Melanie Mayron Movies and Career Information

Melanie Joy Mayron (born October 20, 1952) is an American actress and director. Mayron is well known for portraying the role of photographer Melissa Steadman on ABC's drama Thirtysomething. Mayron was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jewish parents Norma (née Goodman), a real estate agent and Russian American Jew, and David Mayron, a pharmaceutical chemist. She trained as an actress at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Mayron is the mother of Olivia and Miles, born in 1998. Most recently, she and her chemist father have developed a line of skin care products for babies and adults called "Mayron's Good Baby". Mayron appeared in the 1974 movie Harry and Tonto and in the 1976 movie Car Wash and starred in 1978's Girlfriends. In the late 1970s, she played Brenda Morgenstern's best friend, Sandy Franks, on three episodes of the sitcom Rhoda. In 1988, she wrote, produced, and directed the comedy film Sticky Fingers. In 1995, Mayron directed The Baby-Sitters Club, a film based upon the book series of the same name. She also directed the television movie Toothless (1997) starring Kirstie Alley and the movie Slap Her... She's French (2002), starring Piper Perabo (which appeared