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in reply to a message by RayJ
And until someone posts information about the actress Ta-Tanisha where it is explained how she came up with her name, we will never know for sure. It's clear that Tanisha as a common given name in the USA comes primarily from that actress, but I have never been able to find out any detailed information about her and her name. The explanations that take it back to a Hausa word are just speculation. This site may well be correct that it's merely a modern diminutive of Tania, but at the moment that's also unconfirmed. Unfortunately this actress seems to have disappeared from the radar screen so I don't know if we will ever find out the origin of her name.
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Series Notes: ABC; 30m; color; 1969-74; 78 episodes
School drama centering on history teacher Pete Dixon and his colleagues and students in a big-city high school; frequently dealt with topical issues.
Regulars: Lloyd Haynes (Pete Dixon)
Denise Nicholas (Liz McIntyre
Michael Constantine (Seymour Kaufman)
Karen Valentine (Alice Johnson) Judy Strangis (Helen)
David Jolliffe (Bernie)
Heshimu (Jason)
Ta-Tanisha (Pam)
Guest Cast:
Mark Lambert (Val Silverton); Tannis Montgomery (Sherry)
Episode Summary:
(Episode is sometimes listed as "Sins of the Father")
Pete’s class is studying civil unrest in the post-WWI period. After an argument over the Saccho-Vanzetti executions, they decide to try the case themselves. Val Silverton, son of former judge and present Commissioner Matt Silverton (Kelley), is adamant that only the guilty end up in trouble with the law, and acts as prosecutor. Not only does Val take the role very seriously, but his grades have been slipping to the point that he will not be able to get into the Ivy League colleges he has set his sights on, and he has a falling-out with his long-time girlfriend Sherry. The class learns the cause of the trouble when the newspaper posts the headline that Commissioner Silverton has been indicted for corruption.
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