Word: walk-on
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...early on in childhood, Underwood attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to study theatre, but could not afford to stay so he went to New York to pursue acting. A professor put him in touch with an agent and, after only two days in New York, Underwood got a walk-on part in “The Cosby Show.”He has since gone on to appear in “LA Law”, “One Life to Live,” and “Sex and The City” and has landed...
Jessica, who made the team as a walk-on freshman year, anchored a Penn (4-1-2, 0-0-1) defense that held the Crimson to just one shot on goal and six shots total in 110 minutes...
...obscure--the uncelebrated and faceless figures who make history happen. Furnished with voices, the long silent tribe of Abraham reiterates the observation made by Playwright Tom Stoppard 20 years ago in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: when neglected characters move to center stage, Hamlet himself is only a walk-on. --By Stefan Kanfer Best Sellers...
While captain and Ivy Player of the Year Reka Cserny attracted the most attention this season, Murphy consistently matched up against the opposition’s biggest offensive threat. The former walk-on turned stalwart defender quietly averaged 2.32 steals per game, good for third in the Ivy League. Her 3.71 assists per game placed her fifth in the Ancient Eight...
Very little of that effort made the box score, but the former walk-on is fine with that. Her efforts on defense sparked the Harvard offense—even if she wasn’t scoring the points...