Melissa Joan Hart
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Birthplace:
Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA
After spending the 1990s as a TV teen star, Melissa Joan Hart set her sights on feature films. Born and raised on Long Island, Hart began acting in TV commercials as a child. She further honed her skills in New York theater in the late '80s as the youngest member of the Circle Repertory Lab Company. Hart then broke through as a cable TV favorite (and a CableACE Award nominee) in the role of the precocious titular preteen on the Nickelodeon series Clarissa Explains It All (1991-1994). After the series ended, Hart moved to network TV stardom in 1996 as the supernaturally gifted title teen on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. Maintaining her pert primetime persona while revealing her range, Hart also starred in several TV movies, including Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995), Twisted Desire (1996), The Right Connections (1997), and the college date rape drama Silencing Mary (1998). Though Hart continued to produce and star in Sabrina, she also attempted to parlay her TV fame into movie stardom with the romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy (1999). The film, however, failed to perform as well as the Britney Spears tune that gave it its title. Hart raised eyebrows that same year when she tried to shed her squeaky-clean adolescent image with a racy photo spread and interview in men's magazine Maxim. Neither gambit affected Sabrina, although Hart and the series moved from the family-oriented ABC lineup to the youth-savvy WB in 2000. She lent her vocal talents to the Batman Beyond series, and continued to work steadily in made-for-TV fare like Rent Control, Holiday in Handcuffs, and My Fake Fiance. In 2010 she teamed up with fellow former child star Joey Lawrence for TV series Melissa & Joey that ran on the ABC Family channel.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Casagrande |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Christmas Reservations |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | The Watcher in the Woods |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | A Very Merry Toy Store - Director's Cut |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | A Very Merry Toy Store |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | CarGo |
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— | 2017 |
10% | God's Not Dead 2 |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Broadcasting Christmas |
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— | 2016 |
No Score Yet | Santa Con |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | A Very Nutty Christmas |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Satin |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | My Fake Fiancé |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Nine Dead |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Whispers and Lies |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Holiday in Handcuffs |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Jesus, Mary and Joey |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Backflash |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Rent Control |
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— | 2002 |
29% | Not Another Teen Movie |
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$37.9M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story |
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— | 2001 |
60% | Recess: School's Out |
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$34.9M | 2001 |
91% | Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker |
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— | 2000 |
47% | The Specials |
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— | 2000 |
28% | Drive Me Crazy |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Sabrina Down Under |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Sabrina Goes to Rome |
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— | 1998 |
40% | Can't Hardly Wait |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Silencing Mary |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Two Came Back |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Right Connections |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Twisted Desire |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Sabrina the Teenage Witch |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Clarissa |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The River Rat |
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— | 1984 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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60% |
No Good Nick
2019
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The Goldbergs
2013
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Sabrina, the Animated Series
1999-2000
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100% |
Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters
2018
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No Score Yet |
Talk Show the Game Show
2017
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No Score Yet |
FABLife
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry
2016-2019
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No Score Yet |
Celebrity Family Feud
2015-2020
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24% |
The Mysteries of Laura
2014-2016
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No Score Yet |
Melissa & Joey
2010-2015
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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No Score Yet |
Retro Cribs
2013
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The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Chew
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Nate Berkus Show
2010-2013
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Dancing With the Stars
2005
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No Score Yet |
The Bonnie Hunt Show
2008-2010
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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96% |
Justice League Unlimited
2004-2006
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No Score Yet |
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996-2003
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No Score Yet |
All That
1995-2005
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No Score Yet |
MADtv
1995-2009
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No Score Yet |
Taina
2001-2002
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Just Shoot Me
1997-2003
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No Score Yet |
So Weird
1999-2001
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No Score Yet |
That '70s Show
1998-2006
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No Score Yet |
Boy Meets World
1993-2000
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No Score Yet |
Clueless
1996-1999
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No Score Yet |
Teen Angel
1997-1998
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No Score Yet |
Touched by an Angel
1994-2003
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Clarissa Explains It All
1991-1994
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1991-2000
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The Equalizer
1985-1989
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Quotes from Melissa Joan Hart's Characters
Grace Wesley: | I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God. |
Grace Wesley: | I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God. |
Grace Wesley: | I'm not going to be afraid to say the name Jesus. |
Grace Wesley: | What makes non-violence so radical is it's unwavering commitment to a non-violent approach. |
Girl at Party: | Dude, you can't start a slow clap at any time and expect everyone to join in. |
Girl at Party: | Dude, you can't start a slow clap at any time and expect everyone to join in. |