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Claudia Lonow
Birth at
26 January 1963
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Claudia Lonow is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. She was born on January 23, 1963 in New York City, where she grew up and attended the Graduate School of Music and Art, and where she began studying acting. Interestingly, the real surname of the actress Rapaport, she took the surname of stepfather Mark Lonough, who raised her. Claudia’s half-brother Michael David Rapaport also became an actor. The actress made her film debut in 1979, starring in an episode of the comedy series The
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Claudia Lonow is an American actress, screenwriter and producer.
She was born on January 23, 1963 in New York City, where she grew up and attended the Graduate School of Music and Art, and where she began studying acting. Interestingly, the real surname of the actress Rapaport, she took the surname of stepfather Mark Lonough, who raised her. Claudia’s half-brother Michael David Rapaport also became an actor.
The actress made her film debut in 1979, starring in an episode of the comedy series The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She became famous, having received an invitation to star in the soap opera Quiet Wharf - she spent several seasons in the cast of this series - from 1979 to 1984, and the final one, in 1993. After filming in it, Claudia starred mainly in guest roles in various series, including in
Beverly Hills 90210 Hotel, Fantasy Island.
In parallel, since the late 1990s, she began writing and producing television, and in 2001 finally ended her career as an actress. Among her most successful projects in her new capacity are the series “Spring Awakening”, “Cashmere Mafia”, “War in the House”.