Lauren Tewes

Lauren Tewes
Tewes in The Love Boat, 1977
Born	Cynthia Lauren Tewes (1953-10-26) October 26, 1953 Braddock, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Rio Hondo College, University of California, Riverside
Years active	1976-2013
Television	Julie McCoy on The Love Boat
Spouse(s)	John Wassel (1977-1982) (divorced) Paolo Noonis (1986-?) (divorced) Robert Nadir (1996-2002) (his death)

Tewes with fellow Love Boat cast members

Lauren Tewes (/ˈtwiːz/; born Cynthia Lauren Tewes; October 26, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role on the television comedy anthology series The Love Boat, which originally aired on ABC from 1977 to 1986.

Early years

Tewes was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Joanne (Woods) and Joseph Tewes, a wood pattern maker. She was raised in Whittier, California. Tewes attended Pioneer High School and Rio Hondo College and also studied at the University of California, Riverside, where she won the 1st Annual Chancellor's Award for Excellence in the Theatre.

Career

Tewes made her stage debut in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Pacific Conservatory Theatre in California.

In 1976, she was cast for the role of the beautiful young cruise director Julie McCoy on The Love Boat. Tewes was one of the last of the six main cast members chosen—from over 100 actresses. She was in the third and final pilot of the show, and cast the day before production began.

In 1984, after seven seasons, Tewes was replaced on The Love Boat after a highly public battle with cocaine abuse (which she eventually overcame), although she did reprise her role as a guest in a 1985 episode. Shortly after conquering her drug addiction, Tewes was cast in the 1985 CBS sitcom pilot Anything for Love, along with Vicki Lawrence and Rebeca Arthur. The pilot aired as a special that summer, but did not get picked up as a series.

Tewes appeared in a 1998 episode of The Love Boat: The Next Wave, a revival of the original series. In 2000–01, she had a recurring role as a police detective on The Fugitive.

Personal life

Tewes lives near Seattle, Washington, where she has appeared in regional theatre and done voice-over and self promotion work. Her roles have included Mrs. Pearce in My Fair Lady at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle in 2003 and Karen Noone in Craig Lucas's Prayer for My Enemy at the Intiman Theatre in 2007. Tewes has had roles in radio dramas performed by Imagination Theater.

Tewes went to culinary school and works as a caterer and cheese steward at a Seattle grocery store. "It was hard ... but I learned a skill I have used as a backup." She gave up acting when her third husband died, but later returned to the stage for local productions.

Tewes married three times:

• John Wassel (1977–1981; divorced)
• Paolo Nonnis (1986–19??; divorced)
• Bob Nadir (May 1, 1996 – April 25, 2002; his death)

External links

• Lauren Tewes at the Internet Movie Database