The Sad Reason You Don’t See Lauren Tewes Anymore
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- Lauren Tewes was an actress who played the character Julie McCoy of the regular cast of the very successful TV show "The Love Boat". "The Love Boat" aired in 1977 on ABC and the actress remained as a member of the cast until her contract was not renewed, after the series' seventh season. This was Lauren Tewes' first major role in her acting career after she captured the attention of producer Aaron Spelling on a small part she interpreted in the action series Starsky and Hutch.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:20 - Lauren Tewes as Julie McCoy
02:15 - Julie McCoy's Secret Job on The Love Boat
03:35 - Tewes' Struggle Behind the Scenes
04:58 - Lauren Tewes After the Love Boat
06:21 - Facts About Lauren Tewes
07:25 - Outro
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The actress was born in the small town of Braddock, Pennsylvania in 1953, where she spent the earlier years of her childhood until her family moved to California. There, she majored in Theatre Arts for the Rio Hondo College and then went to study at the University of California, Riverside. Her career break happened when she starred in a Lipton Ice Tea Commercial in 1974. However, she only rose to Hollywood's stardom after being offered Julie McCoy's character in the sitcom "The Love Boat", when she was only 23 years old.
The TV show was mostly inspired by the book Love Boats, written by Jeraldine Saunders, who was the first woman to achieve the post of cruise director in the Princess Cruises group. The storyline followed the ship's crew - one of which was the cruise director Julie McCoy, the character portrayed by the actress - and its affluent passengers. Filming for "The Love Boat" occurred mainly aboard Princess Cruises' ships and had the actual cruise passengers as extras. Eventually, the show grew to become very popular and so did the stars who interpreted the main characters. However, in her case, stardom led to addiction and in the end got her fired from "The Love Boat". Join Facts Verse as we try to understand the sad reason you don't see Lauren Tewes anymore.
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Who could not have fallen in love with Lauren Tewes? For the role she was cast in, it seemed she was born to play it. She totally sold it. I made it a point not to miss The Love Boat during the 80's. It had such a cheerful vibe. It is missed.
💯 agreed
Lauren, or Cindy as she was called when young, lived in a small town in PA w her parents and older brother, Tommy, and sister, Taffy. Her maternal grandparents lived next door.
Cindy was a beautiful child, sweet to everyone, and gathered much adoration in return. Her family was a good, loving one, always ready to help a neighbor.
When the weather got too much for the elderly grandparents, , they moved to CA. Their daughter, Joann, missed her mom so much that the Tewes' moved to CA to be w them, and the charismatic "Lauren" became an actress.
Some years later, her birth town's folks invited her back for the town's anniversary celebration, her being a celebrity. Whether she didn't respond or turned it down, I don't know. Small town ppl, who rarely get favorable opportunities, did not take the rebuff lightly and were also unsympathetic when the news came that she was broke bc the money she earned during her TV career had gone up her nose.
You say she was alone, but I know she had at least 2 older siblings, and all three kids were close in age. Wondering where her family was during that time?
It was very hard to imagine Lauren not having a group of supporters around her at all stages bc she was the kind of child who, if she fell while sidewalk skating, every mom wi crying range ran outside to assess the damage and comfort her.
I guess kids who have worse beginnings may have tougher skin and more resilience when it comes to taking care of themselves.
It is, as you say, sad to have had so much and turned to drugs to cope w a lose.
Does anyone know what became of Tommy and Taffy, or if she had younger or half/step siblings?
Btw, her last name is pronounced "Twees" as in Tweeze(rs) to rhyme w "Trees."
Lauren as Julie on The Love Boat was great. Her acting, sense of humor and charm was awesome. I love The Love Boat!
Julie McCoy was definitely better. The whole original cast blended so well, like a family.
I was 11 years old when the Love Boat began in 1977 and I had a crush on Lauren Tewes character Julie McCoy. I thought she was really cute and sweet. When my late Mum found out she had a drug addiction...she forbid me from watching The Love Boat...and she herself stopped watching as well. I did however watch it in the last season when Lauren returned, as well as Marion Ross playing Gavin MacLeod's wife Emily. Rest in peace dear Gavin.
Julie was and will always be the best
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I agree.
