Crystal Lynn Bernard (born September 30, 1961 in Garland, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and actress best known for Wings.
The daughter of evangelist Jerry Bernard, Crystal grew up singing choir at her father's sermons, recordings of which has surfaced on the internet in recent years. While brought up as a singer, she developed interest in pursuing an acting career after traveling to California. Her appearance in Young Doctors in Love secured her a role in the final two seasons of Happy Days as K.C. Cunningham. From there, she got a starring role in the syndicated revival of It's a Living as Amy Tompkins, which ran from 1985 to 1989. She immediately transitioned to her best remembered role, as lunch counter operator Helen Chappell on Wings, which was produced by Paramount which also produced Happy Days. After Wings she spent the early 2000s performing in Broadway musicals and then appearing made-for-TV movies, alongside some guest appearances. Her last acting role was in 2008.
While primarily known as an actress, she also was a country singer, concurrent to her acting career. Her musical output has been reviewed favorably, though it wasn't commercially successful despite being released at the height of the "Young Country" boom of the 1990s. Some of her notable songs included collaborations with Peter Cetera and Jim Messina.
Known to be a Reclusive Artist, very little is known about her personal life aside from being romantically linked to Peter Cetera and Rush Limbaugh in the 1990s. As she's not made any public appearances since the mid-2000s and does not have a confirmed social media presence, her current whereabouts are unknown but it's presumed that she retired and returned to living a private life.
Filmography:
- Young Doctors in Love as Julie
- Slumber Party Massacre II as Courtney Bates
- Lady Against The Odds as Dol Bonner
- Gideon as Jean MacLemore
- Jackpot as Cheryl
- Happy Days as K.C. Cunningham (16 episodes)
- Fantasy Island as Ally Miller (1 episode)
- The Love Boat as Wendy 'Minerva' Pryor/Susie Epshaw (2 episodes)
- It's a Living as Amy Tompkins (93 episodes)
- The Master as Carrie Brown (1 episode)
- My Two Dads as Liz Schaefer (1 episode)
- Wings as Helen Chappell-Hackett
- According to Jim as Lisa Christie (1 episode)
