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Her first movie was The Purple Rose of Cairo, and her second film, opening this month, is Heartburn, star. ring Mery! Streep and Jack Nicholson. Even Akers has a hard time believing her string of successes. “I've had lots in my life that’s not the real world. I mean, it's crazy. To have Nine, and to have your first film be a Woody Allen movie, and your second film directed by Mike Nichols ” She trails off. “Carnegie Hall .” She has a faraway look in her dark eyes Some of her success has been serendipity, she admits. But once you've heard her sing or seen this almost six-foot Nefertiti walk across a room, it’s clear she’s got something special To hear Akers tell it, she used to be painfully shy and serious, afraid to sing in public. Her husband, Jim, used to have to coax her to take out her guitar and sing for their friends. Slowly, she ventured out into New York's club scene in the 1970s, becoming a fav. orite at Reno Sweeney's, once a popular cabaret in Greenwich Village. It was there that an inde- pendent New York-based di- rector, Christian Blackwood, first heard her. He sold a West German television sta- tion on the idea of a filmed concert, which led to the half-hour program, Pre- senting Karen Akers. The film has also been shown in the United States on public TV. STUFF OF LEGEND How she landed her role as Luisa Contini in Nine — which starred 21 women and one man — is the stuff of which theatre legends are made. She began her audition by singing La Vie en Rose, immortalized by Edith Piaf. When she was asked to do something in English, she sang I Met a Man Today, a torchy number by Craig Car- nelia. Director-choreographer Tommy Tune approached the stage in tears and asked her to sing something upbeat. So she sarig Stephen Sondheim's Can This Boy Foxtrot, and immediately landed the role. Since then came the two movies, tucked between charity appearances, singing at clubs in New York and Washington, Carnegie Hall and basically steady work. ides her time between Washington, where she lives with her lawyer husband and their two sons, and New York, her hometown. Getting the part of Thelma Rice — the notorious Other Woman — in Heartburn was also serendipity, she said in a recent interview. MAKING BEAUTIFUL MUSIC TOGETHER . husband of wite team of Kim and Edward Fuzzen of Nelson entertain in the third of tive Concerts in the . . the Park. Thursday's concert was moved to the Legion Hall because of unsettled weather CosNews Photo by Chery! Caiderbonk Furst worked way into regular role LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stephen Furst, who got his start in Hollywood delivering pizza, says actors would never turn down small parts because you never know where they may lead. Indeed, Furst started at the bottom of NBC's St. Elsewhere and worked his way into a regular role in the hospital drama. 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I never let pride come between me and a paycheque.” Furst got the job and-made a brief appearance as a young intern. L “It was just a one-day job,” he said. “I did the role, said goodbye to everyone and went home. My agent said they wanted me back. * “They'd written another scene for my character ‘a Six weeks later he was called back to play the same character in another scene. “Then they called me back again,” he said. “This time my character was one of the leads in the story. About the third day of shooting, Bruce Paltrow, the executive producer, came down to the set and said he'd like me to come back next year. LEARNS LATE “I thought he meant for another show. I didn’t learn un til later he meant as a regular member of the cast.” Furst made four appearances in the second season of the show. He became a regular in the 1984-85 season In his first appearance he was Dr. Elliot Berger. Then he was Elliot Wagner. Finally, and permanently, he became Elliot Axelrod. 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He puts his foot in his mouth, but never in a stupid way.” Before he became a professional actor, Furst delivered pizzas. He delivered so many of them to producers and studios that he began to put his picture and resume in the pizza boxes. He never got a job that way His first part was as Flounder, fraternity brother in Animal House. “I auditioned for Animal House six times over three months,” he says. “I thought I'd have a career as the only heavyset, curly-haired actor in town. “Every time I went to audition there must have been 50 guys who fit that description.” JOINS ANIMAL HOUSE Furst delivered pizzas until three days before he left for location for Animal House. “I couldn't afford not to,” he says. “It was a real culture shock flying first-class and being waited on and meeting stars like Donald Sutherland and John Belushi.” Furst also stared in the ABC series Delta House, which was adapted from the movie. In fact, all three networks had fraternity series and tried to sign Furst. It was a good feeling to be wanted, but he stayed with Delta House out of loyalty The series died after 13 episodes and Furst went back to the pizza restaurant, this time as a waiter. “| was in show business now,” he says. promotion.” After that, his acting career flourished He had roles in 10 movies, including Silent Rage with Chuck Norris. “I never take anything for granted in this business,” Furst says. “There are so many ups and downs.” NBC revives show NBC-TV will revive the because of the high attrition cancelled series Remington rate for fall television shows. Steele because its ratings have improved during sum- mer reruns and b ecause viewers have showered the network with protest letters, a spokesman says. The MTM Productions de- tective show will be ready for broadcast in November, though there are no slots open in the schedule, said a network spokesman. There should be room for the show the dim-witted “I got a The decision to revive Remington Steele marks the second time in recent years viewer protest has helped put a cancelled series back on the air. Cagney and Lacey on CBS was revived after a similar letter-writing paign. The NBC spokesman said Steele would return with its original cast Oxenberg dropped LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Catherine Oxenberg cam. Karen Cellini, a New York actress, will take over the has been dropped as Amanda Carrington on the television program Dynasty, the pro- ducers said. No reason was given for the move, but it was said to involve a dispute money. over So does this mean you're over the hill too? role MAPLE LEAF