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{{Year nav topic5|1994|Polish television}}
| name = Bridgette Andersen
This is a list of [[Polish television]] related events from 1994.
| image = Bridgette Andersen.jpg
| caption = Andersen in ''[[Savannah Smiles]]'' in 1982.
| birthname = Marriah Bridget Andersen
| birth_date = {{birth date|1975|07|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], [[California]], USA
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|05|18|1975|07|11}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA
| death_cause = Overdose of alcohol and drugs
|resting_place =
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1982&ndash;1996
}}
 
==Events==
'''Marriah Bridget Andersen''' (July 11, 1975 &ndash; May 18, 1997), professionally billed as '''Bridgette Andersen''' was an American [[child actress]] best known as the title role of the 1982 comedy ''[[Savannah Smiles]]''. After having struggled with addiction for some time, she died from a drugs and alcohol overdose at the age of twenty-one.
*1 January - Public [[Telewizja Polska|Polish TV]] channels with exception for [[TVP1]] switched from [[SECAM]] to [[PAL]].
*30 April - Poland enters the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for the first time with "[[To nie ja!]]" performed by [[Edyta Górniak]].
 
==Debuts==
==Early life and career==
===International===
Marriah Bridget Andersen was born in [[Inglewood, California]] to Frank Glasse and Teresa Andersen, Bridgette Andersen (as she was known professionally) was raised in [[Malibu, California]], and from an early age, she showed exceptional intelligence.<ref name="havre">{{cite news|title=Andersen is precocious actress|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-apr-23-1982-396129/|accessdate=23 September 2017|publisher=Havre Daily News|date=23 April 1982}}</ref> By two years old, she decided she wanted to be an actress and eventually began a career as a [[Child modeling|child model]], appearing in TV commercials, before breaking into acting by the age seven in the 1982 [[Television movie|TV movie]], ''Washington Mistress''<ref name="havre"/> Later that year, Andersen appeared in her most memorable role as the title character in ''[[Savannah Smiles]]'',<ref name="savannahsmiles">{{cite news|last1=Anderson|first1=Nancy|title=Savannah Smiles|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-jun-26-1982-399448/|accessdate=23 September 2017|agency=Copley News Sevice|publisher=Cumberland News}}</ref> followed by roles in ''[[Family Ties]]'', ''[[Remington Steele]]'', and as a young [[Mae West]] in the TV [[Biographical film|biopic]] of the actress' life.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! English Title
! Polish Title
! Network
! Date
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} ''[[Darkwing Duck]]''
|''Dzielny Agent Kaczor''
|[[TVP1]]
|12 March
|-
|{{flagicon|UK}} ''[[Avenger Penguins]]''
|''Waleczne pingwiny''
|[[TVP Regionalna]]
|1994
|}
 
==Television shows==
In 1983, Andersen appeared as Celia in the short lived sitcom ''Gun Shy'',<ref name="singleseason">{{cite book|last1=Leszczak|first1=Bob|title=Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s: A Complete Guide|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786499588|page=58|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OHIDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA58&dq=bridgette+andersen+gun+shy&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt4uKB47vWAhXCRSYKHaXwCRAQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=bridgette%20andersen%20gun%20shy&f=false|accessdate=23 September 2017|language=en}}</ref> and was also nominated for a [[Young Artist Award]] for her role in ''Savannah Smiles''. She followed up with a role in the [[horror film]], ''[[Nightmares (1983 film)|Nightmares]]''. She was nominated for a second time for a Young Artist Award for her role in ''Gun Shy'' the following year.
 
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Throughout the mid-1980s, Andersen continued to appear in episodic television, T.V. movies and features films, including: ''A Summer to Remember'' in 1985, ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'', ''[[Fever Pitch (1985 movie)|Fever Pitch]]'' with [[Ryan O'Neal]], ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', and ''[[The Parent Trap II]]'' with [[Hayley Mills]].
 
==Ending this year==
By 1987, Andersen's roles were infrequent with her only appearances being in an episode of ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]'' and an [[independent film]] entitled ''Too Much''. One of Andersen's last roles was a small part in a [[Pepsi]] commercial that aired during [[Super Bowl XXX]] on January 28, 1996. Her last acting role was in the independent feature ''Locker 28''. However, the film has never been released.
 
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Andersen made her last television appearance in the episode entitled ''Eating Hollywood'' on ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]'' as her role as Drew, which aired on November 17, 1996.
 
==Networks and services==
==Death==
===Launches===
Andersen was reportedly not close to her family and had little contact with them. During her teen years, she struggled with an addiction to [[heroin]], and at the time of her death, was attempting to stay [[Sobriety|clean]] while working at Erewhon Health Food Store in [[Los Angeles, California]].
 
