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• "Night Stand"

  In the 1997 episode "How to Make It Big" Ganzel starred as Priestess Shauna.

• "Summertime Switch
  In the 1994 made-for-television movie "Summertime Switch" Ganzel played Miss Sykes, a camp director. She acted with David Tom, also born on March 23, twin brother of Nicholle Tom (Maggie Sheffield on "The Nanny"). The movie aired October 8, 1994.

• "The Trouble with Larry"
  The 1993 series "The Trouble with Larry" featured Ganzel as the Telegram Girl.

• "Columbo"
  In the 1992 episode "Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo" Ganzel appeared with Peter Falk and Helen Shaver. In the episode a woman seeks revenge for the death of her husband.

• "Backfield in Motion"
  Ganzel appeared as Joanne in the 1991 television movie "Backfield in Motion." The movie starred Roseanne and Tom Arnold.

• "Hunter"
  In an episode titled "Under Suspicion," Ganzel plays Lois in the "Hunter" police drama. The episode aired January 16, 1991.

• "Dave Thomas Comedy Hour"
  
  Teresa Ganzel was a regular cast member on the Dave Thomas Comedy Show. The CBS variety show ran from May 28, 1990 to June 25, 1990.

• "Married With Children"
  Ganzel made a guest appearance as Heather in an episode titled "A Three Job, No Income Family" during the third season of "Married with Children. The show aired March 19, 1989.

  Dean Adams in the "Married With Children Program Guide" gives the following synopsis of the episode: "After Peggy gets a "job" of selling herself Patty-Girl makeup, Al tries to regain some financial respect by taking a second job at a fast food place: Burger Trek."

• "Empty Nest"
  Ganzel appeared as Simba Katzman in a 1988 episode of "Empty Nest," a top ten series that year.

• "Roxie"
  Ganzel played Marcie McKinley, secretary and bookkeeper to Roxie, program director for UHF television station WNYU. The short-lived 1987 television series had just two episodes, one on April Fool's Day and another a week later.

• "25,000 Pyramid--All Star Episode
  Teresa Ganzel appeared with Shelley Smith, Earl Holliman, and Henry Polic II. The show aired on February 20, 1987.

• "Fresno"
  Ganzel worked with Carole Burnett, Terr Garr and Charles Grodin in "Fresno," a 1986 CBS miniseries. Her character was Bobbi Jo Bobb. The show ran from November 16 to November 20, 1986. The associate producer of the show was Mark Ganzel.

• "Arena"
  The pilot of "Arena," a comedy about a rundown arena, featured Ganzel as Lorraine Lamelle. It aired June 27, 1986.

• "Night Court"
  In the fourth season of "Night Court," Ganzel appeared in an episode titled "Caught Red Handed," in which Dan Fielding tries to violate Ganzel's vow of celibacy. The episode aired in 1986. The NBC comedy was the seventh most popular that season.

• "New Twilight Zone"
  In the first season of "New Twilight Zone" series, Ganzel appeared as Lydia in an episode titled "Tooth or Consquences." The show featured David Birney as an insecure dentist who is visited by the tooth fairy. The episode aired January 31, 1986.

• "Shadow Chasers"
  The second episode of "Shadow Chasers," titled "Parts Unknown" featured Ganzel in the role of Christy Edwards. It aired on December 12, 1985.

• "Dirty Work"
  In the pilot of "Dirty Work," a detective drama, Ganzel played a secretary. It aired June 6, 1985.

• "Remington Steele"
  Ganzel made a guest appearance as Rita del Rio in the "Steele Trying" episode of NBC's Remington Steele during its third season, May 7, 1985. Steele fabricates a case in San Francisco hoping for a romantic weekend with Laura. Rita del Rio first appears at a restaurant where she is seen talking with Fred Melnick, the man Steele had arranged to track. Steele and Laura follow the two to a topless bar, and rescue them from gunmen. Later del Rio meets Steele and Laura and fills them in on why people are after Melnick. Laura, Melnick and del Rio escape the gunmen a second time and go to del Rio's apartment. Laura recognizes a trap, and del Rio gets shot when opens the door to her apartment.

• "Three's a Crowd"
  Ganzel reprised her role of Greedy Gretchen in the "Three's a Crowd" episode titled "Deeds Of Trust." The episode aired February 19, 1985 on ABC. She had played Gretchen three year's earlier in "Three's Company."

• "The Tonight Show"
  According to the autobiography of Frederick De Cordova, executive producer of The Tonight Show, Ganzel was a "first rate guest...ordinarily available two or three times a year." He described Ganzel and another similar guest as "Two daffies. Attractive and really off the wall. Good actresses and genuinely funny talkers." Ganzel replaced Carol Wayne as "Matinee Lady" in the "Tea Time Movie" after her death on January 13, 1985.

• "The Love Boat"
  Ganzel appeared on the "Love Boat" episode titled "Ace Takes the First" on ABC on January 12, 1985.

• "Hotel"
  Ganzel appeared in the "Hotel" episode titled "Transitions." It aired on ABC on November 14, 1984.

• "The Duck Factory"
  In the NBC television series "The Duck Factory" Ganzel played Mrs. Sheree Winkler, widow of Buddy Winkler, owner of a cartoon studio producing the character Dippy Duck. According to 1001 Toughest TV Trivia Questions of All Time: "The beautiful Sherry Jurwalski was a topless Las Vegas ice skater who married Buddy Winkler." Jim Carrey (The Mask) made his television debut in the the NBC comedy. The show first aired on April 12, 1984.
  The Duck Factory Theme Song

• "Pumpboys and Dinettes on Television"
  A Broadway country-rock musical made it to the small screen in the form of a pilot titled "Pumpboys and Dinettes on Television." Ganzel made a guest appearance as Mona. The variety show aired on NBC on August 15, 1983.

• "Teachers Only"
  Ganzel's television debut as a regular cast member came on February 12, 1983 in "Teachers Only," a show named for its setting in a teachers lounge. A year into the television series, in February 1983, Ganzel appeared as Samantha "Sam" Keating, English teacher at Woodrow Wilson High, and best friend of Diana, the school counselor. Tim Brooks, in The Complete Book of Primetime Network TV Shows, 1946-Present, wrote of the second season: "When "Teachers Only" returned in the spring of 1983, there were a number of changes. Only Diana [Lynn Redgrave] and Ben [Norman Fell] returned. The remainder of the cast...were all new. Apparently the problem with the series was its premise not its cast. Despite the infusion of new cast members, ratings as low as those it had obtained a year earlier prompted "Teachers Only" to be cancelled again." The show last aired May 21, 1983.

• "Three's Company"
  In the sixth season of the ABC comedy "Three's Company," Ganzel made a guest appearance as Gretchen in an episode titled "Lies My Roommate Told Me." Jack Tripper (John Ritter) lies to roommate Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) so he can go out with Gretchen. The episode aired November 10, 1981. "Three's Company" was the fourth most popular that season.