Hicks was born in New York City, the daughter of Jackie and Walter Hicks, an electronics salesman. She has Irish and English ancestry. Her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona during her childhood. After attending Saint Mary's College (Indiana), across the street from the University of Notre Dame, where she studied theology, Hicks won an acting fellowship to Cornell University. Hicks, whose parents Read more...

After appearing on Broadway in the stage version of Tribute, she first rose to prominence as Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera Ryan's Hope 1976 - 1978. In 1979, she co-starred in the television version of The Bad News Bears. But it was her Emmy-nominated portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the 1980 TV movie Marilyn: The Untold Story that first established her. In 1982, she took the lead role in the Read more...

Catherine Mary Hicks (born August 6, 1951) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress.