Simone Griffeth (born April 4, 1950), sometimes credited under her married name Simone Griffeth-McDonald, is an American actress. She was a Theater Arts major at the University of South Carolina for three years. While attending college Simone acted in a weekly children's show for a Columbia television station. She appeared in a TV commercial at age 15.
Life and career The tall, blonde Griffeth was born in Savannah, Georgia. She made her film debut as the titular sweet innocent country girl in the redneck country exploitation film Swamp Girl (1971). She then went on to star in a number of movies in the 1970s, followed by numerous recurring roles in many prime-time TV series through the early 1980s, including her role of serious minded reporter Gretchen on Ladies' Man (1980–81) and as Beatrice Arthur's spoiled daughter-in-law Arlene on Amanda's (1983). Griffeth reunited with her former Ladies Man co-star Herb Edelman in an episode of The Golden Girls, playing Stan Zbornak's second wife, Chrissy. In 2017, Simone began a comeback by portraying a hard-nosed, matriarch of a renowned, Savannah, Georgia law firm in the crime-drama, Untouched. She continues to coach actors in the Hilton Head area.
Among the TV shows Griffeth has done guest spots on are Hawaii Five-O, The Six Million Dollar Man, Starsky and Hutch, The Incredible Hulk, The Dukes of Hazzard, Three's Company, The Greatest American Hero, Hart to Hart, Buffalo Bill, T.J. Hooker, Magnum, P.I., Riptide, The Golden Girls, Bret Maverick and Silk Stalkings.
Currently, while between acting jobs, she works as a real estate agent for high-end Low Country properties, together with husband Wayne McDonald.
Selected filmography Year Title Role Notes 1971 Swamp Girl Janeen 1973 Sixteen Naomi Irtley 1974 Only with Married Men Tina 1975 Death Race 2000 Annie Smith Originally billed above Sylvester Stallone 1976 Monster Squad Bonnie Bon 1979 Mandrake Stacy Television film 1979 Hawaii Five-O Gerry Colby Episode: "A Very Personal Matter" 1980 Hart to Hart Pamela Granville Episode: 1*20 Cruise At Your Own Risk 1980 Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story Marcy TV film 1980Ladies' Man Gretchen 1981Delusion Pamela Barton Also known as The House Where Death Lives 1981Bret Maverick: Faith, Hope and Clarity Jasmine DuBois 1983Amanda's Arlene Cartwright 1983Buffalo Bill Tamara Brooks 1985 Hot Target Christine Webber 1998 The New Swiss Family Robinson Cynthia 2013 10 Rules for Sleeping Around Barbara 2013 Savannah Mrs. Stubbs 2017 Untouched Eleanor Thomas 2017 In Search of Liberty Charlene Murray
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