Sometimes Credited As:
Melissa Hart 

Nick Name:
Mel 
Halfpint 
Sa (from "MelisSA" and "ClarisSA") 

Date of Birth:
April 18, 1976 

Place of Birth:
Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA 

Height: 5' 3" 
 

Biography: 
Melissa grew up in Sayville, New York.  Her acting career started at the age of four, when she did a commercial for a bathtub toy called "Splashy".  Her mother, Paula Hart, has been her agent from the beginning.  Melissa has five younger sisters, Trisha, Elizabeth, Emily, Alexandra and Samantha, and one younger brother, Brian.  All but the youngest sibling, Samantha, have been "in the business" in some capacity; Elizabeth, Emily and Brian have appeared on Melissa's current TV series, "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch".  Melissa performed in two plays as the youngest member of New York's Circle Repertory Lab Company:  "Beside Herself" in 1989 starring Lois Smith and William Hurt and "Imagining Brad" in 1990.  She was also in the National Actors Theatre production of "The Crucible" on Broadway with Martin Sheen as an understudy to three of the children in the play.  Melissa cites Shirley Temple and Audrey Hepburn as early acting inspirations.  She still collects Shirley Temple memorabilia.  For the past few years, she has been juggling acting and attending New York University.  She's now living in the Los Angeles area, starring in the TV series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," which is produced by Hartbreak Films, the production company run by her and her mother.  Melissa has sung on two rock/pop albums, "This Is What 'NA NA' Means" (1994) and "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Album" (1998), and narrated a classical album for children, "Peter and the Wolf" (1994).  She had a small role in Crocodile Dundee, but was cut from the film.  Melissa has a "lazy eyelid" that causes her right eye not to open as wide as her left and was born without the teeth to either side of her two front teeth, a condition that was "fixed" in 1993.  She wears a navel ring, but cn recite pi to 341 digits.  She enjoys snowboarding and collects great paintings including 3 Picassos.  She plays in the clip "crazy" from Britney Spears.  Melissa also has a cross tattoo on the back of her neck. 
 

Filmography:
 

Rent Control (2002) ..as Holly Washburn 

"Witchright Hall" (2001) TV Series ..as Sabrina 

Backflash (2001) 

The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) (TV) ..as Host 

Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) ..as Rebecca 'Becky' Detweiller 

Santa Mouse and the Rat Deer (2000) (voice) ..as Molly 

Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) (V) (voice) ..as Deila and Deirdre Dennis/Dee Dee ... aka Batman of the Future: Return of the Joker (2000) (V) (Europe: English title: cut version) ... aka Return of the Joker (2000) (V) (USA: informal English title) 

"Just Shoot Me" (2000) TV Series as "Krissy" in episode: "Fast Times at Finchmont High" (episode # 4.24) 

The Specials (2000) ..as Sunlight Grrrl 

"That '70s Show" (1999) TV Series as  "Mary" in episode: "Eric Gets Suspended" (episode # 2.9) 

Sabrina, Down Under (1999) (TV) ..as Sabrina Spellman 

Drive Me Crazy (1999)  ..as Nicole Maris 

"Sabrina the Animated Series" (1999) TV Series (voice) ..as Aunt Hilda Spellman/Aunt Zelda Spellman 

26th Annual American Music Awards (1998) (TV) ..as Host 

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Spellbound (1998) (VG) (voice) ..as Sabrina Spellman

Sabrina Goes to Rome (1998) (TV) ..as Sabrina/Sophie 

"Hollywood Squares" (1998) TV Series ..as Herself 

"Hercules" (1998) TV Series (voice) ..as Celena ... aka "Disney's Hercules" (1998) (USA) 

"Superman" (1998) TV Series as  "Saturn Girl"(voice) in episode: "New Kids in Town" (episode # 3.3) ...aka "The New Batman/Superman Adventures" 

Can't Hardly Wait (1998) (uncredited) ..as Yearbook Girl (Vicki)

Silencing Mary (1998) (TV) ..as Mary Stuartson ... aka Campus Justice (1998) (TV) 

Two Came Back (1997) (TV) ..as Susan Clarkson 

The Right Connections (1997) (TV) ..as Melanie Cambridge 

"Teen Angel" (1997) TV Series as "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "One Dog Night" (episode # 1.7) 

"You Wish" (1997) TV Series as  "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "Genie Without A Cause" (episode # 1.7) 

"Boy Meets World" (1997) TV Series as  "Sabrina Spellman" in episode: "The Witches of Pennbrook" (episode # 5.5) 

"Clueless" (1997) TV Series as  "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" in episode: "Mr. Wright" (episode # 1.17) 

"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) TV Series ..as Sabrina J. Spellman ... aka "Sabrina Goes to College" (1996) (USA: promotional title) ... aka "Sabrina" (1996) (USA: promotional abbreviation) 

Twisted Desire (1996) (TV) ..as Jennifer Stanton

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996) (TV) ..as Sabrina Sawyer 

"Touched by an Angel" (1995) TV Series as  "Claire Latham" in episode: "Angels on the Air" (episode # 2.5)

Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) (TV) ..as Samantha 

"America's Funniest People" (1993) TV Series as "Herself" 

"Are You Afraid of the Dark?" (1993) TV Series as  "Daphne" in episode: "The Tale of the Frozen Ghost" (episode # 2.8)

"Clarissa Explains It All" (1991) TV Series ..as Clarissa Darling 

"The Equalizer" (1986) TV Series as  "Laura Moore"(as Melissa Hart) in episode: "Torn" (episode # 1.17) 

"Kane & Abel" (1985) (mini) TV Series (as Melissa Hart) ..as Florentyna Rosnovski (Age 7)
 
 

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