It’s Holly Robinson-Peete! Most of us first became familiar with her as “Officer Judy Hoffs” on the 80’s show, 21 Jumpstreet.
Then she starred in Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper and the TV movie, The Jacksons: An American Dream as Diana Ross. In recent years, Holly was on the 2010 season of Celebrity Apprentice where she set an “Apprentice” record by raising the most money in a single task. She finished the show as a runner up to the show’s winner, Brett Michaels. She also hosted the 2010-2011 season of the CBS daytime talk show, The Talk and fans were angry when the show didn’t bring her back for a second season without any explanation.
Her co-host Sharon Osbourne alluded to the reason behind the show not renewing with Holly: “Some people don’t really know who they are. And you have to know who you are when you’re in something like this. You can’t pretend to be something you’re not. You have to know your brand. You can’t be all things to everyone,” said Sharon.
Here are a few little known Old School fun facts about Holly Robinson-Peete:
1. Her best friend of several decades is a member of the R&B group En Vogue, Terry Ellis.
2. Holly is also a singer. She, along with actress Dawnn Lewis and En Vogue sang the theme song for Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper
3. Former 90210 TV star, Jason Priestly, recently released a memoir where he revealed that he and Holly Robinson Peete discreetly dated and that she was his first love. This was long before she was married to her husband, Robert Peete.
4. Guess what? Holly’s Dad, Matt Robinson, was a former Sesame Street actor and he worked on Sanford and Son as…