Christopher Walken is that rare actor who made the successful transition from child player to adult star. Born and raised in Astoria, Queens, he studied dance as a youngster and, from the age of 10, appeared in live musicals and dramas in the so-called "Golden Age of Television" in the 1950s. (He also occasionally traded off with his brother Glenn playing the character of Mike Bauer on the CBS daytime serial "Guiding Light" between 1954 and 1956.) The tall, angular blue-eyed performer was in his mid-teens when he made his Broadway debut (then billed as 'Ronnie' (short for Ronald) Walken) in Archibald MacLeish's award-winning verse play "J.B." in 1959.
This curvaceous brunette is best-known for her role as the feisty sister of "good ol' boys" John Schneider and Tom Wopat on the popular CBS comedy-drama "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979-85). Bach moved to California at 16 to study acting (at USC, and with coaches Milton Katselas and Anna Strasberg). She first came to the notice of TV viewers in the telefilms "Strange New World" and the "Matt Helm" pilot (both ABC, 1975). Her roles were small, and even smaller was her next billed part in "Murder in Peyton Place" (NBC, 1977).
