See "Hotel" Star Connie Sellecca now at 66
The former Primetime soap star has abandoned acting for new businesses.
While some of his first roles in small TV groups Pamela Williams play include inBeyond Westworld and Pam DavidsonThe biggest American hero,Connie Sellecta is probably better known to play Christine Francis on thehigh-listening soap Hotel. The series, which also playedJames Brolin, Created in 1983 on ABC Aerantier just afterDynasty-And lasted five seasons.
HotelWorn around St. Gregory's staff in San Francisco and introduced dozens of guest stars like hotel guests. As the soap continued, the character of Sellecca finally ended up running the hotel itself. Today, it's been almost 40 years oldHotelAnd Christine Francis made their debut. And Sellecta, 66, has long taken a step back from Hollywood. Continue reading to find out what it is doing today.
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SELLECCA does not act anymore.
AfterHotel, SELLECCA continued to act on the screen for 20 years. Especially she played in the television seriesP.S.I. Luv uAs well as many television movies, includingDangerous Affair andThe surrogate. His last role was in 2012, appearing in the TV movieAll About Eve Christmas next toDuff Haylie andStephen Colletti.
During the past 10 years since, SELLECCA has focused on other companies and family. She started her own deceased skin care line calledThe SELLECCA solution, Which was formerly available for purchase by QVC. In 1992, she married the musician and the TV personalityJohn Tesh, And they have been together since. (His first husband wasGil Gerard, Who was married from 1979 to 1987.)
It was the faith of Sellecca who encouraged Tesh to become a Christian born again, as he wrote inhis biblical reading plan,Tirelessly. The subject came to their first date.
"Connie suggested that I could love his church. She told me that it was how she passed on on Sunday, so if we wanted to spend little free time each one had together, I might want to consider giving a try, "said Tesh. "I loved Connie, so of course I was interested in his church. In fact, I fall in love with Connie and his church. »
It welcomes its own radio show.
After the career on Sellecca television ended, his radio on the radio started. His show,Intelligence for your health, Is unionized on radio stations everywhere in the country and topics of blankets, including skin care, feeding and fitness. She also has hostsIntelligence for your Life TV with Tesh and his son,GIB Gerard, From his first marriage.
With Tesh and Sellecca married and working on the radio together, it is not surprising that it was chosen to present it when it was inducted at the Radio Temple of Fame in 2019. But after Sellecta was played out of early stage , the cutting of the production of his microphone and the lights in the room before she had finished with his speech,Tesh sent the price back.
"What happened at the Night of the Radio Room of Connie Sellecca was a horrible mistake and I could not apologize anymore,"SUSY SCHULTZ, The executive director of the museum, declared a statement toRobert Feder. "Hers is a strong and important voice that should not be quietly reduced. She is a woman with a multi-faceted career and a sharp sense of business that has sailed the world to act, modeling, television, production and digital broadcast. »
Tesh and Sellecta also founded theTHE SELLECCA-TESH FOUNDATION together. The organization offers patients with dementia and other neurological disorders access to music therapy. SELLECCA has been a spokesman for Mothers Against Drunk Driving, as well.
Sellecta supported Tesh after diagnosis of cancer.
In 2015, Tesh was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and he first had trouble with his diagnosis, he credited Sellecca to help him continue.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"My wife knew how much I liked to be the ocean,"He told theSan Diego Union Tribune In 2020. "Water is a great thing for me. So after each treatment of chemo, we stay at [Hotel del Coronado]. I was dragged into the water and watched the Navy Seals suffer [in training]. »
In 2021,Tesh saysPeople That his cancer had returned in October 2020, and he could beat him again. Once again, he said that Sellecca played a huge role in his fight.
"If she had not been my lawyer and such a brilliant study of prostate cancer, I would not have done," he said. "We were going to meet new doctors and, after about half an hour, they would turn to her and say," Are you in the medical field? "
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SELLECCA is focused on his family.
Nowadays, Sellecca lives a much more private life than she did when she was a soap star. His only presence of social media is shehis official Facebook pagewhere she says she is a mother and a grandmother. The 28 year old girl she shares with Tesh,Prima TSESH, is a pilates instructor and dancer and occasionally shares his family's shortcuts onhis instagram.
SELLECCA rarely makes interviews these days. But back in 1990, she spoke with tenderness her time onHotel Talking aboutOrange coast magazine.
"I'm just loved to doHotel. I loved people- [producer]Aaron spelling Was wonderful to work with-I loved the casting and crew, "she said." And our points of view were very respected and valued on the show. I also had an opportunity - not all the weeks - but many times, to do interesting work, and I received a nomination at the Golden Globe for the best actress of a series of a series. Over the five years, the series ran, we all did a lot of [Grow] together. It has become a big family and as a family, we had dead-losersAnn Baxter-And diseases. One of the cancer of the CAST contracted. Jim [Bolin] and I both have painful divorces, another couple married. "
For now, it seems that Sellecca can be found most often on its radio and Tesh side.
