Shanna Reed is an American retired actress and dancer. She is best-known for playing Polly Cooper McGillis on the sitcom Major Dad .

Contents

• Early years
• Career
• Filmography
• References
• External links

Early years

Kansas City, Kansas-born Shanna Herron was seven years old when her father, Carl Herron, an engineer, died in a car accident in 1962, leaving her mother, Mary Lou ( née Thompson; 1928–2014) with five children and pregnant. ^[1] Within two years she married ex-Marine Tommy Reed (1913–2012), a jazz saxophonist and leader of the Tommy Reed Orchestra. ^{[2] [3]} Mary Lou and Tommy Reed had a child, creating a blended family of seven children. ^[4] Mary Lou Reed taught dancing for Arthur Murray dance studios. After the marriage, the family moved to Phoenix, where Reed grew up. Her mother and stepfather operated a talent-booking agency there, and her mother had another child. Reed attended Arizona State University for a year. ^[2]

Career

After she left Arizona State, Reed danced at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, and in 1975 she was one of 12 dancers who, along with a singer, entertained in the Middle East and Europe. After they returned to the United States, she joined the national touring company of A Chorus Line . ^[2] She also had a replacement role in A Chorus Line on Broadway, and she performed on Broadway in Dancin' (1978). ^[5]

Reed's additional television credits include roles in Promised Land , Beverly Hills, 90210 , Touched by an Angel , Cheers , Magnum, P.I. , The Colbys , Simon & Simon , Hotel , I Had Three Wives , Knight Rider , T.J. Hooker , Fantasy Island , Texas , and Newhart .

Filmography

References

External links

• Shanna Reed at IMDb
• Shanna Reed at Rotten Tomatoes
• Clips from Texas episodes

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