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  • News (sort of): Courtney Henggeler Quits TV Acting at 46

    From Ian J. Ball@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 15 08:34:14 2025
    From People:

    https://people.com/cobra-kai-courtney-henggeler-quits-acting-after-20-years-in-industry-11715185

    See also:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1jzfv38/cobra_kais_courtney_henggeler_quits_acting_after/


    First comment: Add another one to Anim's "Actress Gets to 40 (or 30) and
    Quits the Biz" pile.
    Since I've been watching for this, I've noticed this pile getting
    huger and huger.

    Second comment: I have always really liked Henggeler. She was in one of
    my favorite "Henry Danger" ep's and really shined, to the point where I
    was always disappointed that they never brought her character back for
    another episode. Pretty much the same thing with her "Big Bang Theory"
    role. I guess her entire career was like that - a shining guest star performance that was never followed up on (because
    producers/writers/casting people are morons?!). I'm glad she was at
    least able to land a steady gig on "Cobra Kai" (a show I've never
    watched... and her role seemed fun, according to Reddit).
    Henggeler "quit the business" announcement really does make the
    whole TV acting gig/career sound awful. I don't blame her for quitting. Frankly, it's probably amazing that she stuck it out to 46.

    This does go a long way towards explaining why so many more obscure
    actresses I have really liked have left the business (incl. even soap actresses), and why so many of them used COVID as an excuse to throw in
    the towel.

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ian J. Ball on Wed Apr 16 11:05:08 2025
    Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
    From People:

    https://people.com/cobra-kai-courtney-henggeler-quits-acting-after-20-years-in-industry-11715185

    See also:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/1jzfv38/cobra_kais_courtney_henggeler_quits_acting_after/


    First comment: Add another one to Anim's "Actress Gets to 40 (or 30) and Quits the Biz" pile.
    Since I've been watching for this, I've noticed this pile getting
    huger and huger.

    :(

    The “quits at 30” one is a fairly recent phenomenon that I noticed as well.



    Second comment: I have always really liked Henggeler. She was in one of
    my favorite "Henry Danger" ep's and really shined, to the point where I
    was always disappointed that they never brought her character back for another episode. Pretty much the same thing with her "Big Bang Theory"
    role.

    She came back 10 years later for the wedding.


    I guess her entire career was like that - a shining guest star
    performance that was never followed up on (because
    producers/writers/casting people are morons?!). I'm glad she was at
    least able to land a steady gig on "Cobra Kai" (a show I've never
    watched... and her role seemed fun, according to Reddit).
    Henggeler "quit the business" announcement really does make the
    whole TV acting gig/career sound awful. I don't blame her for quitting. Frankly, it's probably amazing that she stuck it out to 46.

    This does go a long way towards explaining why so many more obscure
    actresses I have really liked have left the business (incl. even soap actresses), and why so many of them used COVID as an excuse to throw in
    the towel.






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    The last thing I want to do is hurt you, but it is still on my list.

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