Award-winning musical drama series Fame created by Christopher Gore and was based on 1980 film with the same
Performing Arts students Bruno Martelli, Coco Hernandez, Danny Amatullo, Montgomery MacNeil, Leroy Johnson, Julie Miller, Doris Schwartz, Christopher Donlon and others possesses their dreams, they love to dance, play music, perform and act, they are young and energetic. With the guidance of Lydia Grant, Elizabeth Sherwood, Benjamin Shorofsky, Principal Bob Dyenforth and other faculty members, they all share the journey of hardships and circumstances, the kids give their best, finishing Art School and become rich and famous.
Fame after canceled for two seasons on NBC, still continued another 4 seasons of performance and journey in total of 136 sixty-minute episodes aired from January 1982 to May 1987.
The Students:
- Valerie Landsburg as Doris Schwartz
- Lori Singer as Julie Miller
- Elisa Heinsohn as Jillian Beckett
- Loretta Chandler as Dusty Tyler
- Olivia Barash as Maxie Sharp
- Erica Gimpel as Coco Hernandez
- Jesse Borrego as Jesse Velasquez
- Carlo Imperato as Danny Amatullo
- Billy Hufsey as Christopher Donlon
- P.R. Paul as Montgomery MacNeil
- Michael Cerveris as Ian Ware
- Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy Johnson
- Lee Curreri as Bruno Martelli
- Debbie Allen as Lydia Grant
- Ann Nelson as Mrs. Berg
- Carol Mayo Jenkins as Elizabeth Sherwood
- Michael Thoma as Greg Crandall
- Albert Hague as Benjamin Shorofsky
- Graham Jarvis as The Principal, Bob Dyrenforth
- Morgan Stevens as David Reardon
- Ken Swofford as Quentin Morloch
- Eric Pierpoint as Paul Seger
