The Electric Company: Encyclopedia II - The Electric Company - Performers

The Electric Company - Performers

Many cast members, such as Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman, Rita Moreno, and Hattie Winston, went on to become prolific television and film celebrities in the decades that followed. Luis Avalos, Jim Boyd, Lee Chamberlin, Judy Graubart, Skip Hinnant, and Danny Seagren also appeared on the show.

Members of the Short Circus included June Angela, Gregg Burge, Irene Cara (who went on to star in the 1980 movie Fame, and years later won an Academy Award for co-writing the theme song to Flashdance), Todd Graff (Ilene Graff's brother; he went on to become a successful actor as an adult, co-starring in James Cameron's The Abyss), Douglas Grant, Melanie Henderson, Bayn Johnson, Steve Gustafson, Rodney Lewis, Réjane Maglorie, Janina Matthews, and Denise Nickerson (who previously co-starred as one of the children in Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory). Gene Wilder (who played Wonka in the aforementioned film), provided the voice for Letterman in the cartoon shorts of the same name. June Angela was the only Short Circus member to remain with the show's cast throughout its run (she was 12 when The Electric Company began, and 17 during its final season); others lasted anywhere from one to four years.

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