Lauren Tewes was my favorite on the show. Her life is a bit more tragic than you touched on. She lost her daughter at just one month old in the late 80’s. Which led to her divorce from her second husband.
Thanks for confirming that! I often wondered what led to her second divorce. Wasn't she married to an Italian guy? She was my favorite character on the show....she and Fred Grandy!
@@crmay72 I think so. I'm trying to remember his name. I loved "Julie" and "Gopher" together.
@@Coffee4commonsense so did I! I love the episode where they pretend to be together and then briefly thinking they may really have feelings for each other! Tom Hanks was in that storyline. Makes me feel so old, LOL!
@@Coffee4commonsense wasn't her second husband's name Pablo or something like that? I think he was in a band, maybe...not sure.
@@crmay72I watch that episode yesterday
Julie was so cute. She was the best part of the show.
No. Gopher was the best part of the Love boat. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Julie McCoy rocked the part definitely, original’s are usually always the best.
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NO compatition. Lauren as Julie McCoy. NO one can replace her, although they tried. Two years my junior I think she is as beautiful as ever.
She was awesome on The Love Boat, a show that she was perfect for. Also, she was just stunning!!!! I definitely had a crush on her back then.
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Who could forget the double whammy of "Love Boat" and then "Fantasy Island" every week! The one day a week my little girl could stay up late to watch TV. Kimberly loved both and would mimic Herve saying "Zee plane! Zee plane!" before he did. Silly as it was, "Love Boat" was glorious! Who says something has to be world-shaking or relevant to be entertaining?
Same here! The Love Boat and then Fantasy Island. Laying on the floor propped up on your elbows watching both..🥰
I stopped watching the show when they replaced Lauren. I loved the character Julie. Couldn’t get use to the other one. Lauren played it with pazzaz, intelligence, and a genuine sense of caring about the passengers as well as those she worked with. EVERYONE makes mistakes and those who won’t help someone that makes mistakes, especially when they ask, is a very mean and ugly person. Those who snoot their nose to ANYONE who makes mistakes is making a much BIGGER mistakes than the “ANYONE”. ✝️🙏
I very much agree ❣️❣️❣️❣️. I hope she has time to read this page to see a lot of people who really love her...wouldn't it be fun if she had a cooking show on Food network?
She was a drug addict and was responsible for her own demise.
Julie mcoy
Most in people don't know WHY she had a "drug problem". She like Marie osmond were repeatedly told they were too fat and would be replaced. At most they were about 10 lbs overweight. Lauren knew drugs would surpress her appetite and then became addicted which caused her to skip on her responsibilities. This is not excusing her but her bio gets it wrong saying she took drugs to deal with the stress of her sudden fame. No! It was because of the threats if she didn't lose the weight. It was the married producers named Kramer or Cramer who were the main harassers. Aaron spellings daughter Tori on the other hand looks like a leukemia patient because she is so skinny in person. Very unhealthy looking.
Oh my Lauren was such a beautiful acteress
Lauren of course. She had great chemistry with the rest of the cast. When Pat replaced her, the chemistry wasn't the same. Lauren was also in one of those movies about the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders. There were 2 or 3 movies made about the famous cheerleaders back then.
I loved Julie then and I still do...no matter what the issues, I don't think the show would have been successful without her 💗💗
Love you Julie 🥰🥰🥰
She was a drug addict and was responsible for her own demise.
Julie has and will always be my favorite. I always wanted to be on that boat with that crew. I had a crush on the captain Gavin😍💯
Julie McCoy was and will always be the world's most famous Cruise Director. I have been cruising for 45yrs and Lauren's character "Julie" is still referenced all over the world aboard ships. No doubt about it, "Julie" is the best! I have always wanted to meet Lauren in person :)
She was a drug addict and was responsible for her own demise.
This story would be more believable to me if you could pronounce her last name correctly, I grew up around the corner from her family, was in boy scouts with her brother so I know the last name is pronounced "TWEEZ" not "TWOS"
I thought you pronounced it that way. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Have a great day everyone.
Thank you! You just settled an argument with my husband. I thought it was tweez, & he had me all but convinced I was wrong. He was telling me how dumb I am- he is 10 years older & was alive during the original run.
