Just Posing	Tracy	Short film
1982	Zapped!	Bernadette
2001	30 Years to Life	Waitress In Restaurant	Cameo; also line producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Diff'rent Strokes	Nancy Olson	Episode: "The Girls School"
1979–81, 1986	The Facts of Life	Nancy Olson	19 episodes Main cast (Season 1) Recurring role (Season 2–3) Guest star (Season 8)
1980	Alice	Victoria	Episode: "Here Comes Alice Cottontail"
1985	E/R	Kim	Episode: "Brotherly Love"

As producer

Year	Title	Credited as	Notes
1995	JAG	Assistant production coordinator	2 episodes
1996	The Twilight of the Golds	Production coordinator
1996	Uncle Sam	Production coordinator
1996	Born Free: A New Adventure	Unit production manager	TV movie
1997	High Tide	Production coordinator	1 episode
2001	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Production coordinator	Also production consultant; 18 episodes
2001	30 Years to Life	Line producer	Also actress
2003	Anne B. Real	Co-producer

As Director

Year	Title	Credited as	Notes
1995	Magic Island	Second second assistant director

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2008	TV Land Awards	Favorite Character(s) Who "Went Missing" Shared with: Molly Ringwald, Julie Anne Haddock and Julie Piekarski	The Facts of Life	Nominated

External links

• Felice Schachter at IMDb