Sharon Spelman

Although she was born in Los Angeles, Sharon grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, the only child of a widowed school administrator. From the closing curtsy of her first ballet recital she was hooked on performing. As a teenager, she hung around the local community playhouse until they offered her a role. During several high school summers she attended a student theater program at the University of Denver, and Northwestern University's prestigious Cherub Program. She majored in Speech and Theatre at Macalester College, but later transferred to the University of Iowa where she graduated with honors. Her first real TV gig came when she was hired to co-host "The Morning Show" at the CBS affiliate in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a short time, Sharon realized she was more at ease with scripted material than with live on-camera interviews. Life became immediately more interesting and exciting with her first professional acting contract at the Asolo State Theatre in Sarasota, Florida. As a pure repert