Brianne Banigan Leary Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Brianne Banigan Leary (born July 28, 1957) is an American actress and inventor. She co-hosted the Disney Channel's Second Season of Walt Disney World Inside Out with George Foreman and J.D. Roth. She also hosted Animal Planet's Petsburgh USA.Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star and she is cousin to writer Timothy Leary.When in High School at Canyon Del Oro - in Tucson, Arizona - she was a gymnastics champion, finishing in the top three at the State Championship in 1974.She first appeared on television as a contestant on Match Game '76. She won several games, earning in excess of $9,000. She came back to the show three years later as a celebrity panelist, becoming the only person to appear on the show as both a contestant and a panelist.Her first acting role came as nurse Susan Ames in the series Black Sheep Squadron (1977-1978). She later had a recurring role as Officer Sindy Cahill in the second season of CHiPs (1978–1979), before guest appearing in various shows, including Buck Rogers in the 25th Century; The Fall Guy; Simon & Simon; No Soap, Radio; as Russian gymnast Tania in The Paper Chase episode "A case of Detente" in 1979; and 1st & Ten. She also made an appearance in a Battle of the Network Stars V in November 1978 and VI in May 1979.In 1996, she created a Canadian children's TV show Stickin' Around with Robin Steele.In early 2000, she was a co-anchor on WNYW New York's Good Day New York.In 2007, Leary received a patent for her "portable device for cleaning an animal's paw" product, Pet Plunger.
Kirstie Alley was also a contestant who returned as a panelist.
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She is now the entertainment reporter for the Fox 5 Morning News in New York City.
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Developed the Paw Plunger, a self-contained device for cleaning dogs' paws when they come in from outdoors.
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She attended Pima Junior College in Arizona, USA.
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She was in New York City doing a "lite" TV news story when the World Trade Center was attacked. During the war in Afghanistan, she used every connection she had to be sent there to cover the war for CNN because she was tired of her "lite" news assignments. She wrote about her experiences in Oprah Winfrey's "O" magazine.
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Was a contestant on Match Game 73 (1973) in 1976, winning $9,050. Just three years later, she gained fame as an actress and appeared as a panelist.
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Brianne is of Black Irish descent. She was a gymnastics champion at Canyon Del Oro High School in Tucson, Arizona. She went on to the State Championship in 1974 and placed in the top three. She was a companion to Robert Conrad in the late 1970s (of The Wild Wild West (1965) and Black Sheep Squadron (1976) fame). She was also a companion to Barry Newman (of Petrocelli (1974) fame). Her mother was the Assistant City Editor for the Arizona Daily Star. Timothy Leary was her cousin.
$1.2 Million