Do you keep in contact with Lauren tewes now? From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 no I was friends with her brother Tommy, but lost touch when my family moved to San Diego
@@roberthager7390 today is Lauren's birthday. She was born on October 26, 1953. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I enjoyed Julie on the Love Boat. I felt the caricature balanced the cast.
Fabulous actress!, her emotions seemed so real I forgot I was watching a scripted show.
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In 2000, I went on a cruise to Bermuda aboard the Nordic Empress from New York. The Pacific Princess was docked right next to our ship and made the same trip, though it docked in St. George’s at Bermuda. I was surprised how small the Pacific Princess was, even compared to the Nordic Empress which was one of the smaller Royal Caribbean ships.
Pacific Princes was less than half the tonnage of Nordic Empress but she was about average size for a cruise ship in the 70s and early 80s. The first of the mega cruise ships was the Norway the converted ocean liner France and she was so enormously successful that by the mid 80s the various companies kicked off a more and bigger ships tonnage race that hasn't stopped to this day. My first cruise in 85 was aboard Nordic Prince which was about the same size as Pacific Princess. My third cruise in 87 was aboard Norway. The difference in size and amenities was positively enormous but back in those days there was not such a huge emphasis on shipboard amenities as there is today. The ship was still seen as a way to get there from here and not as much a destination unto herself. Norway as I said however was instrumental in changing all of that. All of the ships I sailed on in the 80s have gone to the scrap yards and even the ships I sailed on 20 years ago are with different cruise lines overseas rather than the companies they were built for. Time marches on as they say and as tragic as those pictures of Pacific Princess are at the scrapyard she had a long and prosperous career. Most ships die just as humans do and only a very fortunate few live on as museums or monuments...
I grew up watching her as Julie. Loved her.
Thank you for walking me through the hands of history
Lauren Tewes was perfect as Jenifer Jason Leigh's sister in Eyes of a Stranger
Definitely Lauren Tewes (pronounced: tweeze) was by far, my favourite as Julie McCoy Cruise Director...no question!
Julie...always Julie....love her!!
They should have helped her. She was amazing on the Love Boat. I don't like to watch the later seasons without her, it's just not the same.
People need to help themselves. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 Wow, you're big on compassion.
I liked Julie. It's sad that Lauren let drugs control her life to the point of ruining her career, but that's why it's called dope, not smarts. People need to learn not to let others pressure you into something you know is wrong. I didn't let peer pressure control me. I ended up alone, but still much better off than I would have if I had given in to it.
@tj921able What is not smart is pontificating.
Addiction is an illness, not something you "allow" into your life.
@tonysmith9930 If someone offers you drugs, you can say "no", you can't say "no" to an illness.
I love it when voice over people don't do their homework and mispronounce things. It is pronounced 'Twees'.
They should spell it that way and hence no mispronouncing.
I was MADLY in LOVE with her
Lauren was technically not "fired", she just wasn't rehired. Her contact wasn't renewed.
It's the same thing as being fired. The show didn't want to use her services anymore. From Ms. Stàcey.
@@harperstacey9604I get that, "Ms. Stàcey," and realize it's just a technicality. But she technically does not have a termination on her record. Her work contract was up, and she simply moved on.
Her name is pronounced Tweees not twos.
I remember seeing every single episode of "The Love Boat" every single week without fail just to get my weekly dosis of comedy.
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She was memorable as a waitress named Kitty in the "China Lake Murders."
Lauren Tewes 💘💘💘 To me, that was the end of the show, when she disappeared. Back then I did not pronounce her name as "Toos", but "Twees". I liked it better.
Lauren twese was very good no one could replace here
I grew up Watching this back in the late 80s. Liked julie McCoy
Julie Great actress ♥️♥️
After 45 years of watching the Love Boat, this is the first time I've ever heard her called Lauren 2'S. I always heard it was Lauren pronounced "Tweeze". Does anyone else say Lauren 2's? She even pronounces it tweeze. Even TV Guide says tweeze.
Lauren Tewes was definitely my favorite 💯🙌.... I was very disappointed when she left.. I didn't even want to watch anymore... It's hard to get used to someone else if they didn't originally played the roll in the first place... 🤷♀️Just my opinion
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Lauren Tewes was the only reason I ever watched the Love Boat. It certainly wasn't for the stories or the acting.
