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The Actors
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Brief Background - David Duchovny
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[from the X-Files FAQ]
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David Duchovny, 34, is probably best known for his memorable role as the
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transvestite detective Dennis/Denise in the television series 'Twin Peaks.' A
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native New Yorker, Duchovny graduated from Princeton University and then earned
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a graduate degree
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in English literature at Yale University, preparing for a career as a
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teacher. While at Yale, he began commuting to New York to study acting and was
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soon appearing in off-Broadway plays. In 1987, in the midst of his doctoral
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studies, he left Yale to pursue acting full time.
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Duchovny (pronounced Doo-kuv'-nee), 6'1' tall, was born August 7, 1960. His
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parents, Amran (a publicist for the American Jewish Committee) and Margaret (an
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elementary school teacher) divorced when he was 11. He has one brother, Daniel,
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and a sister, Laurie. He has a girlfriend, actresss Perrey Reeves, and resides
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in Malibu, Calif. [Fox press packet for _X Files_ and _People_ magaine, April
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18, 1994 issue]
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*Filmography*
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New Years Day 1988
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Working Girl 1988
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Bad Influence 1988, 1989
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'Twin Peaks' 1990
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The Rapture 1991
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Julia Has Two Lovers 1991
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead 1991
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Denial 1991
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Venice/Venice 1992
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Ruby 1992
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'Red Shoe Diaries' 1992--present
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Chaplin 1992
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Beethoven 1992
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'Baby Snatcher' 1992
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Kalifornia 1993
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'The X Files' 1993
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Brief Background - Gillian Anderson
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[ From the X-Files FAQ ]
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Gillian Anderson first gained recognition as an actresss for her off-Broadway
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performance in Alan Ayckbourne's 'Absent Friends' at the Manhattan Theater Club,
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for which she won a Theatre World Award. Her love of theater began in high
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school where she participated in community theater. In college, Anderson studies
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with the National Theater of Great Britain at Cornell University in Ithaca,
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N.Y., and then at the Goodman Theater School at Chicago's DePaul University,
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where she obtained her BFA degree.
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Anderson, 5'2' tall, was born August 9, and lives in Los Angeles. [Fox
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press packet for _X Files_] She is married, and gave birth to a daughter, Piper,
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on Sept. 24, 1994 She is not related in any way to Jo Anderson who appeared as
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Diana in the television show _Beauty and the Beast_.
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*Filmography*
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Home Fires Burning 1992
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'The X Files' 1993
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'Exit to Eden' (audiotape) 1993
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The Pregnancy
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[ From the X-Files FAQ ]
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Although actress Gillian Anderson was pregnant, her condition was not reflected
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in the show's scripts. Contrary to published rumors, the character of Dana
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Scully will *not* be pregnant
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-- by aliens, Elvis :-), or otherwise. Anderson appeared in the first six
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episodes of the season and was written purposely out of the seventh. She will
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return in the eighth episode. The production company filmed 'creatively' to
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disguise the pregnancy.
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Anderson gave birth to a daughter, Piper, on Sept. 25.
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