Stephanie Faracy

Stephanie Faracy is an American actress. She is known for playing supporting roles in films include Heaven Can Wait (1978), Scavenger Hunt (1979), Blind Date (1987), The Great Outdoors (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993), Sideways (2004), Flightplan (2005), and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016). On television, Faracy has had leading roles in a number of sitcoms, most significantly True Colors (1990–92). She currently plays Lisa Lawson on the comedy series Uncoupled (2022-present). Life and career Faracy was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, where she attended high school. She studied acting at Illinois Wesleyan University and Yale School of Drama. She began her acting career in New York stage, and in 1976, made her television debut in an episode of ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley. She went to star in two unsold sitcom pilots, before playing Corinne in the 1978 comedy film Heaven Can Wait. The following year, Faracy played Angel Childress in the film When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?, and Babbette in the comedy film Scavenger Hunt. Faracy has a long-running career on television. From 1979 to 1980, she starred in the CBS sitcom The Last Resort. From 1983 to 1984, she co-starred alongside Bill Bixby and Mariette Hartley in Goodnight, Beantown. Also during the 1980s, Faracy had roles on several miniseries, include The Thorn Birds (1983, as Mary Carson's servant, Judy), Space (1985), and Windmills of the Gods (1988).