Catherine Hicks Biography

Fast Facts

• Since 1987, the Catherine Hicks Award for outstanding work in theater arts has been given by the University of Notre Dame to a graduating senior
• Joined the Safeguard My Meds campaign with the National Community Pharmacists Association and Purdue Pharma L․P․ to combat prescription medication abuse
• Earned her master's in fine arts from Cornell University
• In 1990, married make-up and special effects artist Kevin Yagher from the "Child's Play," "Face/Off" and "Mission: Impossible II" films
• Her appearances on "Ryan's Hope" and Broadway's "Tribute" in the late 1970s led to her breakout role as Marilyn Monroe in the "Marilyn: The Untold Story" TV movie
• Quote: "You just don't stay behind a character and make people laugh or cry․ At some point, you have to take off that mask, and when you do, you're a human being, not just an actor․"
• Was reluctant to play a mother on television until reading the script for the "7th Heaven" family-drama