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What is Faith Ford's Net Worth?
Faith Ford is an American actress who has a net worth of $6 million. Faith Ford is best known for playing Corky Sherwood on the CBS television sitcom "Murphy Brown" and Hope Shanowski on the ABC sitcom "Hope & Faith." For "Murphy Brown," she appeared on 250 of the show's 260 episodes and received five Emmy Award nominations. Ford has appeared on numerous other shows over the decades, including the soap opera "Another World," the drama series "thirtysomething," and the sitcoms "Maggie Winters," "The Norm Show," and "Carpoolers."
Early Life and Education
Faith Ford was born on September 14, 1964 in Alexandria, Louisiana as the younger daughter of schoolteacher Patricia and insurance agent Charles. Her older sister is Devon O'Day, who also joined the entertainment industry. Raised in nearby Pineville, Ford attended Pineville High School, where she began acting. She moved to New York City after graduating.
Television Career
Ford began her career on television in soap operas. In 1983, she played Muffy Critchlow on ABC's "One Life to Live," and from 1983 to 1984 starred as Julia Shearer on NBC's "Another World." Following that, Ford made guest appearances on "Hardcastle and McCormick," "Webster," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," and "Cagney & Lacey." In 1987, she played the main role of ditzy high school cheerleader Lynn Holly Brickhouse on the short-lived CBS sitcom "The Popcorn Kid." Also that year, she began a recurring role on "thirtysomething" as Janine. Ford had her breakthrough in 1988 when she began starring alongsideCandice Bergenon the CBS sitcom "Murphy Brown." For her role as exuberant reporter Corky Sherwood during the show's ten-season original run, Ford earned five Emmy Award nominations. She would later reprise her role when "Murphy Brown" was rebooted in 2018.
After the original "Murphy Brown" ended in 1998, Ford starred as the titular character on the short-lived CBS sitcom "Maggie Winters." Following that, she joined the cast of the ABC sitcom "The Norm Show" in its second season, playing the role of probation officer Shelly Kilmartin, who has an on-and-off relationship with Norm Macdonald's main character. Ford remained on the show through its conclusion in 2001. She subsequently starred in the 2002 television film "Mom's on Strike." From 2003 to 2006, Ford starred oppositeKelly Ripaon the sitcom "Hope & Faith," about a mother of three and her sister, a former soap opera star, who moves in with her. Ford played Hope Shanowski, the mother of three. After that show ended, she had a main role on the short-lived sitcom "Carpoolers." Ford appeared in many television films throughout the 2010s, including "Sorority Wars," "Field of Vision," "Trading Christmas," and "The Bridge." In 2022, she was in two episodes of the comedy series "Killing It."
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