Valerie Landsburg

Although she has a very large body of work, with 35 years working as an actor, director and writer, most of the world knows Valerie as Doris Schwartz from the television series Fame. She became a globally recognized star in a role that moved deeply into the hearts of people young and old. She performed with her cast mates for the sold out reunion concert in Salsomaggiore Terme, Italy last December. Having resided mostly on the other side of camera for the last twenty years Valerie is completing her indie feature Offer and Compromise, with Tom Cavanagh, Bellamy Young and Bailee Madison. Her short form film Trixie's Score was picked up by Shorts International..As a Writer/Director she penned Belters for Profile Films America, An Unexpected Gift for The Hallmark Channel and Norwegian Wood, a teen comedy for Kinetic Arts as well as directing the action-thriller Bound By Lies, with Kristie Swanson and Stephen Baldwin. Her other work as an actor includes multiple roles as a television-seri