---
name: "Cindy Pickett"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cindy-pickett"
fi1m_id: "cindy-pickett"
imdb_id: "nm0681882"
tmdb_id: 74276
wikidata_id: "Q5120585"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 April 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T23:41:06.582316+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Cindy Pickett

## Identity

Cindy Pickett

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cindy-pickett
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cindy-pickett
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681882
- **TMDB ID:** 74276
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5120585
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Pickett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74276

Actor. Born 18 April 1947 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 April 1947, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, USA
- **Active:** 1982–1986
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cindy_Pickett, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5120585, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/74276

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Ferris Bueller's Day Off*](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cindy Pickett is an American actress. She was born on 18 April 1947 in Oklahoma and began her career in the 1970s with a role as Jackie Marler-Spaulding on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light.

In the 1980s she appeared as Dr Carol Novino on the television drama St. Elsewhere. She is best known to many audiences for her role as Katie Bueller in the 1986 comedy film Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Other film credits include Night Games (1980) and DeepStar Six (1989).

Pickett has also appeared in numerous television series including Murder, She Wrote, CSI: Miami, The Mentalist and Burn Notice. She was married to actor Lyman Ward, her co-star in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, from 1986 to 1992.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Fi1m 81, as Katie Bueller — [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Carol Novino — [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Age of the Living Dead* (2018), series, as Amanda
- *Wrapped Up In Christmas* (2017), as Patty McKee
- *Being Rose* (2017), as Karen
- *Te Ata* (2017), as Miss Davis
- *Opus of an Angel* (2017), as Sister Monica
- *The Cookie Mobster* (2014), as Mrs. Bartlomei
- *Stranded in Paradise* (2014), as Mona Nelson
- *The Client List* (2012), series, as Linette's Customer
- *Mother Country* (2011), as Pamela Dupree
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Marcia Wilk — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *The Village Barbershop* (2008), as Josie
- *Saving Grace* (2007), series, as Mrs. Kramer
- *Burn Notice* (2007), series, as Diane
- *Sex and Death 101* (2007), as Roderick's Mother
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Marybeth Kaminsky
- *Hate Crime* (2005), as Barbara McCoy
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Tanya King
- *Cold Case* (2003), series, as Sara Lowell / Johanna Kimball (2007)
- *Without a Trace* (2002), series, as Female Art Buyer
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Miranda Lewis
- *Crossing Jordan* (2001), series, as Laura Corday
- *The Division* (2001), series, as Mrs. Burke
- *The Stepdaughter* (2000), as Maggie Conner
- *The Huntress* (2000), series, Actor
- *Hyperion Bay* (1998), series, as Marjorie Sweeney
- *Atomic Dog* (1998), as Jennifer Yates
- *Painted Hero* (1997), as Sadie
- *The Killing Secret* (1997), as Mrs. Voss
- *Kid Cop* (1996), as Beverly Dwerkin
- *The Pretender* (1996), series, as Dr. Shafton
- *The Making of a Hollywood Madam* (1996), as Elissa Fleiss
- *Coyote Summer* (1996), as Maggie Foster
- *Her Hidden Truth* (1995), as Laney Devereaux
- *Not Our Son* (1995), as Margaret Keller
- *Evolver* (1995), as Melanie Baxter
- *The Goodbye Bird* (1994), as Sharon Phillips
- *Son in Law* (1993), as Connie Warner
- *Wild Card* (1992), as Dana
- *Original Intent* (1992), as Marguerite
- *Sleepwalkers* (1992), as Mrs. Robertson
- *Crooked Hearts* (1991), as Jill Warren
- *Our Shining Moment* (1991), as Betty McGuire
- *Plymouth* (1991), as Addy Mathewson
- *A Question About Sex* (1990), as Joanne Kelly
- *I Know My First Name Is Steven* (1989), series, as Kay Stayner
- *DeepStar Six* (1989), as Dr. Diane Norris
- *Hot to Trot* (1988), as Victoria Peyton
- *She's Having a Baby* (1988), as Cindy Pickett (uncredited)
- *Into the Homeland* (1987), as Rye Swallow
- *Echoes in the Darkness* (1987), as Sue Myers
- *Echoes in the Darkness* (1987), series, as Sue Myers
- *Amerika* (1987), series, as Amanda Bradford
- *The Men's Club* (1986), as Hannah
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Lois Alner
- *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), as Katie Bueller — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/ferris-buellers-day-off.md)
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Marcia Loomis
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Joanna Simms
- *Call to Glory* (1984), series, as Vanessa Sarnac
- *Call to Glory* (1984), as Vanessa Sarnac
- *Brainwash* (1983), as Lyn Nilsson
- *Cocaine and Blue Eyes* (1983), as Catherine Anatole
- *Hysterical* (1982), as Kate
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Carol Novino — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Cry for the Strangers* (1982), as Elaine Russell
- *Breach of Contract* (1982), Actor
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Margin for Murder* (1981), as Velda
- *Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail* (1981), as Mary Breydon
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Karen Teal
- *The Ivory Ape* (1980), as Lil Tyler
- *Night Games* (1980), as Valerie St. John
- *ABC Afterschool Special* (1972), series, as Joanne Kelly
- *Pellett*, as Jane

## Gallery

- ![Cindy Pickett](https://film.one/media/person/118582/gallery-0ae2d42209d9.jpg) Cindy Pickett — Image via TMDB
- ![Cindy Pickett](https://film.one/media/person/118582/gallery-327894ea3968.jpg) Cindy Pickett — Image via TMDB

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