Corinne Bohrer (born October 18, 1958) is an American film and television actress whose career has spanned four decades and includes regular roles in eight primetime series produced between 1984 and 2015: E/R (1984–85), Free Spirit (leading role, 1989–90), Man of the People (1991–92), Double Rush (1995), Partners (1995–96), Rude Awakening (recurring, 1998–2001), Veronica Mars (recurring, 2004–2006) and Murder in the First (recurring, 2015).
Corinne Bohrer | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 18, 1958 Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1981–present |
Early life
editBorn on the North Carolina Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Bohrer was raised in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Billings, Montana; and Arlington, Texas,[1] where she attended Lamar High School.[2] She was active in drama, band, and student government.
She attended the University of Texas at Arlington to study journalism but never graduated.[1][3]
Career
editWhile in college, she modeled, performed in commercials, and worked as a dancer.[1]
Film and television
editBy the time of her 22nd birthday, Bohrer was in Hollywood, working on her first on-screen assignment — a one-minute role as a stranded motorist on McClain's Law, the pilot telefilm of the 1981 James Arness series of the same name. In 1986 she appeared in the 22nd episode of the first season of MacGyver as Terry Ross. In 1988 she co-starred opposite Randy Quaid in Dead Solid Perfect,[3] and followed that with a co-starring role opposite Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage in the comedy Vice Versa.[3][4] During the 1990s, she appeared on Murder, She Wrote.
Many of her major roles were in short-lived sitcoms. She played a young pediatric nurse who had a crush on Elliott Gould in the 1984-1985 CBS sitcom E/R,[3] a bohemian witch who becomes a nanny for a motherless family, Bohrer's first role as lead actress, in the early 90s ABC sitcom Free Spirit,[5] and a prim and conservative administrative assistant who acted as a foil to her boss, an unscrupulous City Councilman played by James Garner in the NBC sitcom Man of the People.[3]
She is also known as Trickster's sidekick Prank in the 1990 CBS series The Flash and the version from The CW, in which she appeared in a 2018 episode.
Bohrer's work has included a recurring role as Lianne Mars, the wayward mother of the title character in the CW television series Veronica Mars.[6]
She was featured in the Dream On episode "What I Did for Lust" and the Friends episode "The One Where Rachel Finds Out" (1995).
Commercials
editBohrer has also frequently appeared in commercials. She appeared in McDonald's 1987 Chicken McNuggets Shanghai campaign.[7] She also played the role of the "counselor" in Apple Inc.'s "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Other commercials include Totinos Pizza Rolls, Walgreens, Campbell's low sodium soup and Bounty ("One-sheeter"!).
Theatre
editIn 1983 she appeared in Larry Ketron's comedy The Trading Post at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Los Angeles.[8]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | McClain's Law | Vicki Thomas | Television film | rowspan="2" | 1982 | Zapped! | Cindy | as Corrinne Bohrer |
| 1982 | My Favorite Year | Bonnie | ||||||
| 1982 | They Call Me Bruce? | Cowgirl Suzie | ||||||
| 1983 | Joysticks | Patsy Rutter | ||||||
| 1984 | Surf II | Cindy Lou | ||||||
| 1986 | Stewardess School | Cindy Adams | ||||||
| 1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Laura | ||||||
| Cross My Heart | Susan | |||||||
| 1988 | Dead Solid Perfect | Janie Rimmer | ||||||
| Vice Versa | Sam | |||||||
| 1994 | The Coriolis Effect | Suzy | Short film | |||||
| Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love | Jeanie Humphrey | Television film | ||||||
| 1995 | Aurora: Operation Intercept | Sharon Pruett | ||||||
| 1997 | Under Wraps | Marshall's Mom | Television film | |||||
| Star Kid | Janet Holloway | |||||||
| 1998 | Inconceivable | Eve | ||||||
| 2000 | Big Eden | Anna Rudolph | ||||||
| Phantom of the Megaplex | Julie Riley | Television film | ||||||
| 2019 | Tellers | Gloria Duffield |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Falcon Crest | Ann Hilton | Episode: "Heir Apparent" |
| Making The Grade | Episode: "Marriage, Dave Style" | ||
| The Powers of Matthew Star | Cheerleader | Episode: "Daredevil" | |
| 1983 | T.J. Hooker | Beth Arnold | Episode: "The Decoy" |
| 1984 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Gina Longren | Episode: "Third Down and Twenty Years to Life" |
| The Yellow Rose | Rickey | Episode: "Sport of Kings" | |
| 1984–1985 | E/R | Nurse Cory Smith | 22 episodes |
| 1986 | MacGyver | Terry Ross | Episode: "The Assassin" |
| St. Elsewhere | Suzanne McConnell | Episode: "Brand New Band" | |
| 1989–1990 | Free Spirit | Winnie Goodwinn | 14 episodes |
| 1991 | The Flash | Zoey Clark / Prank | Episode: "Trial of the Trickster" |
| Dream On | Chloe | Episode: "What I Did for Lust" | |
| Herman's Head | Connie | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1991–1992 | Man of The People | Constance Leroy | 10 episodes |
| 1992, 1994, 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Wanda Andrews, Bea Huffington, Helena McKenna | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Diagnosis: Murder | Bobbie Burton | Episode: "Reunion with Murder" |
| 1995 | Double Rush | Zoe Fuller | 13 episodes |
| Friends | Melanie | Episode: "The One Where Rachel Finds Out" | |
| Ned and Stacey | Stephanie | Episode: "Please Don't Squeeze Out" | |
| 1995–1996 | Partners | Lolie | 7 episodes |
| 1998–2000 | Rude Awakening | Tish Frank | 12 episodes |
| 2003–2004 | Joan of Arcadia | Sylvia Tardio | 2 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Veronica Mars | Lianne Mars | 7 episodes |
| 2015 | Murder In The First | Lydia Maker | 5 episodes |
| 2018 | The Flash | Zoey Clark / Prank | Episode: "The Elongated Knight Rises" |
| 2020 | Criminal Minds | Alexandria Duggan | 2 episodes |
| 2021 | Grey's Anatomy | Emma Correa | Episode "Here Comes the Sun" |
References
edit- ^ a b c Guttman, Monika (January 21, 1990). "Corinne Bohrer takes work seriously". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Bark, Ed (July 26, 1989). "Meeting the press brings her to tears". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
- ^ a b c d e Little, Barbara (September 14, 1991). "Ex-county resident teams up with James Garner". Intelligencer Journal. p. B99.
- ^ Variety Staff (January 1, 1988). "Vice Versa". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Levine, Evan. "Corinne Bohrer is a real Free Spirit". No. 22 September 1989. Brandon Sun. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ Gallo, Phil (September 19, 2004). "Veronica Mars". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ "McDonalds Chicken Nuggets Shanghai 1987 - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ Drake, Sylvie (August 24, 1983). "Courtin' Time at 'The Trading Post'". Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 5.