Valerie Anne Bertinelli is an American actress, best known for her roles as Barbara Cooper Royer on the television series

Television program

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 One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time

One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy on the CBS network that aired from December 16, 1975 until May 28, 1984. It portrays Ann Romano, a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters Julie and Barbara Cooper and Schneider, their building superintendent .The show...

 (1975–1984), Gloria on the television series

Television program

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 Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel is an American drama series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994 and ran for 211 episodes and nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and produced by Martha Williamson, the series stars Roma Downey, as an angel named Monica, and Della...

 (2001–2003) and Melanie Moretti on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland

Hot in Cleveland is an American sitcom on TV Land starring Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, Wendie Malick and Betty White. The series, which is TV Land's first original scripted series, premiered on June 16, 2010, and was TV Land's highest rated telecast in the cable network's 14-year history. The...

 (2010–present).
Bertinelli was born in Wilmington, Delaware

Wilmington, Delaware

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 to Irish/Italian-American parents Nancy (née Carvin) and Luke Bertinelli (a General Motors

General Motors

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 executive). She had an older brother, Mark, who died at 17 months from an accidental poisoning before Valerie was born.