IN CHARACTER
A face you won’t forget
Althea
Played by Cheri Oteri
Cheri Oteri’s exuberant young passenger in Saturday Night Live. Althea overwhelms the adults around her with restless movement, personal revelations and enthusiastic interruptions. Her cockpit visit with Captain Burke introduced the…
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Cheri Oteri’s exuberant young passenger in Saturday Night Live. Althea overwhelms the adults around her with restless movement, personal revelations and enthusiastic interruptions. Her cockpit visit with Captain Burke introduced the recurring character in October 1995.
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