Kelli Maroney
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Kelli Joan Maroney is an American
actress who has starred in film and in television.
Ryan's Hope
(1980-1981, 1982-1983) and Tina Lord
on One Life to Live
(1984-1985). Maroney was featured on the cover of the October 27, 1980 issue of People
(alongside fellow soap opera actresses Genie Francis
and Kristen Vigard) and interviewed in the related story about the "teen temptresses" of daytime television.
Her best known film roles were in the 1982 comedy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
as a cheerleader named Cindy, the 1984 science fiction
movie Night of the Comet
as Samantha Belmont; as well as two low-budget slasher film
s, The Zero Boys
(1985) as Jamie, and Chopping Mall
(1986) as Alison.
An interview with Maroney was featured in Jewel Shepard
's Invasion of the B-Girls, a non-fiction
book composed of interviews with popular scream queens. She appeared on The Joan Rivers Show in the 1990s in a cheerleading uniform. The segment was about B-movie
starlets. Joan Rivers
had Kelli scream for her and then tried screaming herself. She has made guest appearances on TV shows, among them Family Feud
, Simon & Simon
, Murder, She Wrote
, FBI: The Untold Stories
, and Chicago Hope
.
Maroney is credited in one film (Audition) with a stage name
, as Zoe Kelli Simon. Maroney will star in the remake of the 1980 psychological horror film Don't look in the basement.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actress who has starred in film and in television.
Biography
Maroney's most notable television roles were her first: Kimberly Harris Beaulac on the soap operaSoap opera
A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope
Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC...
(1980-1981, 1982-1983) and Tina Lord
Tina Lord
Tina Lord Roberts is a fictional character on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live, originated and most notably portrayed by Andrea Evans...
on One Life to Live
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
(1984-1985). Maroney was featured on the cover of the October 27, 1980 issue of People
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
(alongside fellow soap opera actresses Genie Francis
Genie Francis
Eugenie "Genie" Francis Frakes is an American actress known for her portrayal of Laura Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. She is currently playing Genevieve Atkinson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless...
and Kristen Vigard) and interviewed in the related story about the "teen temptresses" of daytime television.
Her best known film roles were in the 1982 comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and adapted from his 1981 book of the same name...
as a cheerleader named Cindy, the 1984 science fiction
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
movie Night of the Comet
Night of the Comet
Night of the Comet is a 1984 film directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney. It has elements of such diverse genres as science fiction, horror, zombie apocalypse, comedy, and romance....
as Samantha Belmont; as well as two low-budget slasher film
Slasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
s, The Zero Boys
The Zero Boys
The Zero Boys is a low-budget 1986 action-horror B-movie, written and directed by Nico Mastorakis.-Plot:Steve , Larry , and Rip are part of a paintball team known as "The Zero Boys". After winning a paintball tournament, they decide to celebrate...
(1985) as Jamie, and Chopping Mall
Chopping Mall
Chopping Mall is an American horror/science fiction film, produced by Julie Corman and originally released on March 21, 1986 under the title Killbots....
(1986) as Alison.
An interview with Maroney was featured in Jewel Shepard
Jewel Shepard
Jewel Shepard is an American writer, photographer and actress, best known for her roles in movies such as Party Camp and Return of the Living Dead ....
's Invasion of the B-Girls, a non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
book composed of interviews with popular scream queens. She appeared on The Joan Rivers Show in the 1990s in a cheerleading uniform. The segment was about B-movie
B-movie
A B movie is a low-budget commercial motion picture that is not definitively an arthouse or pornographic film. In its original usage, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term more precisely identified a film intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature....
starlets. Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers
Joan Rivers is an American comedian, television personality and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries...
had Kelli scream for her and then tried screaming herself. She has made guest appearances on TV shows, among them Family Feud
Family Feud
Family Feud is an American television game show created by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people...
, Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon
Simon & Simon is an American detective television series starring Gerald McRaney and Jameson Parker.-History:The original 1978 pilot called Pirate's Key was set in Florida...
, Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...
, FBI: The Untold Stories
FBI: The Untold Stories
F.B.I.:The Untold Stories was a police drama anthology series which was aired in the United States by ABC from 1991 to 1993.Unlike ABC's The F.B.I., which was one of the network's major successes of the late 1960s and early 1970s, F.B.I.:The Untold Stories had no ongoing characters or storylines;...
, and Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama series created by David E. Kelley that ran from September 18, 1994, to May 5, 2000. It takes place in a fictional private charity hospital.-Premise:The show stars Mandy Patinkin as Dr...
.
Maroney is credited in one film (Audition) with a stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
, as Zoe Kelli Simon. Maroney will star in the remake of the 1980 psychological horror film Don't look in the basement.
Filmography
- Fast Times at Ridgemont HighFast Times at Ridgemont HighFast Times at Ridgemont High is a 1982 American coming-of-age teen comedy film written by Cameron Crowe and adapted from his 1981 book of the same name...
(1982) - Slayground (1983)
- CelebrityCelebrityA celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media...
(mini) (1984) - Night of the CometNight of the CometNight of the Comet is a 1984 film directed by Thom Eberhardt and starring Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Beltran, and Kelli Maroney. It has elements of such diverse genres as science fiction, horror, zombie apocalypse, comedy, and romance....
(1984) - The Zero BoysThe Zero BoysThe Zero Boys is a low-budget 1986 action-horror B-movie, written and directed by Nico Mastorakis.-Plot:Steve , Larry , and Rip are part of a paintball team known as "The Zero Boys". After winning a paintball tournament, they decide to celebrate...
(1985) - Chopping MallChopping MallChopping Mall is an American horror/science fiction film, produced by Julie Corman and originally released on March 21, 1986 under the title Killbots....
(1986) - Not of This EarthNot of This Earth (1988 film)Not of This Earth is a 1988 remake of the 1957 science fiction-horror Not of This Earth. The film was directed by Jim Wynorsky. The film was made as a result of a wager where Wynorsky bet he could remake the film in the same budget and schedule as the 1957 version by Corman.This film starred Traci...
(1988) - Jaded (1989)
- Transylvania TwistTransylvania TwistTransylvania Twist is a 1989 comedy film that parodies horror movies. Originally released by Concorde Pictures, this film is distributed on home video by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In the film Angus Scrimm reprises his role of the "Tall Man" from the Phantasm movies, as a parody. The humor of the film is...
(1990) - Hard to DieHard to DieHard to Die is a 1990 film, written by Mark Thomas McGee and James B. Rogers, directed by Jim Wynorski, and starring Gail Harris and Melissa Moore...
(1990) - Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991)
- The Servants of TwilightThe Servants of TwilightThe Servants of Twilight is a novel by best-selling American suspense author Dean Koontz. The book's plot revolves around a single mother being tormented by members of a religious cult whose leader believes the woman's son to be the Antichrist. A film adaptation was released in 1991.The book was...
(1991) - Midnight Witness (1993)
- Face DownFace Down"Face Down" was the first single by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from their debut album Don't You Fake It released in 2007. The song peaked at #24 in the United States and #4 in New Zealand, as well as #10 on the Pop 100, #3 on Alternative Songs, and #20 on the Hot Digital Tracks...
(1997) (TV) - Sam and Mike (1999)
- Audition (2004)
- Nightmare Carnival (2007)
- Lip ServiceLip ServiceLip service is an idiom meaning 'giving approval or support insincerely' .Lip service may also refer to:- Television :* Lip Service , a 2010 dramatic series broadcast on BBC Three...
(2011)