Laurel Cronin

Actress, singer and dancer who was a fixture on the Chicago stage for 30 years. Cronin's feature credits include Steven Spielberg's "Hook" (1991), "Beethoven" (1992), Frank Oz's "Housesitter" (1992) and Penny Marshall's "A League of Their Own" (1992). She was a regular on the short-lived Blake Edwards-produced TV sitcom, "Julie," and her other TV credits include "Murphy Brown," "Brooklyn Bridge" and "Baby Talk," as well as the small-screen crime movies "Lady Blue," "Dillinger" and "Crime Story," the Abel Ferrara-directed pilot for the Michael Mann-produced TV series.