What happened to Wendy Schaal? Wiki, net worth, husband

Known for movies

American Dad! (2005-2017)
as Francine Smith / Francine Smith as Sexpun T’Come /

The ‘Burbs (1989)
as Bonnie Rumsfield

Small Soldiers (1998)
as Marion Fimple

Innerspace (1987)
as Wendy



Everyone knows Wendy Schaal for her fantastic voice-over role of Francine Smith in the “American Dad!” series. She’s also appeared in such popular series as “The X Files” and “The A-Team”, so let’s find out more about her current net worth, recent works, husband and other details of her personal life.

Early life and family

Wendy K. Schaal was born on 2 July 1954 in Chicago, Illinois USA, so under the sign of Cancer and holding American nationality. Wendy’s mother’s was Lois Treacy Schall, and her father Richard Schaal – he was an actor, born on 5 May 1928 in Chicago, and died in 2014 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Wendy’s grandparents had no connection with the performing arts, however, her father decided to become an actor, and built his successful career on his own.

He is famous for his working with “The Second City”, a famous American improvisational theater ensemble, where he developed his comedy sketch skills. He is also famous for his appearing in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” (1970-1977) and “The Bob Newhart Show” (1972-1978). Richard met Valerie Harper – his second wife and Wendy’s stepmother – on the set of “Rhoda”, a popular sitcom. He is also known for his appearances in such TV series and movies as “Phyllis” (1975-1977) where he played Leo Heatherton, “The Hollywood Knights” (1980), “Once Bitten” (1985) and “O’Hara’s Wife” (1982).

Childhood with a stepmother

Wendy’s parents divorced when she was less than 10 years old, and Richard Schaal re-married in 1964 to Valerie Harper, an actress who starred in such popular series as “Columbo” (1968-2003), “Desperate Housewives” (2004-2012) and “Sex and the City” (1998-2004), and with whom Wendy had very close and warm relationship – Valerie admitted that the role of Wendy’s stepmother was a top-priority task for her. When Wendy was 12 years old, she moved from Corona del Mar to New York to live with Valerie and her father; Valerie shared that she was very afraid of such bad influences in those times, such as strong alcohol and drugs.

Valerie and Richard chose St. Joan of Arc School for Wendy’s education, believing that such a respected and old (founded in 1920) school would shelter Wendy from bad companies and the detrimental effects of the society of those times. Even though the school was just two blocks away from their house, Valerie was anxious all the times and traced her stepdaughter. As she walked to the school every morning, Valerie followed her step by step trying to hide behind the corners so Wendy didn’t notice her. And even though she reached her school every day without any troubles, the neighborhood Wendy had to walk through on her way to school almost scared Valerie to death.

Worried about his wife’s nervous state, Richard made his decision: the following had to be stopped. He asked his wife to calm down and let Wendy live her life and deal with the problems herself. However, Valerie kept on worrying about Wendy’s outfits also, as even though New York weather was far from very warm climate of California, where Wendy moved from, she kept on wearing shirt-sleeved blouses in chilling winds of New York.

Education

Wendy attended a local elementary school in Corona del Mar, California, until she moved to New York, She matriculated from St. Joan of Arc School, in 1972, and enrolled into Los Angeles City College, from which she graduated in 1976.

 

She also attended multiple acting studios and courses, however there is not much information on their particular names.

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Career

Early career

Wendy started working as a professional actress even before she graduated, debuting in an episode of the famous TV series “Happy Days” (1974-1984) as Lorraine, a young girl. Then she was in the cast of series in which her father also starred, such as “Rhyllis”, “Rhoda” and others, getting minor, usually non-speaking roles, but was noticed by producers and continued appearing in more projects.

Thus she was cast as Christie Norton in “Little House on the Prairie” (1974-1983), then she appeared in an episode of the “Welcome Back, Kotter” series (1975 – 1979), played Sarah in the “Family” sitcom (1976 – 1980), and had the role of Julie in “Fantasy Island” (1977-1984). After graduation, Wendy was able to accept all the offers she got, so also appeared in “Record City” (1978) and “Bound for Glory” (1976). She felt a strong interest in TV series and soap operas, so starred in such TV series as “Knight Rider” (1982 – 1986) in the role of Jamie Downs, and as Karen in a super-popular series “The A-Team” (1983 – 1987), sharing the screen with Mr. T, and “Airwolf” (1984 – 1986) in which she played Marilyn Kelsy.

