About
Dylan McKay (1990–1995, 1998–2000)
Family Ties: Divorced parents Jack and Iris McKay
Memories: Dad, I can't believe you're gone; Just sticking to the 12 steps; I'm mad, bad and dangerous to know; To go to Berkeley or not to go? Kelly, I'll see you in Europe; Jimbo, you need to chill out, dude; Cindy, thanks for the hospitality; Brenda, stay out of the sun, and Brandon, take care of that hair, man.
Alumni Update: McKay is part owner of the After Dark and was recently reunited with his father, Jack (who was supposed to be dead, but whatever).
Brandon Walsh (1990-1998)
Family Ties: Parents Jim and Cindy Walsh and Brenda Walsh
Memories: Thanks for the toxic-waste stories, Chief; West Beverly Blaze rules; I was so close to being class prez; Nat, thanks for the pie and the dough; To all the girls I loved before--Mary Anne, Sheryl, Emily, Brooke, Nikki, Trisha--need I say more?; Love my '65 Mustang; Dylan, I owe you one for Yosemite; Brenda, I'll always be older and wiser; poker night at the Beverly Hills Beach Club.
Alumni Update: He's a big-shot reporter for New York Chronicle in Washington, D.C.
Brenda Walsh (1990-1994)
Family Ties: Parents Jim and Cindy Walsh and Brandon Walsh
Memories: Amateur night at the Fall Out comedy club; losing it in room 217 at the spring dance; No more karaoke nights at the Peach Pit, please; Girls, it was not a sleepover; La Boca Grande weekend in Baja, Mexico--muy caliente! Rick, Paris was ooh-la-la!; Tim, aerobics will never be the same again; I can't believe I'm going to U of Minnesota--but I will survive.
Alumni Update: Brenda is an aspiring actress in London, England.
Kelly Taylor
Family Ties: Parents Bill and Jackie Taylor and little sis Erin Silver
Memories: Skydiving with my best friend, Brenda; sleeping on the beach at Paradise Cove; love you, Smoosh; the double date from hell with the Princeton boys Wayne and Adam; to my family--and that means you, too, David; I can't believe I got mugged on Ditch Day; you can never be too rich or too thin.
Alumni Update: Works in PR
David Silver
Family Ties: Parents Mel and Sheila Silver and little sis Erin
Memories: I miss you Scott--that Palm Springs fling was great; Kelly, I can't picture a shower without you in it; I love taking six finals in three days; Icon Records, I could've been a star; Steve, a manager does not get 20 percent; When I grow up, I will be famous, and you can all say you knew me when.
Alumni Update: You can catch David on the After Dark radio show.
Donna Martin
Family Ties: Parents John and Felice Martin
Memories: Thisclose to Color Me Badd; We'll always have Paris and cervelles de veau; No more champagne, please; Can't believe I get to graduate; live from West Beverly, it's the senior breakfast; David, thanks for waiting; Kelly and Brenda, you're the best friends a girl could have.
Alumni Update: Owner of Now Wear This boutique; mention the yearbook and get a 20 percent discount.
Steve Sanders
Family Ties: Parents Rush and Samantha Sanders and little stepbros Ryan and Austin
Memories: That damn Legacy Key; I want to exchange this egg; Celeste, it was a TV moment; I leave it all to the Alvarado Street Summer Camp; Thanks, Mrs. Teasley; I can't believe I lost my 'Vette; Kelly, you don't know what you're missing; long live W. Bev. High '93.
Alumni Update: Runs the local gossip rag, the Beverly Beat, with his wife, Janet Sosna.
Andrea Zuckerman (1990-1995)
Played by: Gabrielle Anne Carteris
Family Ties: Grandma Rose Zuckerman
Memories: Volunteer for the teen rap line; editor in chief of the West Beverly Blaze; class valedictorian; been dreaming of Yale since birth; I may be from Van Nuys, but I am not a Valley Girl!; Brandon, how am I going to get through college without you?
