She played Katie on "Benson". See Missy Gold now at 52.
The former actor abandoned Hollywood for a normal life.
In the 1980s, three golden sisters appeared on some of the most popular television programs.Tracey Gold played onGrowth pain.Brandy gold was onSaint elsewhere. AndMissy Gold played onBenson. (They also have two other brothers and sisters,Jessie Gold, who acted later, andCassie Gold.)
Benson turned around Benson Dubois (Robert Guillaume), the head of household of Governor Eugene X. Gatling (James Noble). Gold played Governor Katie's daughter in the show during the seven seasons, from 1979 to 1986.
After the sitcom has left the air, Gold stopped acting for good and now works in a very different field. But, his children's actor days have had a lasting effect and play a role in his career today. Read the rest to find out more about the old actor.
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Gold began to act at a very young age.
The first credit of gold - in the mini -seriesCaptains and kings- is from 1976, when she was only six years old. In addition toBenson, the young actor appeared in the showsThe Hardy Boys / Nancy drew mysteries,,Eight is enough,,Fantastic island, andTrapper John, M.D.
She stopped acting completely afterBenson ended.
WhenBenson ended in 1986, Gold moved away from his career. The same year, she participated in her latest film. She had a role of voice inThe flashes: the heart of friendship.
"I did not enterAct as a child For a great love [of this one], "said GoldPage Six inAn interview of September 2022. "In the family, we all worked and acted ... and I was always the student more." Referring to Tracey, she continued: "My older sister, who was also an actress and is an actress, is always very in her wheelhouse. But for me, I am much more introverted."
After Benson, gold was invited to test a soap opera, she refused it. "I knew I wanted to go to university, and I knew I wanted to do something beyond that ... So I said no even for the tests, I finished the school and postulated in Colleges, "she said.
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She became a psychologist.
Gold is now an exercise psychologist and its full name, Melissa Gold Wiedmann. AccordingHis psychologist profile today, she obtained her baccalaureate at the University of Georgetown and her doctorate at the California School of Professional Psychology. She works in private practice and her "special areas of interest and expertise include diet, anxiety disorders and problems related to pregnancy and postpartum".
In herPage Six Interview, Gold told his time as an actor at his work as a psychologist today.
"Psychologically, having this fame experience is complicated, and to make it child, you know, when your mind is formed ... I see it by myself and what was my experience, but it helps [inform] for Me, in a way my work with all my patients, everything we live resonates during our lifetime. "
She also declared that her work reminds her of a particular aspect of her old work. "So often, I would spend my days in my locker room, people came to visit. And I think about it these days in my practice when I am [a] psychologist and I do the same thing in a way, "she said." I am in my room and people come to visit and share their thoughts with me."
In 2000, gold saidPeople that she thinksFans could have played a role By inspiring his career. "Little girls would write to me about their experiences," she said. "With hindsight, I wonder if it influenced my fascination for psychology."
She is a mother.
Gold, who lives a very private life these days, mentioned inPage Sixthat she is a mother and that she would not let her children take the actor's path of the child she made.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"I was lucky. I was lucky," she said about her time as a star. “I heard stories of people who have really very difficult experiences. And I credit my parents to a certain extent that it was positive, but we were lucky. It is a risky company. I mean, I wouldn't send my children in the industry, that's for sure. And my parents know it. But we were in a different place and in different circumstances. And it worked for me. This is really the case. ""
