Caitlin O'Heaney

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Caitlin O'Heaney and Stephen Collins in Tales of the Gold Monkey

Caitlin O'Heaney (born August 16, 1953 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin) is an American TV, Film and Stage actress of Irish, Polish, Prussian and German descent.

She is best remembered on TV for playing Sarah Stickney White , the female lead, on "Tales of the Gold Monkey" also starring Stephen Collins, Roddy McDowell and Jeff McKay and Snow White Charming in the TV series The Charmings, along with Christopher Rich, Judy Parfitt and the late Paul Winfield.

Ms O'Heaney trained at the Juilliard School of Drama in New York City, under the tutelage of Oscar-winning actor John Houseman. Some of her performances included classic roles, such as Masha in "The Seagull"; Doreen in "Tartuffe"; Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet"; Mary Boyle in "Juno and the Paycock"; Maryanne in "Measure for Measure"; and Esmeralda in "Camino Reef".

Ms O'Heaney made her off-Broadway debut as Loretta in "Hot House" at the Chelsea Theatre. She remained at Chelsea to play Finkel in "Yentl" and to understudy Tovah Feldshuh in the title role. She moved to Broadway to understudy the role of Elizabeth in A Matter of Gravity, starring Katharine Hepburn and co-starring her Juilliard friend and colleague Christopher Reeve. Ms O'Heaney then relocated to Seattle to appear as Celia in "As You Like It", Gwendolyn in "Travesties" and Eylie in "Ladyhouse Blues" at ACT/Seattle.

Ms O'Heaney's next appearance was in "Gogol" at the New York Shakespeare Festival. She also played the double roles of Belle and Mrs. Cratchit in "A Christmas Carol" at Playwrights Horizon. On closing night she made a trial move to Los Angeles and in five weeks was cast as Anna Marie Hollyhock in an ABC comedy series, Apple Pie produced by Norman Lear and starring Rue McClanahan, Dabney Coleman, Jack Gilford, Mike Binder and Richard Libertini. This was also Peter Bonerz first directing job and remains a highlight of her career...she always says..."it was pure magic and incredible fun working everyday with these wonderful people!"

Caitlin remained in Los Angeles to play fourteen-year old Bianca in "White Marriage" at the Odyssey Theatre, for which she won a Drama-Logue award for best actress. She also appeared in two television movies, Mark Twain's America and The Seeding of Sarah Burns.

She returned to the East to star as Ersilla Drei in Pirandello's "Naked" at the Syracuse Stage, and as Amy in the horror feature "He Knows You're Alone". Performances in "Ape Watch" at the Mark Taper Forum Lab, "The Brides" at the Lenox Art Centre, and off-Broadway as Olive Lashbrook in the 40s classic "The Voice of the Turtle"(for which she received a rave review in The New York Times) and "Scenes and Revelations" soon followed. She also appeared as waitress Lurleen Hamett in ABC's One Life to Live.

Ms O'Heaney played 1930's Hollywood actress Dolores Farrar in Woody Allen's film A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy.

Ms O'Heaney is said to bear a striking resemblance to the actress Lesley Ann Warren, with whom she shares a birthday.

Including dressage, animal rights, writing, music, reading, and the design of fragrance amongst her passions, Ms O'Heaney created Caitlin, a fragrance containing gardenia, crisp apple, sandalwood and patchouli. It was featured in InStyle Magazine as favoured by actresses Naomi Judd and Rosanna Arquette, and singer Paula Abdul, and actress Terri Hatcher. "Caitlin" retailed at Bergdorf Goodman, Henri Bendel, Apothia at Fred Segal and Nordstrom among other venues. Although "Caitlin" is no longer in business you can learn more about it at www.caitlinperfume.com. Caitlin appeared in "The Emperor's Club" starring her Juilliard colleague and friend, Kevin Kline in 2002. "The Lobster Farm" in 2003 and currently appears on radio with The Air Pirates Radio Theatre Company.