The Conners
These prominent guest stars do the honors
“The Conners” (from right): Daniel “Dan” Conner (John Goodman), Beverly Harris (Estelle Parsons) and Darlene Conner-Healy (Sara Gilbert)
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“The Conners” are growing: two actresses from previous seasons return, the star of another series is playing a guest role.
The US sitcom “The Conners” is getting reinforcements: the actresses Danielle Harris (43, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”) and Candice Bergen (74, “Sex and the City”) are each returning for a short guest appearance Series back. The former “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Brian Austin Green (47) will also take on a guest role. The station “ABC” announced on Tuesday, as reported by “The Wrap”, among others.
Darlene’s teenage rival
Danielle Harris will appear in a new episode. It was already part of the previous series “Roseanne” (1988-1997, 2018). In 1993, she played Molly Tilden, the Conners’ neighbor, and Darlene Conners (Sara Gilbert, 46) high school rival for the affection of David Healy (Johnny Galecki, 45), Darlene’s later husband, in the fifth season. Thirty years later, Darlene and Molly discover that they had similar lives and have grown closer …
The arrogant Barb
Candice Bergen made her “The Conners” debut as Ben’s (Jay R. Ferguson, 46) mother Barb earlier this season. Although, like the working class Conner family, she also lives in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois, Barb has “an arrogant manner and a sharp tongue that becomes much more pleasant after she has had a few drinks.” She will return to the series for two more episodes, according to the announcement.
A dropout as a newcomer
Brian Austin Green is the “Conners” newbie. In two upcoming episodes he will appear as Jeff, a “quirky, free-spirited traveler who lives in his van”.
“The Conners” by and with Sara Gilbert
“The Conners” returned to ABC for season three last fall. In addition to Sara Gilbert, who is also a co-producer, the series also features “Roseanne” old stars John Goodman (65), Laurie Metcalf (65), Alicia “Lecy” Goranson (46) and Michael Fishman (39) and their newer colleagues Emma Kenney, 21, Ames McNamara, 13, Jayden Rey, and Jay R. Ferguson. The once eponymous Roseanne Barr (68) had to leave the series continuation after publishing a racist tweet in 2018.