I totally had the major hots for her. Such ashame she.was addicted to drugs. Just glad she straightened up her life. Have a great day everyone.
I imagine you bought the playboy issue that she did full frontal/rear nudity in in 1983? Its not mentioned here but that was another reason she was sacked from what was a family show. I've been trying to find the issue but because it sold out its difficult to find. I just remember she was a natural red head & had one of the nicest asses I've ever seen. It seems she never learned her lesson because she did full frontal in playboy again in 1990, this time in some really hot/steamy lesbian themed shower/bath photos with fellow 70s tv icon Joanna Cameron wich resulted in Julie being written out of the Valentine's special reunion episode of the love boat.
I loved Julie McCoy
My mother was on love boat valentines CBS 1990’s it was a real show! No credit! She won a question on the boat by the way doing the show, she’s talking with the Director who is doing the show.
That was the SS Fair Princess I believe. She was built for Sitmar in the 80s and was probably the very last steam powered cruise ship.
Julie was the best she had it good. God bless her
Julie Mccoy !!!
Aww Love her ❤
I liked Lauren much better she was the best one to play the role 🥰
My vote is Julie all the way. So sorry for what so went through but at least she came out shining on the other side.
I love Julie Mccoy no matter what anyone says. She did a fantastic acting job. So gentle, sincere, authentic, real. Always fun and smiled alot. Beautiful lady!!
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Lauren Tewes was the best… America’s sweetheart! I’m glad she’s clean and sober. And her last name, by the way, is pronounced “tweeze.”
Dr Adam Bricker was a beast with the ladies....lol.
I had the biggest crush on Julie. Dang; she was cute.
You, me, and about twenty million other males.
The role was made for Julie McCoy and that's who I prefer ❤️
Love JULIE There will never be another!
Lauren was so amazing on Love Boat. I never warmed up to her replacement.
Well said...
LAUREN TEWES❤
Like many on here, I lost interest in the show after Lauren Tewes left. It just wasn't the same, the chemistry and character connection wasn't the same any more. I tried, but it just didn't happen. The magic was gone from the show for me. So glad to hear she seems to be doing well.
Wow, you make it sound like Isaac and Julie was running some kind of ship brothel. And that is so not the case. Isaac did what any bartender would do stand around and wait till some one wanted a drink, you know just like any establishment would. And Julie helped people with problems with their spouse, family, friends or help a passenger who may have fallen in love with another passenger.
Yea, people were hooking up, because well that is what young people do. But they would fall in love by the end of the cruise and get married. If anyone was doing all of this random hooking up , it was the doctor.
But this video is typical of internet journalist, lol. Click to Wikipedia, and then click to google, read a couple of paragraphs, and for the final research watch as many yt videos about the subject at hand. Done. I now know the complete history of any topic. Lol.
Doctor playin Doctor
Lauren Tewes was the best for the part, but as in most entertainment, there are problems that arise, and she wasn't experienced enough to avoid those traps; that's a shame, but overcoming those traps the producers should have given her a chance for a return. Too bad for that, but she was the best in EVERY WAY for the part that was originally hers in my opinion!
It will always be, and ONLY be, Julie McCoy. Good luck and thank you Lauren Tewes!
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Julie without a doubt!
DEFINITELY Julie! ❤️
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Forget the critics, it was a great show.
Lauren Tewes was the best one for the Love Boat
I believe that the Love Boat would not fly without Lauen's character, Julie McCoy.
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Julie McCoy was the best - Lauren is such a talented actress!
Julie McCoy for sure 👍
Didn't she play "Wendy/Windy" on Breaking Bad?
I had a crush on Lauren Tewes on The Love Boat back in the 70's!!
I consider her a legend. She helped make the show great, and it wouldn't have been remotely the same without her.
Beautiful words, thank you for your message for Lauren. Which of her roles appealed to you the most?
@@FactsVerse Thanks! I liked that she was the "glue" that held the regular cast together. I liked that she was like a wise big sister to Vicky. And I loved her in that episode where the Dance Instructor broke her heart by opting for Lisa Hartman over Julie (though both gals were way too good for him, haha).
Julie definitely the best. Awesome show. Thanks for some good memories.
