Vicki Frederick is an American actor and dancer who has appeared on stage and in films and TV, who played the part of Sutra, one of Captain Nirvana's Lieutenant's in the Necroton Black Army, tracking Mork in Mork Vs. The Necrotons.
Biography[]
She was born in January 02, 1949, Georgia, U.S.
Career[]
Vicki Frederick's career as a dancer and actress started her out in New York where she appeared in:
- Minnie's Boys (1970)
- The Rothschilds (1970–1972)
- Tricks (1973)
- Cyrano (1973)
- The Pajama Game (1973–1974)
- A Chorus Line (Cassie)(1977)
- A Chorus Line (Sheila)(1985)
- Pippin (is featured on one of the early window cards for Pippin)
- Dancin' by Bob Fosse (Won Outer Critics Circle - Outstanding Actress in a Play)
Her feature films include Robert Aldrich's final film ...All the Marbles (1981), and in the 1984 rock musical film Body Rock, and had a bit part in All That Jazz. Frederick may be most remembered for her role as the sassy, elegant, long-haired dancer Sheila Bryant in the 1985 movie A Chorus Line, taking her back to her Broadway beginnings.
Films and TV[]
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | All That Jazz | Menage Partner #1 | |
| 1980 | Coast to Coast | Woman Golfer | |
| 1981 | ...All the Marbles | Iris | by Robert Aldrich |
| 1984 | Body Rock | Claire | |
| 1985 | A Chorus Line | Sheila Bryant | |
| 1986 | Stewardess School | Miss Grummet | |
| 1989 | Chopper Chicks in Zombietown | Jewel | |
| 1991 | Scissors | Nancy Leahy | |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Party Guest #1 | Frederick took no rolling credit for this film |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1979 | Happy Days | Helga | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Laverne & Shirley | Helga | 1 episode |
| 1979 | Mork & Mindy | Sutra | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Murder, She Wrote | Claire Hastings | 1 episode |
| 1990 | Dream On | Valerie Knox | 1 episode |
Mork & Mindy[]
Vicki Frederick fresh of her Critics Award for Best Actress in Dancin' on stage in New York and counterpart Debra Jo Fondren were cast as Nirvana's Necroton Lieutenants to play alongside Raquel Welch in the episode Mork Vs. The Necrotons.
Unfortunately, as has been well documented, both women were reportedly treated with disrespect by Welch. With Howard Storm in particular recounting how the two ladies sat alongside Welch in the read through and then asked who was playing 'her lieutenants' after the two women had departed, pretending not to have noticed either of them as they sat alongside of her. She then attempted to get the show runners to put dog masks on both women and let her lead them around by leashes for the entirety of the episode. Her treatment of both of them, alongside that of show star Pam Dawber, and other onset behaviors, unfortunately revealed a side of the star that appears unprofessional and seriously insecure at best.
Despite this, Vicki and Debra behaved professionally, and despite the obvious limitations of their roles, which were there to provide ABC's requested 'jiggle factor' did a competent job, with Vicki in particular in the role of Sutra leading the quasi uprising against the Nirvana character when she failed to carry out her assigned task by the leaders of Necroton in regards to Mork.