Crystal Bernard Resources

Biography

Crystal's birthday was on September 30, 1961. She was born to Jerry Wayne and Gaylon Bernard in Garland, Texas. Her musical career began early, when she began singing at her father's revival meetings at the age of three. Crystal has aways had a positive attitude about life which was undoubtedly formed during this time growing up with her close-knit family.

Crystal, along with her sister Robyn and her dad, formed the Bernard Trio and had recorded 12 Gospel albums by the time she was 14. When country singer Bobbie Gentry happened to catch one of the Trio's performances, she asked the two girls to be backup singers for her in her Las Vegas show. This experience only whetted Crystal's appetite for performing and when she returned home she also began to study acting at Houston's Alley Theatre in addition to her music.

At 18, Crystal enrolled at Baylor University in Texas, majoring in drama and international relations (she even studied abroad one summer in Paris and London).

But Hollywood would not wait. She moved to Los Angeles and was soon finding work in commercials (for Pepsi), movies (1982's Young Doctors In Love) and TV (on Happy Days '82-'83 season cast there by Young Doctors' director Garry Marshall). Crystal also appeared in guest spots on several '80's TV series (see filmography) before being cast as Amy on It's A Living during its '85-'89 run in syndication. Most recently, for eight seasons, ('90-'97) she played Helen Chappel on NBC's Wings. Crystal has also starred in several made-for-TV movies including As Good As Dead (1994), A Face To Die For (1999), To Love, Honor And Betray (1999) and Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus (2004), along with the 2005 sequel, Meet the Santas. Her latest project, Grave Misconduct, aired in 2008 on Lifetime.

During this time, Crystal's aspirations for a music career were not forgotten. She wrote songs and recorded demo tapes in her home studio. Several of the songs were recorded by major stars including Paula Abdul and Lisa Stansfield and Crystal's duet with Peter Cetera led to two albums by Crystal for Cetera's record company, River North. Both albums, The Girl Next Door and Don't Touch Me There were well-received and Crystal went on tour in support of the first.

Crystal appeared in a live production of Crimes Of The Heart in November, 1999 at Burbank, Ca.'s Falcon Theater. The play was directed by Garry Marshall and co-starred Morgan Fairchild and Faith Ford. Summer 2001 saw Crystal appearing as Annie Oakley in the stage musical of Annie Get Your Gun. The road production toured several cities in the southern U.S. in the spring and then Crystal replaced Reba Mcintyre on Broadway for two months.

As of this writing, Crystal is living in Los Angeles. It's unknown whether she will return on a series or continue making movies. Whichever it is, I'll try and keep everyone updated.

Filmography

Year	Title	Character
Movies
2008	Grave Misconduct	Julia
2007	Welcome To Paradise	Debbie
2005	Meet the Santas	Beth
2004	Single Santa Seeks Mrs. Claus	Beth
2001	Jackpot	Cheryl
1999	Gideon	Jean
1999	To Love, Honor & Betray	Melissa
1999	A Face to Kill For	Allison
1999	The Secret Path	Marie
1996	The Ellen Hart Pena Story	Ellen
1995	As Good as Dead	Susan
1994	Siringo	Kaitlin
1993	Miracle Child	Lisa
1992	Lady Against the Odds	Dol
1990	When Will I Be Loved?	Julie
1990	Without Her Consent	Marty
1989	Chameleons	Shelly
1987	Slumber Party Massacre 2	Courtney
1983	High School USA	Anne-Marie
1982	Young Doctors in Love	Julie
TV Series
1990-97	Wings	Helen
1985-89	It's A Living	Amy
1982-83	Happy Days	K.C.
TV Series - Guest Appearances
2003	According to Jim	Lisa
1997	Just Shoot Me	Herself
1989	My Two Dads	Liz
1984	The Master	Carrie
1983	Fantasy Island	Ally
1982	Gimme A Break!	Kelly

Discography

1999	Don't Touch Me There	River North
1997	The Girl Next Door	River North

Stage Appearances

2005	Barbra's Wedding	Molly
2001	Annie Get Your Gun	Annie
1999	Crimes of the Heart	Babe