Staci Keanan's real name

[paul.austin]

I knew a Stacey in school but the name just makes you think of "Stacey's Mom has got it going on".

[irehtman]

Originally Posted by paul.austin

I knew a Stacey in school but the name just makes you think of "Stacey's Mom has got it going on".

Nothing to do with that Fountains Of Wayne rock band completely yet.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Her first on-screen credits were under the name Anastasia Love. I suspect Sagorsky might have been considered "too ethnic" in the early 1980s.

I'm guessing that there was also some concern that "Sagorsky" would be a name that would be kind of difficult for viewers to pronounce. Jane Krakowski, still has a I suppose, decidedly "ethnic" sounding name (I believe that she's of Polish descent), but even then, she still had to change it to make it more "suitable" for Hollywood. Her last name is actually spelled as "Krajkowski".

[paul.austin]

Originally Posted by TMC

I'm guessing that there was also some concern that "Sagorsky" would be a name that would be kind of difficult for viewers to pronounce. Jane Krakowski, still has a I suppose, decidedly "ethnic" sounding name (I believe that she's of Polish descent), but even then, she still had to change it to make it more "suitable" for Hollywood. Her last name is actually spelled as "Krajkowski".

If Mayim Bialik had started her career in the thirties rather than the eighties, whatever studio she was contracted to - Fox, RKO, Paramount or whatever - would have forced her to use an anglicized/"American" stage name. Something like Mary Bennett, perhaps?