Alumni Update: Lives on the East Coast with husband Jesse Vasquez and daughter Hannah.
Clare Arnold (1994–1997)
Played by: Kathleen Robertson
Character: Clare was a year younger than the gang, just like David, but she went to CU as a sophmore due to A.P. credit. She is the Chancellor's daughter and met Brandon and the gang when Brandon was on the Task Force. She tried to get Brandon, but was unsuccessful. She became Donna and Kelly's roomate after the Donna and David broke up. She later dated David, then David again, then Steve, then Dick, then Steve again, and left for Paris with her father.
Noah Hunter (1997–2000)
Played by: Vincent Young
Character: Noah was bumming around Hawaii, when the gang met him, and when they returned, he joined the group. He as did so many, owned the After Dark for a while, dated Donna for quite some time and had a lot of tense moments with David. He also dated Gina and Valerie, but Donna was always who he wanted. He had tons of money, since his family was rich, but didn't put it to much use after being the one to discover his father who had committed suicide. That event lead to a drinking problem, but though he did not get the girl, he did over come.
Janet Sosna (1998–2000)
Played by: Lindsey Price
Character: Janet answered the ad Brandon and Steve placed for an office manager/writer for the Beverly Beat. After a while, she got tired of giving Steve advice about his disasterous love life, she threatened to quit, but then the realized they just had the hots for each other. They had a child and got married, and after selling the Beat to a large publishing company, they decided to start a new paper together.
Valerie Malone (1994–1998)
Played by: Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Character: Valerie came to live with the Walshes after Brenda decided to stay in London and study acting. She left Buffalo because her mother was in serious therapy after the suicide of her father. She has always been wild, with a taste for pot, which she soon kicked after Brandon took over household control when Jim and Cindy moved to Hong Kong. She has been through many men, because her schemes always disrupt her relationships, and the struggle after losing all her money to an ex-employee of Kelly's father, and comming to terms with her mother over the fact that Val's father sexually abused her, and mom knew and he was getting treatment and Val couldn't stand anymore and she killed him when he came for her again. She and Kelly will probably never be anything but enemies. But she can get along with the rest of the gang. I think that she felt she had to leave after Brandon left, because he was the only one who defended her when she screwed one of the others.
Gina Kincaid (1998–2000)
Played by: Vanessa Marcil
Character: Gina was a cousin of Donna's who came to live in California, after her mother passed away. She had been told her father had died long ago. She discovered she was the illegitimate daughter of Dr. Martin, and therefore a half sister to Donna. This just added to the perpetual tension between her and Donna, and after attempting to revive her skating career only to fall prey to her eating disorder, dating both David and Noah, she left to return to her home town.
Matt Durning (1998–2000)
Played by: Daniel Cosgrove
Character: Matt is a lawyer who got an office in the same mall that Donna and Kelly opened their boutique in. He got friendly with Kelly while helping out in the opening days of the boutique, and eventually got together with Kelly. They had various adventures, between his representing the man who raped Kelly, then helping her get off after the same rapist came to the boutque and she shot him, to his wife, who has some grave mental disorder, to which the only drug that would counter act it was found to be fatal, to the ever present feelings she had for Dylan. He left when he realized he had lost her to Dylan.
Nat Busichio
Played by: Joe E Tata
Character: Nat is the owner/operator of the Peach Pit, and a co-owner of the After Dark. He was a best friend to the entire gang, parents included. He had a heart attack and almost sold the Pit, but the gang saved it. He was a movie actor in the sixties. Steve discovered Jonie, an actress he knew then that was the love of his life, and brought them back together. They eventually got married and had a child.
Trivia
- Brandon is 4 minutes older than Brenda.
- Kelly's mom was a former cocaine and alcohol addict.
- Steve and Andrea almost hooked up. They kissed during their SATs study session.
- Matthew Perry had a cameo on one episode as Brandon's friend, Roger.
- Donna has a learning disability.
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