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Michelle Thomas (died December 22, 1998) was an
American actress best known for her role as Myra Monkhouse, the girlfriend of Steve Urkel, on the
American sitcom Family Matters from 1993 to
1998.
Early life
and career
Born in Boston,
Massachusetts,[1]
Thomas grew up in Montclair, New Jersey and was an
alumna of West Essex High School. She was
the daughter of Phynjuar Thomas, a stage actress and Dennis Thomas a member of a music group Kool &
the Gang.[2]
In the mid-1980s, Thomas was crowned Miss Talented Teen New Jersey
in Hal Jackson's Talented Teen Competition. The following year, she
competed in the international pageant and won the title of
International Queen.[3]
Thomas made her acting debut in 1988 as Justine Phillips, the
girlfriend of Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show. She later appeared
on various television programs during the late 1980s and 1990s
including A Man Called Hawk and Thea. In
1991, Thomas had a small role in comedy Hangin' with the
Homeboys. Thomas also appeared in music videos for Mint Condition,
Dru Hill and Chubb Rock. In 1993, she
won the role of Myra Monkhouse on the long-running sitcom Family
Matters. After the series ended in 1998, Thomas portrayed
Callie Rogers Stark, an aspiring singer on the CBS soap
opera The Young and the
Restless. She left the series in October 1998.
Death
Thomas was diagnosed with an incurable form of stomach cancer;
intra-abdominal
desmoplastic small
round cell tumor, a rare soft tissue sarcoma.[3] On
December 22, 1998,[4][5][6][7]
Thomas died in New
York City at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer
Center,[8]
at the age of 29[1][5][7]
or 30.[3][6][8]
Filmography
Award
nominations
Notes
- ^ a
b
Bay State Banner, 11 February 1999, "Boston-born actress Thomas,
dead at 29". Accessed 3 May 2009
- ^ Pace, Eric. "Michelle Thomas, 30, Actress
On TV Soap Opera and Sitcoms", The New York
Times, December 28, 1998. Accessed October 30, 2007. "She
was born in Boston, Mass., grew up in Montclair, N.J., and
graduated from West Essex High School in North Caldwell, N.J."
- ^ a
b
c
"Michelle Thomas, `Family
Matters' TV Star, Dies Of Cancer At 30". Jet (Johnson
Publishing Company) 95 (7): 61. 1999-01-18. ISSN 0021-5996. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1355/is_7_95/ai_54724710/.
- ^ Chambers, Cheehsa. 29
December 1998, Variety, Michelle Thomas. Accessed
3 May 2009.
- ^ a
b
infoplease.com, Michelle Thomas. Accessed
3 May 2009.
- ^ a
b
Entertainment Weekly, 8
January 1999, "Monitor." Accessed 3 May
2009.
- ^ a
b
The
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 December 1998, Michell Thomas, Television
actress".
- ^ a
b
Los Angeles Sentinel, 6
January 1999, "Michelle Thomas Succumbs To
Cancer." Accessed 3 May 2009.
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