Party of Five
1994
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Innes is an advocate for the disabled community, utilizing her role as a director to help employ disabled people. She is a supporter of the Performers with Disabilities Committee, which is associated with the Screen Actors Guild.
For a dozen seasons, Laura Innes played ER’s Dr. Kerry Weaver, a tart-tongued surgeon with an unnamed disability that caused her to walk with a limp. Initially Innes, who is able bodied, thought little of that aspect of her new role.
Is an advocate for the disabled community, utilizing her role as a director to help employ disabled people.
Feb 19, 2007 · 12 minutes read. After 12 years on television’s enduring hit medical drama, ER, last month Emmy-winning actor and director Laura Innes finally hung up her stethoscope as Dr. Kerry Weaver, the hospital’s resident tough-as-nails administrator and lesbian. After Dr. Weaver fell for hospital psychiatrist Kim Legaspi (Elizabeth Mitchell) in the ...
Mar 1, 2022 · TV URBAN LEGEND: Dr. Weaver on ER had her mysterious limp finally fixed because the actor who played Weaver, Laura Innes, was beginning to have her real life health affected by the constant use of a cane!
Circa 2008 For a dozen seasons, Laura Innes played ER’s Dr. Kerry Weaver, a tart-tongued surgeon with an unnamed disability that caused her to walk with a limp. Initially Innes, who is able bodied, thought little of that aspect of her new role.
May 11, 2010 · Laura Innes was nominated for an Emmy -- twice -- for her role as Dr. Kerry Weaver, who sped briskly through the chaos in her Chicago emergency room in ER while using a forearm crutch.
Mar 7, 2009 · Disability-related job limitations and your need for accommodation is another issue. If you request a reasonable accommodation, or if the employer cannot evaluate how you can perform the...
Oct 3, 2010 · Laura Innes became familiar to TV audiences as the accomplished but abrasive Dr. Kerry Weaver in her 14-year run on the hit medical drama “ER,” which also launched her directing career.
Apr 5, 1998 · She played Louie Anderson's wife in "Louie" about the same time she landed the "ER" role. The details of Dr. Weaver's disability have never been explained on the show, but it's strictly a...
