Editing Gail Edwards (section)

==Career==
[[File:Mckenna Grace & Gail Edwards - Fuller House - 2017.jpg|thumb|Gail Edwards with [[Mckenna Grace]] on the set of ''Fuller House'' September 1, 2017]]
Edwards wrote, produced, and starred in the [[off-Broadway]] musical ''Becoming''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gail Edwards in Becoming|url=http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/2601|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517005930/http://www.lortel.org/Archives/Production/2601 |archive-date=May 17, 2018}}</ref> It won the [[Miami Herald]] Critics’ Choice award three times before the musical debuted in New York. While in New York, Edwards signed with the LeMond/Zetter Management Group. Soon afterward, she landed the role of Sandy opposite [[Peter Gallagher]] in Broadway's [[East Coast of the United States|East Coast]] tour of ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]''. After producing and starring in two additional productions, ''The Good One'' and ''[[Vanities]]'', both earning her the [[Drama-Logue Award|Drama-Logue Critics' Award]], Edwards turned her focus toward television acting.

Upon moving to [[Los Angeles]] in 1976, Edwards signed with the Ro Diamond Agency (later with the [[Gersh Agency]]){{Citation needed |date=April 2023}} and immediately began landing guest-star roles on such television series as ''[[Happy Days]]'', ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'', ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' and ''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]''.

In 1979, Edwards auditioned for a [[Witt/Thomas Productions|Witt/Thomas]] production, in which she landed the role of Dot Higgins on ABC's ''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It’s a Living]]''. The series ran on ABC from 1980 to 1982 and was revived in first-run syndication from 1985 to 1989. Edwards, along with [[Barrie Youngfellow]], [[Paul Kreppel]], and  [[Marian Mercer]], were the only four members of the ''It's a Living'' cast who lasted during the network and syndicated runs. After ABC canceled the show in 1982, Edwards's management was informed by the producers of ''Happy Days'' that they were offering her the role of new character K.C. Cunningham, the niece of [[Howard Cunningham (Happy Days character)|Howard]] and [[Happy Days#Full character list|Marion Cunningham]] who was moving in with the family. Without informing Edwards of the offer, her management declined the opportunity, reportedly stating that they did not want Edwards "playing a new character on an old show".{{Citation needed |date=April 2023}} [[Crystal Bernard]] was then hired for the part. Edwards did not learn of the incident until many years later. In 1985, Edwards and Bernard wound up as co-stars on ''It's a Living'', when the latter resumed production for first-run syndication.

Edwards also appeared in many movies-of-the-week during the 1980s, along with numerous other guest-star appearances in such series as ''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'', ''[[Buffalo Bill (TV series)|Buffalo Bill]]'', ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'', ''[[Night Court]]'' and the premiere episode of ''[[Amazing Stories (1985 TV series)|Amazing Stories]]'', directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and original music/score by [[John Williams]].

In 1990, Edwards was reunited with former ''Happy Days'' producers [[Thomas L. Miller]] and [[Robert L. Boyett]], when she was cast as divorced mother Hilary Kozak on their single-season CBS sitcom ''[[The Family Man (U.S. TV series)|The Family Man]]''. Upon the series' cancellation in the summer of 1991, Edwards was asked by Miller and Boyett to join the cast of their hit ABC series ''[[Full House]]''. They felt Edwards was right for the role of [[List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Vicky Larson|Vicky Larson]], a talk show host who strikes up a relationship with [[List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Danny Tanner|Danny Tanner]]. Edwards made her ''Full House'' debut late that year, when the Vicky character first appeared as a substitute host for [[List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Rebecca Donaldson Katsopolis|Rebecca Donaldson]], who was on maternity leave, on (the fictional) ''Wake Up, San Francisco''. Vicky and Danny soon embark on a long-term relationship and are engaged in the show's seventh season. Edwards's co-star on ''The Family Man'', [[Scott Weinger]], was transferred over to ''Full House'' along with her, playing [[List of Full House and Fuller House characters#Steve Hale|Steve Hale]], the high school boyfriend of [[List of Full House and Fuller House characters#D.J. Tanner|D.J. Tanner]].

During her tenure on ''Full House'', Edwards also had the recurring guest role of Sharon LeMeure, the fast-talking mother of Six on NBC’s ''[[Blossom (American TV series)|Blossom]]''. Edwards's work on ''Blossom'' reunited her with former ''It's a Living'' producers Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas, who produced both series.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tv.nytimes.com/show/156763/It-s-a-Living/overview|title=The New York Times}}</ref>
[[File:Romero_Britto_and_Gail_Edwards.jpg|thumb|right|Romero Britto and Gail Edwards]]
Edwards concluded her roles in ''Full House'' (with Vicky Larson having a mutual breakup with Danny Tanner) and ''Blossom'' in the spring of 1994. She retired from show business at that time and moved to the [[Southwestern United States|Southwest]].

In September 2017, it was announced that Edwards would return to acting by reprising her role as Vicky Larson in the third season of the ''Full House'' sequel series ''[[Fuller House (TV series)|Fuller House]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fuller-house-season-3-spoilers-wedding-japan-1202559872/|work=Variety|title='Fuller House' Season 3 Will Include a Musical Number, Wedding and Trip to Japan (Watch)|date=15 September 2017}}</ref> She appears in the Season 3 finale, "Here Comes the Sun". Edwards then made another appearance in the series finale, "Our Very Last Show, Again".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Our Very Last Show Again|credits=Story by: Beth Crudele Teleplay by: John D. Beck & Ron Hart Director: Correll, Rich|series=Fuller House|network=Netflix|airdate=June 2, 2020|season=5|number=18}}</ref>