Cristina Ferrare
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Cynthia Cristina Ferrare (born 1950Template:Efn) is an American fashion model, actress, author and talk-show host. She had lead roles in several films in the late-1960s and early-1970s, including the 1968 comedy The Impossible Years and the 1972 Western film J. W. Coop, as well as portraying the titular character in Juan López Moctezuma's horror film Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (also 1972).
In the 1980s, Ferrare transitioned from acting to hosting several television series, including The Home Show, Home & Family, and Big Bowl of Love on the Oprah Winfrey Network. She has also authored several non-fiction cooking and self-help books.
Early life
Ferrare was born in 1950 in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Renata and Tavio Ferrare, a butcher.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Her family is of Italian descent.<ref name=albref1>Template:Cite web</ref> She was 14 years old when her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where her beauty landed her a contract with Nina Blanchard's modeling agency. When she was 16, she signed with 20th Century Fox film studios.<ref name="ocm">Template:Cite news</ref>
Career
Film career and television hosting
Ferrare made her feature film debut in The Impossible Years (1968) opposite David Niven, playing the daughter of a university psychology professor. This was followed by a main role in the Western drama J. W. Coop (1972), directed by and starring Cliff Robertson and Geraldine Page.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She subsequently starred as the titular character in Juan López Moctezuma's horror film Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary (1975), portraying a vampire roving a Mexican village.
In 1975, Ferrare worked as the spokesperson for Max Factor.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Ferrare was co-host of A.M. Los Angeles on KABC-TV for several years during the late 1980s.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She also co-hosted the ABC television series The Home Show for several months in early 1989.<ref name = Klein>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1990, Ferrare was featured in print advertising for Ultra Slim-Fast.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was also a substitute co-host on Good Morning America and Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee. In 1993, she was guest host for two episodes of Vicki!.
Home and Family Show
From November 1996 – August 1998, Ferrare co-hosted Home & Family on The Family Channel; the show ended on August 14, 1998, just one day before the channel became Fox Family Channel, which included a major restructuring of the network's programing. She later co-hosted a revived version of the show from 2012-2016 with Mark Steines on its new network Hallmark Channel.
Ferrare's departure was abrupt and the audience was not given any explanation nor any notice prior to her departure. On June 21, 2016, Hallmark Channel confirmed that Ferrare would no longer co-host the show with Steines; former co-host of The View Debbie Matenopoulos was named as her replacement. In a statement via Facebook, Ferrare addressed her exit: "It's really very simple, Home and Family will have a season 5 which I am so happy for and the Network decided that they want a new co-host and that will be Debbie. She will do a great job!"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Designing
She and her mother created the Cristina Ferrare Collection, producing jewelry that, in 2002, was sold in seven Neiman Marcus stores and was "beginning to pop up in specialty shops throughout the country."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Big Bowl of Love
Ferrare premiered in her new show Big Bowl of Love on Oprah Winfrey's network (OWN) on January 3, 2011 with Iron Chef Cat Cora as the show's first guest.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Big Bowl of Love follows Ferrare cooking recipes alongside her friends, family, and other guests.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
According to Ferrare, in her book Realistically Ever After, she married a man in 1969 and annulled it six weeks later. In 1973, she married automobile executive John DeLorean. He had earlier adopted a son Zachary while single, and she also adopted him. Later, they had a daughter, Kathryn. After DeLorean lost his fortune and was accused, then exonerated, of cocaine trafficking charges, Ferrare divorced him in 1985.<ref>"John DeLorean" Retrieved 28 May 2015</ref> Two weeks later, on April 21, 1985, she married entertainment industry executive Anthony Thomopoulos.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref>
Ferrare was portrayed by Isabel Arraiza in the 2018 film Driven and by Morena Baccarin in the 2019 documentary Framing John DeLorean.
Her niece (her sister's daughter) is actress Danielle Bisutti.<ref name=albref1 />
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Template:Tooltip |
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| 1968 | The Impossible Years | Linda Kingsley | <ref name=amg/> | |
| 1972 | J. W. Coop | Bean | <ref name=amg>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 1975 | Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary | Mary | <ref name=amg/> | |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host | Judith Jansen | <ref name=amg/> | |
| 2005 | The Weather Man | Herself | <ref name=amg/> |
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- Actresses from Cleveland
- Models from Cleveland
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- American film actresses
- American non-fiction writers
- American people of Italian descent
- American television talk show hosts
- American women non-fiction writers
- American women television hosts
- Female models from Ohio
- Living people
- Writers from Ohio
- 20th-century American actresses
- 21st-century American women
- 1950 births
- John DeLorean