Cast Bios

TERI POLO (Emily Gennett) – is best known for her role opposite in the feature films “” and “Meet the Fockers,” and is once again about to go into production in the much anticipated “Meet the Little Focker.”

Transitioning easily between feature films and television, Polo most recently starred as First Lady Helen Santos, opposite in the critically acclaimed NBC series “.” She also starred in her own series, “I’m With Her,” loosely based on Brooke Shields’ marriage to writer Chris Henchy, who was also the show's creator.

Polo has had notable guest starring roles in hit comedies and dramas, including “,” “Sports Night,” “,” “Felicity,” “Brimstone,” “” and “Tales from the Crypt,” and has starred in numerous television movies including “For the Love of the Child,” Danielle Steele’s “Full Circle,” “The Van Helsing Chronicles,” “A Father for Brittany,” “Texarkana,” “The Marriage Fool,” “Straight From the Heart” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”

Among Polo’s additional feature film credits include “Beyond Borders,” “Domestic Disturbance,” “Golden Gate,” “The House of Spirits,” “The Arrival,” “Quick” and “Aspen Extreme.”

Growing up in Dover, Delaware, straight ‘A’ student Polo is a trained dancer who studied ballet for 12 years. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her son and three dogs.

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ROBERT MAILHOUSE (Kenton Rhodes) – Robert Mailhouse studied acting and music throughout high school, landing him on the daytime drama “Days of Our Lives.” Since then, Mailhouse has amassed an exciting array of guest starring roles including “Las Vegas,” “Without A Trace,” “CSI: New York,” “Judging Amy,” “Sports Night,” “ Hope,” “The Larry Sanders Show,” “,” “Dream On” and “Seinfield.”

Mailhouse has also starred in several feature films, including “Glimmerman” and “Speed,” and the independent films “Kimberly” and “Just a Little Harmless Sex.”

An accomplished musician, Mailhouse not only plays piano but currently plays drums for

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BARRY BOSTWICK (Martin Harper) – Golden Globe and Tony Award Winner Barry Bostwick has had an impressive career spanning all genres and mediums of show business, from his portrayal of the quintessential All-American Brad Majors in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” to starring on and off Broadway and winning the coveted ‘Tony’ for “The Robber Bridegroom,” to playing the hilarious Mayor Randall Winston on ABC’s “.”

The talented Bostwick has starred in many highly acclaimed television films and miniseries, including the Peabody award-winning CBS mini-series “,” “War and Remembrance,” for which he won a Golden Globe for his performance as Lieutenant “Lady” Aster, “A Woman of Substance,” “Uncommon Love,” “Addicted to Love,” three adaptations of Judith Krantz novels: “I’ll Take Manhattan,” “Scruples,” and “’Til We Meet Again,” as well as Danielle Steele’s miniseries “Once in a Lifetime.”

Additionally, Bostwick has appeared in several television musical specials, including “The Best of Broadway,” “In Performance at the White House” and “Irving Berlin’s 100th Birthday Celebration at Carnegie Hall,” and has hosted “A Capital Fourth” the PBS Fourth of July Special live from the steps of the U.S. Capital, for six consecutive years.

In addition to his extensive television work, Bostwick has starred in many feature films including “Skulls III,” “102 Dalmatians,” “ Weekend at Bernie’s 2,” “Spy Hard” and “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Bostwick lives with his wife Sherri Ellen and their two children in upstate New York. An accomplished potter, his work has been sold and displayed in prominent galleries.

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DONNA MILLS (Margot Harper) - Donna Mills is best known for her role as for nine seasons on the CBS primetime “.” Ms. Mills recently rejoined the popular cast for “Knots Landing Reunion: Together Again.”

Embraced by audiences for her blue-eyed determination and her timeless beauty, she has graced the cover of TV Guide nine times, and was voted one of the sexiest women in the world five years in a row by US Magazine.

Her additional television credits include the television movies “Too Cool for Christmas,” “Moonlight Becomes You,” “The Stepford Husbands” and “My Name is Kate.” She complemented those roles with a recurring role on the hit FOX drama, “Melrose Place.”

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Mills also recently starred in the Hallmark Channel Mystery Movie, JANE DOE “Yes, I Remember It Well,” playing Lea Thompson’s mother and long-time CSA agent.

She launched her career as a producer with the NBC telefilm “Intimate Encounters,” and established Donna Mills Productions, producing and staring in such fare as “The World’s Oldest Living Bridesmaid,” and “Runaway Father.”

In addition to her acting career, Donna has an eye make-up kit and video, “The Eyes Have It.”

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MARIETTE HARTLEY (Audrey) - Emmy Award-winning actress Mariette Hartley is recognized as one of the most versatile actresses in the industry due to her impressive career in television, film and theatre. Currently recurring as Courtney Cox’s mother on the new FX series “Dirt,” Hartley has appeared in dozens of television shows from “M*A*S*H” and “The Incredible Hulk” to “Navy NCIS” and multiple episodes of “Law and Order: SVU.”

Hartley is also known for starring in such acclaimed television movies as “Silence of the Heart” and “MADD: The Candy Lightner Story.” A three-time Clio Award-winner for her Polaroid commercials with , she also has been the host of several series, including CBS’s “The Morning Program,” eight seasons with the acclaimed “Healthy Solutions, and is currently the host of Animal Planet’s “Wild About Animals.”

Her feature film credits include Sam Peckingpah’s classic “Ride the High Country” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie,” as well as “Encino Man” and “1969.”

One of the country’s foremost advocates for the mentally ill, Hartley is the national spokesperson for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and is active in many other organizations including the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, SOJOURN and M.A.D.D.

Hartley is also the best selling author of Breaking the Silence, an autobiography about hope and courage.

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