Cherie Bennett (born 1960 in Buffalo, New York) is an American novelist, actress, director, playwright, newspaper columnist, singer, and television writer on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless.
Cherie Bennett | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | C.J. Anders Carrie Austen Zoey Dean |
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| Alma mater | Wayne State University University of Michigan |
| Spouse | Jeff Gottesfeld (divorced) |
| Children | 1 |
Biography
editBennett attended Wayne State University, and then the University of Michigan in the early 1980s, as a musical theatre major. She worked as an actress, doing national musical tours, regional theatre productions including Mark Medoff's When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? and a well-reviewed turn in the off-Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' Twenty-Seven Wagons Full of Cotton. She headed her own improv comedy trio, Zaniac, and performed as a vocalist, singing backup for John Mellencamp and in her play, Honk Tonk Angels.
Bennett lives in Los Angeles with her son. Her pseudonyms are C.J. Anders and Carrie Austen. For many years, she wrote frequently with Jeff Gottesfeld, with whom she shared the Zoey Dean pseudonym.[1] She and Gottesfeld are divorced.
Her father was a writer for such shows as The Twilight Zone, Route 66, and Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows.
Since June 2011, she's been the Artistic Director at Amusings Productions in Sherman Oaks.
Television credits
editThe Young and the Restless (hired by Lynn Marie Latham; fired by Maria Arena Bell)
- Script Writer: December 14, 2006 - December 21, 2007; March 18 - August 19, 2008
- Associate Head Writer: July 2007 - December 21, 2007; March 18 - July 10, 2008
As the World Turns (hired by Hogan Sheffer)
- Breakdown Writer: 2005
Port Charles (hired by Lynn Marie Latham)
- Story Consultant: 1998
- Story Consultant: 1997
Girls Got Game: 2006
Smallville: 2001 - 2002
Books
editBook Series
- Sunset Island (forty-one book series)
- Dawson's Creek (seven original novels)
- Mirror Image (four book series)
- Hope Hospital (three book series)
Six Book Series
- University Hospital
- Wild Hearts
- Teen Angels
- Trash
- Pageant
Other Books
- Turn Me On (July 2007)
- Girls in Love
- Zink
- Life in the Fat Lane
- A Heart Divided
- Anne Frank and Me
- Searching for David's Heart
Plays
edit- John Lennon And Me
- Sex And Rage In A SoHo Loft
- Life In The Fat Lane
- Zink
- Searching for David's Heart
- A Heart Divided
- Cyra And Rocky
- Reviving Ophelia (adapted from the book by Dr. Mary Pipher)
Films
edit- Broken Bridges (Writer: 2006)
Newspaper column
edit- "Hey, Cherie!" (Weekly teen advice column through Copley News Service)
Awards and nominations
editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources. (April 2023) |
- Daytime Emmy: Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team, 2008
- Macy's Prize For Playwriting: Reviving Ophelia, 2005–2006
- Humanitas Award: Best children's film for television (Searching For David's Heart, 2005)
- American Library Association: Best Books For Young Adults, 2005 nominee (A Heart Divided)
- International Reading Association: Young Adult Readers' Choice, Anne Frank And Me, 2003
- American Alliance of Theater And Education UPR, 2000 winner (David's Heart)
- American Library Association: Best Books For Young Adults, 1999
References
edit- ^ Biography: Zoey Dean. Scholastic Corporation (accessed September 20, 2015) [dead link]