Later works

Wendy continued with series’ performances such as Zuleika Brown in “Murder, She Wrote” (1984 – 1996), “MacGyver” (1985 – 1992) in the role of Karen Blake, “Gung Ho” (1986 – 1987) as Kelly, and “Amazing Stories” (1985 – 1987), in which she played the character of Sheena.

However, she also appeared in movies and TV films, including “Innerspace” (1987), “Creature” (1985), Munchies” (1987) and “When the Time Comes” (1987). Working in parallel on two series, “Batteries Not Included” and “Full House”, Wendy was invited to “Bright Lights, Big City” series in her first voice-over role.

Wendy enjoyed this kind of work, and started focusing on this direction, but before switching fully to voice-over roles, she participated in TV series such as: “Out There”, “Star Trek: Voyage” and “Fired Up”, and also appeared in several episodes of “Red Shoe Diaries”, “The X-Files” and “Friends”.

Nevertheless, Wendy was soaked-up by her voice-over role of Francine Smith in the “American Dad!” animated series. For almost 15 years in a row she’s been working in the cast of the project, once sharing that she felt like home working on the series, as the cast and all technical workers became a real family for her.  In an interview at the celebration of the series’ 10th anniversary, she emotionally shared: ‘We’ve had so much life happen!

Posted by Official Wendy Schaal on Saturday, August 29, 2015

We’ve got babies born, and marriages, and divorces, and deaths, and everything… When you work together with people for a whole decade, a lot happens’.

Personal life, ex-husband Stephen M. Schwartz

In 1977 at the age of 23, Wendy married her long-term boyfriend Stephen M. Schwartz, and they looked happy with their decision as they appeared together at various Hollywood events, such as the “Where the Boys Are” movie pre-release party in 1984 (Wendy starred there in the role of Sandra Roxbury). They welcomed two sons, Victor and Adam, with Wendy’s stepmother, Valerie Harper very active helping her stepdaughter with her grandsons, while Stephen and Wendy were working.

Nevertheless, Wendy and Stephen divorced in October 1987. Nothing is known about Wendy’s current relationship status as she prefers to keep the details of her private life low-key. There are no updates on current or former boyfriends who she could have dated after her divorce with Stephen.

Social media presence

Wendy is not at all active on any popular social media platforms – Instagram, Twitter or Facebook. However, the series “American Dad!” that she’s been voiced-over for more than a decade, has its profile on Twitter which is followed by over 730,000 fans.

Appearance, clothing style

Wendy has naturally light brown medium length hair, which she always bleaches blonde, and always wears a bang; she has hazel eyes. She has to wear glasses due to her light myopia. Wendy is 5ft 5ins (1.65m) tall, weighs around 141lbs (64kgs), and her vital statistics are 32-34-35. As to her clothing style, she enjoys wearing feminine middle length dresses with bright floral prints, as well as blazers and trousers. He favorite color is red.

Net worth and salary

According to authoritative sources Wendy’s current net worth is estimated to be around $400,000. She has always been a professional actress and consistently developed her skills in this sphere. She is still signed to the popular cartoon series “American Dad!”, and continues her voicing-over of Francine Smith, so her net worth is still going.

General Info

Full Name	Wendy Schaal
Profession	Voice Actor
Nationality	American

Family

Spouse	Stephen M. Schwartz
Children	Adam Schwartz, Victor Schwartz
Parents	Richard Schaal, Lois Treacy

Accomplishments

Movies	The ‘Burbs, Innerspace, Small Soldiers, Holiday in the Sun, Creature, Batteries Not Included, Where the Boys Are ’84, Loving Annabelle, Munchies, Runaway Daughters, Red Shoe Diaries: Hotline, Night of the Hurricane, Mutts, Going Under
TV Shows	Back at the Barnyard, Good Grief, Nearly Departed, It’s a Living, Fantasy Island, American Dad!

