Tuesday Knight

Tuesday Knight
Born Melody Lynn Knight
(1969-02-17) February 17, 1969
Brentwood, California, United States
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
  • jewelry designer
Years active 1983–present
Website tuesdayknight.com

Musical career

Genres
Labels
  • Parc
  • Knight and Day
(Spouse). Married to Paul John Gregory

Tuesday Lynn Knight (born February 17, 1969) is an American actress, singer and jewelry designer. Born Melody Lynn Knight in Brentwood, California, she is best known for her role as Kristen Parker in the 1988 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Her self-titled debut album was released in 1987.

Outside her acting and musical career, Knight also has her own jewelry line "Tuesday's Hip Vintage". Her Victorian, Gothic and Egyptian-styled pieces have been worn by many celebrities including Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Kim Basinger and many others.

Television

In 1987, Knight appeared as Val on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She has also appeared in a number of television movies. Knight has made guest appearances various on TV series, including Fame (1984), The Facts of Life, Law & Order, and The X Files. She was also a series regular on the short-lived 1992 Aaron Spelling prime time soap opera 2000 Malibu Road.

Filmography

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Knight, along with most of the Elm Street franchise alumni, is featured in a documentary, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy, about New Line Cinema’s hit movie series. The documentary is directed by Daniel Farrands and Andrew Kasch, produced by Thommy Hutson, and was hosted by Elm Street veteran Heather Langenkamp.[1] The documentary wove the tale of how one of the most successful horror genre franchises came to be. It came out in May 2010.[2]

Music

In 1986, she appeared on the original demo for the production that would become Jekyll & Hyde for Frank Wildhorn.

After working on the Quiet Riot album "Metal Health" as backing vocals, Knight released a solo album Tuesday Knight in 1987 on Parc/CBS Records. It contained a cover version of Prince's "Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?" The album's sole single was called "Out of Control." Her second album Here it Comes Released in 2000, Had More Of a Commercial Success Than Her Previous attempt. In 1990 she sang the song "Ivory Tower" on the Mad About You soundtrack. In 1996, she sang a cover of The Police's song "Every Breath You Take" in an episode of the Profiler entitled "I'll Be Watching You". In 2001, Tuesday provided her voice for the song "If It Takes All Night" in the film The Theory of the Leisure Class. She later watched a performance by the David Bowie Tribute Band Space Oddity and joined them as Keyboardist and Backing vocals.

On September 17, 2012, Knight released Faith, an 18-track album featuring a collection of songs recorded over the past twenty-five years.

Her iconic cult classic song "Nightmare" is heard in the opening credits of 1988's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. The song was never released on the official soundtrack.

Currently, Knight is the lead singer in a Deborah Harry, Blondie tribute band named Rapture: The Blondie Tribute.

Jewelry design

In 2000, Knight and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 co-star Lisa Wilcox founded the footwear jewelry company ToeBrights. Knight later started her own jewelry line called Tuesday's Hip Vintage.

References

  1. ↑ "Never Sleep Again: Dan Farrands, Andrew Kasch and Thommy Hutson Speak!". DreadCentral. May 3, 2010.
  2. ↑ http://www.elmstreetlegacy.com/
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