Nancy Stafford to appear at 2019 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
Feb. 1, 2019
Dr. Cynthia Burkhead, UNA Dept. of English
FLORENCE, Ala. – The George S. Lindsey UNA Film Festival is pleased to announce actress, speaker and author Nancy Stafford will make a special guest appearance at this year’s film festival, Feb. 28 – March 2.
Stafford will also be hosting a Q&A session Friday evening, March 1.
Best known for her role as Michelle Thomas on “Matlock,” Stafford has also had many roles on television shows such as “Who’s The Boss?,” “St. Elsewhere,” “Magnum P.I.,” “The Mentalist,” and “Scandal.” Her many film roles include “Christmas with a Capital C,” “Superheroes Don’t Wear Capes,” “Assumed Killer” and “Heaven Bound.” She has also hosted a syndicated television series focusing on beauty and fashion called “Main Floor.”
Stafford was born in Wilton Manors, Florida. She graduated from the University of Florida with a B.A. in journalism, was Miss Florida in 1976, and competed in the Miss America pageant.
She currently serves as chair of SAT-7 Women for Middle East Hope, which connects women of the Western world to the spiritual and religious practices of women in the Middle East and North Africa.
For more information on the 2019 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival:www.lindseyfilmfest.com, lindseyfilmfest@una.edu or 256-765-4592.
George Lindsey UNA Film Festival
The George Lindsey UNA Film Festival is one of the few film festivals hosted by a university. The event was founded in 1998 in part by UNA alumnus and celebrated actor and entertainer George Lindsey. Lindsey’s own film career included several important roles, including the character Goober Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show.”
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA
The University of North Alabama is an accredited, comprehensive regional state university offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs through the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business,Education and Human Sciences, and the Anderson College of Nursing and Health Professions.Occupying a 130-acre campus in a residential section of Florence, Alabama, UNA is located within a four-city area that also includes Tuscumbia, Sheffield and Muscle Shoals. UNA Athletics, a renowned collegiate athletics program with seven (7) Division II National Championships, is now a proud member of the NCAA Division I’s ASUN and Big South Conferences. The University of North Alabama is an equal opportunity institution and does not discriminate in the admission policy on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, age or national origin.