Social profile links

Facts

Pictures

Movies

Actress

Title	Year	Status	Character
Family Guy	2013	TV Series	Francine Smith
Loving Annabelle	2006		Senator Tillman (as Wendy Schall)
Boomtown	2002	TV Series	Darlene Beechem
Providence	2002	TV Series	Nancy Neiman
Holiday in the Sun	2001	Video	Jill
Six Feet Under	2001	TV Series	Vickie Dimas
The Huntress	2001	TV Series	Helena Barsamian
Boston Public	2001	TV Series	Mrs. Callie Webb
The X-Files	2000	TV Series	Martha Crittendon
Small Soldiers	1998		Marion Fimple
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction	1998	TV Series	Mom
Fired Up	1997	TV Series	Susan
Star Trek: Voyager	1997	TV Series	Charlene
Friends	1997	TV Series	Jeannine
The John Larroquette Show	1995	TV Series	Brenda
Hope & Gloria	1995	TV Series	Nurse Nancy
Out There	1995	TV Movie	Paige Davis
Murder, She Wrote	1995	TV Series	Zuleika Brown
Red Shoe Diaries 9: Hotline	1994	segment “Hotline”
Rebel Highway	1994	TV Series	Velmont Girl / Mrs. Mildred Cahn
Reform School Girl	1994	TV Movie	Velmont Girl
My Girl 2	1994		Emily Pommeroy (uncredited)
Red Shoe Diaries	1993	TV Series	‘Lilac’ Boss
Northern Exposure	1992	TV Series	Tammy Tambo
Good Grief	1990-1991	TV Series	Debbie Lapidus
Going Under	1990		Jan Michaels
Dear John	1989	TV Series	Lisa
The ‘Burbs	1989		Bonnie Rumsfield
Nearly Departed	1989	TV Series	Liz Dooley
Night Court	1988	TV Series	Diane
Bright Lights, Big City	1988		Additional Voices (voice)
Full House	1988	TV Series	Vivian
Mutts	1988	TV Movie	Janice Gillman
Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Pat Hobby Teamed with Genius	1987	TV Movie	Nurse Earle
*batteries not included	1987		Pamela
My Two Dads	1987	TV Series	Christine
Duet	1987	TV Series	Electra
Innerspace	1987		Wendy
When the Time Comes	1987	TV Movie	Laura
Munchies	1987		Marge Mavalle
Gung Ho	1987	TV Series	Kelly
Amazing Stories	1986	TV Series	Sheena
Airwolf	1986	TV Series	Marilyn Kelsy
MacGyver	1986	TV Series	Karen Blake
The A-Team	1985	TV Series	Karen
Finder of Lost Loves	1985	TV Series	Emma Tate
Knight Rider	1985	TV Series	Jamie Downs
Creature	1985		Beth Sladen
Cover Up	1984	TV Series	Rebecca
Where the Boys Are	1984		Sandra Roxbury
Fatal Vision	1984	TV Mini-Series	Colette MacDonald
After MASH	1983	TV Series	Bonnie Hornback / Bonnie Hornbeck
The Love Boat	1982-1983	TV Series	Milicent Finley / Elaine Hamilton
Happy Days	1982	TV Series	Lorraine
Love, Sidney	1982	TV Series
Fantasy Island	1981-1982	TV Series	Julie / Jennie Rowlands / Ruth Ann McAllister
Strike Force	1982	TV Series	Mandy
It’s a Living	1980-1981	TV Series	Vicki Allen
Little House on the Prairie	1979	TV Series	Christie Norton
Family	1979	TV Series	Sarah
Record City	1978		Lorraine
Fish	1977	TV Series	Peggy Dunnagan
Phyllis	1977	TV Series	Daughter
Rhoda	1976	TV Series	Jan
Bound for Glory	1976		Mary Jo Guthrie – Woody’s Sister
Welcome Back, Kotter	1976	TV Series	Girl in Hallway

Miscellaneous

Title	Year	Status	Character
Gacy	2003	Video script supervisor
Falling. In Love	2002	script supervisor
The Story of Us	1999	ADR loop group
The Count of Monte Cristo	1997	Video production assistant – as Wendy K. Shaal
That Old Feeling	1997	ADR voice
Journey to the Center of the Earth	1996	TV Movie production assistant – as Wendy K. Schaal
The Toy Shop	1996	Video production assistant – as Wendy K. Schaal

Soundtrack

Title	Year	Status	Character
American Dad!	2005	TV Series performer – 1 episode

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
There Goes the Neighborhood: The Making of ‘The ‘Burbs’	2014	Video documentary	Herself
Good Day L.A.	2013	TV Series	Herself
The Star Games	1985	TV Series	Herself
Breakaway	1984	TV Series	Herself
All-Star Family Feud Special	1981	TV Series	Herself – Celebrity Contestant
Family Feud	1980	TV Series	Herself

Source: IMDb, Wikipedia