appeared with Jimmie Walker on the Love Boat a year before. She played a character called Ginny and she wanted her boyfriend (Jimmie Walker), to marry her, but he was afraid of commitment.

Here is the link to the imdb about that episode and the cast info:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0843044/

She was discovered on The Dating Game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Sykes

Eww, she was not that much of a looker to be on a DATING GAME LOL

Was she the one who left her cigarette in the ashtray before Penny started smoking it? If so, she wasn't that attractive.

I didn't find her attractive either.

Yes, she was the one who left the burning cigarette in the ashtray where Penny got it and put it in the couch.