Connie Needham

Connie Needham (born Connie Marie Bowen on December 5, 1959 in Anaheim, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as Elizabeth Bradford on the television series Eight is Enough, which she played from 1977 to 1981. She also played a dancer in the initial stages of multiple sclerosis on the NBC drama Fame. That episode, entitled "To Soar and Never Falter," won an Emmy award.

Needham married one of the set designers from Eight is Enough, the son of famed stuntman Hal Needham, on April 7, 1979. She continued to act until the late 1980s. Today she is the mother of two daughters, and has recently revived her acting career.

She now works as a dance teacher in Orange County, where she teaches junior jazz and lyrical classes and choreographs for competition teams and for the annual recitals. Her daughters enjoy dancing, as well.

External links

• Connie Needham at the Internet Movie Database