Cynthia Sikes

Cynthia Sikes
Born	Cynthia Lee Sikes (1954-01-02) January 2, 1954 Coffeyville, Kansas, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1975–present
Spouse(s)	Bud Yorkin (m. 1989; d. 2015)

Cynthia Lee Sikes (born January 2, 1954) is an American actress known primarily for her television roles.

Life and career

She was Miss Kansas 1972 and was a Top 10 finalist and preliminary swimsuit winner at the Miss America 1973 pageant. In 1979 she co-starred in the short-lived series Big Shamus, Little Shamus, with Brian Dennehy, but her breakthrough role was as Dr. Annie Cavanero in the series St. Elsewhere, a role she played for the show's first three seasons.

In addition, Sikes appeared on the CBS series Magnum, P.I., which starred Tom Selleck, during the 1980s, and in the feature film Good-bye, Cruel World and Arthur 2: On The Rocks; in the latter, which was a critical and commercial failure, she took over the role of Susan Johnson that Jill Eikenberry had originated in the original Arthur. In the fifth and sixth seasons of JAG, she played the love interest of Adm. Albert Jethro 'A.J.' Chegwidden (played by John M. Jackson).

In 1976, she co-starred in one episode of the TV series Columbo, playing the role of "Della" (daughter of "the Great Santini") in the episode Now You See Him.... She also played a judge in the television series LA Law and co-starred with Burt Reynolds as "Courtney" in the 1983 movie The Man Who Loved Women, which also starred Julie Andrews.

In 2008, Sikes appeared in The Young and the Restless as Zara, the mother of Sabrina Costelana.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1982	Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains	Alicia Meeker
1983	Good-bye Cruel World	Joyce
1983	The Man Who Loved Women	Courtney Wade
1986	That's Life!	Janice Kern
1988	Arthur 2: On the Rocks	Susan Johnson
1990	Love Hurts	Nancy Weaver
1998	Possums	Elizabeth Clark
2005	Going Shopping	Lisa

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	Emergency!	Karen Martin	Episode: "Communications"
1976	The Rockford Files	Susan Valero	Episode: "A Portrait of Elizabeth"
1976	Jigsaw John	Toni Stroud	Episode: "Promise to Kill"
1976	Columbo	Della	Episode: "Now You See Him"
1976	Police Woman	Michelle	Episodes: "Task Force: Cop Killer: Parts 1 & 2"
1976	Captains and Kings	Claudia Desmond Armagh	TV miniseries
1979	Big Shamus, Little Shamus	Jingles Lodestar	Episodes: "The Canary", "The Abduction"
1979	Archie Bunker's Place	Peggy Levy	Episode: "Bosom Partners"
1980	Archie Bunker's Place	Peggy Levy	Episode: "Murray's Daughter"
1980	Hart to Hart	Roseanne Driscoll	Episode: "'Tis the Season to Be Murdered"
1981	Falcon Crest	Barbara Munroe	Episode: "The Tangled Vines"
1981-1982	Flamingo Road	Sandy Swanson	Recurring role (9 episodes)
1982	Falcon Crest	Barbara Munroe	Episode: "Tony Comes Home"
1982	The Fall Guy	Gail Roberts	Episode: "Soldiers of Misfortune"
1982	Bring 'Em Back Alive		TV series
1982-1985	St. Elsewhere	Dr. Annie Cavanero	Main role (68 episodes)
1984	His Mistress	Paula Schuster	TV film
1985	I Had Three Wives	Dr. Harris	Episode: "You and I Know"
1985	Stir Crazy	Kathryn D'Angelo	Episode: "Pilot"
1985	Hotel	Callie Harlan	Episode: "Imperfect Union"
1985	Magnum, P.I.	Lauren Henderson	Episode: "The Kona Winds"
1986	Oceans of Fire	Helen Kyger	TV film
1988	L.A. Law	Judge Monica Ryan	Episodes: "Open Heart Perjury", "Leapin' Lizards", "Romancing the Drone"
1990	In Defense of a Married Man	Claudia	TV film
1996	Sins of Silence	Cynthia Hayes	TV film
1996	Wings	Nina Todd	Episode: "Wingless: Part 2"
1999	Arliss	Rona Suss	Episode: "The Art of Give and Take"
2000-2001	JAG	Dr. Sidney Walden	Recurring role (8 episodes)
2002	Arliss	Meredith Scott	Episode: "What You See Is What You Get"
2008	The Young and the Restless	Zara Costelana	TV series

External links

• Cynthia Sikes at the Internet Movie Database