Cindy Pickett

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia   Cindy Lou Pickett born April 18 1947 is an American actress best known for her 1970s role as Jackie MarlerSpaulding on the CBS soap Guiding Light her role as Dr Carol Novino on the hugelypopular television drama St Elsewhere in the 1980s for her critically acclaimed performance as the reallife Kay Stayner the mother of a boy who was kidnapped for several years in the dramatic TV movie I Know My First Name Is Steven and for her cinematic roles and performances as Valerie St John in Roger Vadims littleknown 1980 erotic cult film Night Games for which she would have the leading role and as the toughasnails and heroic Dr Jane Norris in the 1989 scifihorror film DeepStar Six Pickett however is handily bestknown to audiences for her highly memorable turn as Katie Bueller Matthew Brodericks titular characters loving and unsuspecting mother in the 1986 classic and iconic American comedy movie Ferris Buellers Day Off