Beth Broderick
Elizabeth Alice "Beth" Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress notable for her portrayal of the character Zelda Spellman in the television sitcom Sabrina, the Teenage Witch from 1996 to 2003 on ABC and then the Warner Bros. network. She recently starred as the recurring character Rose Twitchell on the Stephen King and Steven Spielberg TV series Under the Dome.
Early life
Broderick was born in Falmouth, Kentucky, the daughter of Nina Lou (Bowden) and Thomas Joseph Broderick. She grew up in Huntington Beach, California. Even as a child, Beth was interested in theatre. She graduated from high school at sixteen and then from the American Academy of Arts in Pasadena, California, at the age of eighteen. Afterwards, she moved to New York to pursue an acting career. She has two sisters and one brother.
Career
Billed as Beth Alison Broderick and later as Norris O'Neal, she made her debut in two films, In Love (1983) and Bordello: House of the Rising Sun (1985). Both roles portrayed her as a lesbian and were financially unsuccessful. Again as Norris O'Neal she appeared in the mainstream comedy Sex Appeal (1986). In 1986 she had small roles in If Looks Could Kill, Student Affairs, Young Nurses in Love, and Slammer Girls, a spoof of the women in prison film genre.