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Adrienne King
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| Adrienne King | |
| Born | February 4, 1960 (age 47) Long Island, New York, USA |
| Notable roles | Alice Hardy in Friday the 13th |
Adrienne King was born in Oyster Bay (Long Island), New York, USA on 4 February 1960, and did her first commercial when she was six months old, and has stayed at it with a brief hiatus or two ever since. She has also studied voice and dance at the London Royal Academy, being continually involved in some phase of show business. She has done numerous television (such as the episode Inherit the Wind of Hallmark Hall of Fame in 1965 as "Melinda") and radio commercials.
King is also a member of the Joseph Jefferson Theatre Company, and her professional credits include summer stock and off broadway productions including "W.H. Auden". Then, she was a non-credit dancer in Saturday Night Fever (1977). Her biggest roles were Alice in Friday the 13th (1980) and Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981). King was cast after the producers' could not get their first choice, Sally Field.
After the success of these movies she was terrorized by an obsessive fan.[citation needed] After his capture, she re-evaluated her desire to be in front of the camera.[citation needed] She did a few voice roles in The Night We Never Met and What's Eating Gilbert Grape (both in 1993) and While You Were Sleeping (1995). Adrienne now runs a film company in California, and she is thought to be a full time mom.