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Apr 7, 2021 · Published Apr 7, 2021. There's no shortage of '90s TV shows that lasted too long. But My So-Called Life is certainly not one of them. In fact, the Winnie Holzman-created series only lasted for 19 episodes. It was straight-up canceled, not unlike other series that have maintained a devoted fanbase and thus received cult status; we're talking ...
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Mar 22, 2021 · Fans tried to save My So-Called Life. According to Mental Floss, the show was ultimately canceled due to low ratings. ABC did try to drum up viewers by airing episodes on MTV, and the show's devoted fanbase did all it could to save it as well. As The Washington Post reported at the time, "Operation Life Support" was an outpouring of fan support ...
Scenes from My So-Called Life. My point being, Claire Danes became the star we always knew she would (as did Jared), and it wasn't more than a year later, when MTV ran a My So-Called Life marathon ...
Feb 28, 2024 · After her time as the star of the My So-Called Life cast, Claire Danes went on to play Juliet in the 1996 adaptation Romeo + Juliet. Her other roles in the ’90s included U Turn (1997), The Mod Squad (1999) and Brokedown Palace (1999). In the ’00s, Danes further established herself as a mature actress with roles in Igby Goes Down (2002), The ...
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If you're a fan of Homeland you will recognize Danes as Carrie Mathison. Before she was channeling her inner bipolar CIA agent, she was on the hit 90s show My So-Called Lifeas a angst-ridden teen, Angela Chase. "It was a seminal experience for me, both professionally and personally ... I was the same age as the character, and there was an incredibl...
Over a decade after starring as Danes's rebellious onscreen BFF, Rayanne Graff on the cult show, she has now taken on a different role in her life. In 2005, she married Charles Courtenay, who is the 19th Earl of Devon, which makes her a Countess! They have two children, Joscelyn who is 10, and Jack who is 8 and they live in Powderham Castle in the ...
Cruz still continues to act and is most recently known for his work in Star Trek: Discovery and 13 Reasons Why. He was the first openly gay actor to portray an openly gay teen on TV as Rickie Vasquez. He credits the show for helping his father come to terms with his sexuality. "The show changed my life. When I tell you that I am just as grateful fo...
Before Angela Chase became close with Rayanne and Rickie, she considered Odessa's straight-edge Sharon Cherski to be her best friend. Angela quickly outgrew the relationship, however. Since starring in the show Odessa has continued to act in show like Private Practice and the 2017 short, Blink. "[Creator] Winnie [Holzman] married my husband and me ...
You can make the argument that Jared Leto was one of the most notable cast members of My So-Called Life. Playing the object of Angela Chase's desire and later becoming her actual boyfriend, he played the high school heartthrob, Jordan Catalano. As much as we appreciated the bad boy nature of his character, the actor said that the show didn't leave ...
Everyone loves the nerdy next-door neighbor, but watching Brian Krakow crush over Angela Chase was grueling to witness. "Even though we were all devastated when it ended, I do think we are grateful for it being such a short-lived and kind of perfect thing that happened under glass, in a way," Gummersall shared with ELLE. "It was over before it beca...
As the youngest star of the show, Lisa Wilhoit played Danielle Chase, who was Danes's little sister. Wilhoit has been keeping busy since the show ended by doing voice-over work on Family Guysince 2000.
Tom Irwin was better known as Angela and Danielle's down-to-earth dad. The character was married to Patty Chase, who was played by Bess Armstrong. "Usually Bess and my scenes would be toward the end of the day because they wanted to get the kids out earlier," Irwin recalled to ELLE of his experience on the set of My So-Called Life. "And oftentimes ...
Before the term 'helicopter mom' was coined to describe Millennial parents, Bess Armstrong played just that role. It wasn't until the show's season finale that had Armstrong's on-screen husband kissing another woman, that it brought out a legion of Mrs. Chase supporters. "[Creator Winnie Holzman] had told me that, because Graham was beginning that ...
My So-Called Life is a television series which aired from 1994-1995 on ABC. The original title of the show was "Someone Like Me." The series was created by Winnie Holzman. Set in Three Rivers, a fictional suburb somewhere near Pittsburgh, PA, "My So-Called Life" (a.k.a. MSCL) centers on Angela Chase, an intelligent, articulate 15-year-old sophomore at Liberty High. The story begins at a ...
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Apr 14, 2015 · When that happens, she and her husband, along with their two kids, will live in a castle. Not bad, Rayanne, not bad. Wilson Cruz (Rickie Vasquez) Wilson Cruz is an LGBT advocate who has appeared ...