Lauren Tewes. Great as julie
I loved that show & esp. her as a kid but it was on for far too long...i'm not sure why now but I think part of why i stopped watching was when she left. I was like 12 or 13 when i stopped watching tho.
I grew up watching her on 'The love boat' she made the show and was a great actress! ❤️
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Julie was and is always the diamond to the Love Boat. We love Julie (Laurne Tewes)!
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Wow what a shocker to see a post wall picture
I was an extra on set with Tewes who was playing Lieutenant Girard's secretary on the remake of The Fugitive with Tim Daly playing the title role. I had to be told who she was because I didn't recognize her at first. She commuted from her home on Hood Canal to the set in Everett WA.
Thanks for sharing this!
What was it like to work with her? Was she nice?
Loved Julie
Definitely Julie!
Producers back then made some awful decisions that ruined their own shows. Usually by letting go of women who definitely helped the shows be the hits that they were. Just as Threes Company was never much good after Suzanne Somers was fired, so it was with the Love Boat and Lauren
Yep...Lauren is the perfect person for the love boat, but animosity by producers hurt her..
Lauren hurt herself by becoming addicted to drugs. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
If she hadn't taken to FILTHY, DIRTY, DRUGS!!! all those years ago who's to say what a career she could have had & a much bigger name for herself & gone on to be be a much more successful actress. But, that's not the path she chose & it ended up ruining her acting career & proberbly most of her life. I bet her fellow actors was thinking what a real shame for her to waste her life like that. I understand that actors & actoressses can be under a huge amount of strain. But, i am sure there are other ways for them to cope with it rather than taking up DIRTY DRUGS!!! that can & have been known to KILL!!! I do hope she has fully recovered from her ordeal with drugs & has now found happiness in any form that keeps her that way. & WELL AWAY from DIRTY, FILTHY, DRUGS!!!!👎👎👎👎👎👎😠😡😠😡😠😡😠😡😠.
Ppl who make good money can always get all the help they need from the best available anywhere in the world.
Today ppl on drugs go to rehab to get drugs and get support w housing and other social services.
Drug addiction is a recognized disability from wh almost no one recovers permanently.
No program has ever worked although there have been many for decades.
I hate it when actors mess up and ruin shows by getting themselves fired.
Julie Mc Coy, I love her character on the Love Boat!
It’s funny, because I remember when they outed her about her drug addiction and I remember thinking that if it was anything like what happen with Drew Barrymore chances are that she was coerced into it, which I knew people who worked as stunt doubles in Arizona, for some major shows and movies that have been done now in fact, one of the kids who I went to high school with he got a chance to do stunt doubling work in Hollywood itself with one of the big stunt coordinators there, and he told me about what went on behind the scenes so when the news came out, I remember thinking that for her to end up on drugs, like this meant that she was probably pushed into it, and pressured into it, and that it was unfair, because I knew that they were others more famous than she and they were allowed to go to rehab and go back to the show and hear she was being kicked off, and I remember hearing about Aaron, spelling and his nastiness when it came to his stable of actors and that he was a little like a pimp and all of this I heard as a kid in high school from people who were working Hollywood adjacent. Some of those would eventually become big names and you know they would move I never hear from them again is at work and some never realize they how much they told me let’s put it that way, yeah but I always felt sorry for her. I always felt that the actress replaced her. They brought her on because well I can’t be 100% certain. I think she was briefly a replacement very short like maybe two or three episodes on Charlie’s Angels, another Aaron, spelling shell, and that he had a thing for blondes.
Lauren as Julie
Ships shown were not the Pacific or Island Princess, except the ones in the scrapyard.
Her last name is pronounced Tweeze.
I miss the old facts verse
It's pronounced Twees.
I liked both but Julie McCoy was the better of the two.
Julie was much more appropriate for the Love Boat IMOP.
I wish they would stop mentioning her drug habit of happened a long time ago we all have a past we aren’t proud of she is actually doing great and healthy because Jill gave an update on her on Instagram . Let this woman live and recognize her for the great she did that’s it that’s all !!
Lauren pioneered field of dental psychology
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Definitely Julie
She was cute back in the day.
Julie McCoy all the way!
I loved this girl so attractive