On May 18, 1997, Andersen died of a [[heroin]] overdose.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/dead-end-kids/Content?oid=1120431 |title=Dead end kids |last=Smetanka |first=Andy |date=September 4, 2003 |work=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date=April 1, 2017 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20170401232735/http://www.csindy.com/coloradosprings/dead-end-kids/Content?oid=1120431 |archivedate=April 1, 2017 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref><ref name="jacksonville">{{cite news|last1=Heldenfels|first1=Rich|title='Savannah Smiles' child star dies young|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/anonymous-celebrity-clipping-jul-31-2011-399450/|accessdate=23 September 2017|publisher=Jacksonville Daily News|date=31 July 2011|page=31}}</ref> She was twenty-one years old. Her funeral service was held on May 25, 1997 at Malibu United Methodist Church. Andersen was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery in Ada, Oregon.
 
==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Network
|+ Film
! Type
|-
! Launch date
! Year
! TitleNotes
! RoleSource
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| Canal+ Premium
| 1982
| Cable television
| ''[[Savannah Smiles]]''
| 17 December
| Savannah
|
|
|}
 
===Conversions and rebrandings===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Old network name
| 1983
! New network name
| ''[[Nightmares (1983 film)|Nightmares]]''
! Type
| Brooke Houston
! Conversion Date
| Segment: "Night of the Rat"
! Notes
! Source
|-
|[[]]
| 1985
|
| ''[[Fever Pitch (1985 film)|Fever Pitch]]''
|Cable and satellite
| Amy
|
|
|-
| 1987
| ''Too Much''
| Susie
|
|}
 
===Closures===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Television
|-
!style="text-align:center; width:125px"|Network
! Year
!style="text-align:center; width:130px"|Type
! Title
!style="text-align:center; width:60px"|End date
! Role
! classstyle="unsortabletext-align:center; width:500px" | Notes
!style="text-align:center; width:30px"|Sources
|-
|[[]]
| 1982
|Cable and satellite
| ''Washington Mistress''
|
| Jenny
|
| Television movie
|-
| 1982
| ''[[King's Crossing]]''
| Mimi Hadary
| Episode: "Triangle"
|-
| 1982
| ''Mae West''
| Mae (Age 7)
| Television movie
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Family Ties]]''
| Young Mallory
| Episode: "[[List of Family Ties episodes#Season 1 (1982/83)|A Christmas Story]]"
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Gun Shy (TV series)|Gun Shy]]''
| Celia
| Main role, 6 episodes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]''
| Jane Ashley
| Episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger"
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Faerie Tale Theatre]]''
| Gretel
| Episode: "[[Hansel and Gretel (Faerie Tale Theatre episode)|Hansel and Gretel]]"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Remington Steele]]''
| Angel Gallen
| Episode: "[[List of Remington Steele episodes#Season 2: 1983–84|Blood Is Thicker Than Steele]]"
|-
| 1984
| ''The Mississippi''
| Abigail Marshall
| Episode: "Abigail"
|-
| 1984
| ''The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.''
| Alison Lattimer
| Television movie
|-
| 1985
| ''[[A Summer to Remember]]''
| Jill
| Television movie
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]''
| Lindsay Pomeroy
| Episode: "Lost and Found"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Golden Girls]]''
| Charley
| Episode: "[[List of The Golden Girls episodes#Season One|The Truth Will Out]]"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Between Two Women (1986 film)|Between Two Women]]''
| Kate Petherton
| Television movie
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Parent Trap II]]''
| Mary Grand
| Television movie
|-
| 1987
| ''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
| Jamie
| Episode: "Doctors Wilde"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Unhappily Ever After]]''
| Drew
| Episode: "Eating Hollywood", final appearance
|}
 
==Births==
==Award nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Title of work
! Result
|-
| 1983
| [[Young Artist Award]]
| Best Young Motion Picture Actress
| ''Savannah Smiles''
| Nominated
|-
| 1984
| Young Artist Award
| Best Young Actress in a Comedy Series
| ''Gun Shy''
| Nominated
|-
| 1985
| Young Artist Award
| Best Young Actress - Guest in a Television Series
| ''The Mississippi''
| Nominated
|-
| 1986
| Young Artist Award
| Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Television Special or Mini-Series
| ''A Summer to Remember''
| Nominated
|}
 
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==References==
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==External linksDeaths==
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* {{IMDb name|0026106}}
* {{Amg name|1470}}
* {{Find a Grave|6210390}}
 
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