Degrassi Junior High

Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled difficult issues such as drug use, pedophilia, teen pregnancy and divorce, and the series was acclaimed for its sensitive and realistic portrayal of the challenges of teenage life. The cast comprised mainly non-professional actors, which added to the show's sense of realism.

Degrassi Junior High spanned 42 episodes, covering grades 7 through 9. The first season premiered January 18, 1987 with 13 episodes. It premiered Sunday afternoons, and was brought up to prime time in the second season. Some of the characters were in grades 7-8, and in the second season the characters remained in the same grades, as the season was not their next academic school year, but instead, their second semester. The characters were in grades 8 and 9 in the third year of the series. The ninth-graders stayed in junior high, but attended science class at Borden High School.

It followed the series The Kids of Degrassi Street, and directly preceded the series Degrassi High.

The program also aired on PBS in the United States and the ABC in Australia. A DVD containing all the show's episodes is scheduled to be released in October 2005.

Cast

The series was a realistic portrayal of junior high (and later high school) life; for this reason, hundreds of actors appeared on the series throughout its run, and no complete cast list can be made. This list shows the main characters.

Actor/Actress:...Appearing as:

Dayo Ade .... Bryant Lister ("BLT") Thomas (Seasons 3-5)

David Armin-Parcells .... Claude Tanner (Seasons 4-5)

Darrin Brown .... Dwayne Myers (Seasons 2, 4-5)

Andy Chambers .... Luke Cassellis (Occasional, Seasons 3-5)

Christopher Charlesworth .... "Scooter" Webster (occasional, Seasons 2-4)

Amanda Cook .... Lorraine ("L. D.") Delacorte (seasons 1-4)

Angela Deiseach .... Erica Farrell

Maureen Deiseach .... Heather Farrell

Byrd Dickens .... Scott (Season 4)

Chrissa Erodotou .... Diana Economopoulos (occasional Seasons 4-5)

Anais Granofsky .... Lucy Fernandez

Amanda Stepto .... Christine ("Spike") Nelson

Billy Parrott .... Shane McKay (Seasons 1-3; occasional thereafter)

Cathy Keenan .... Liz O'Rourke

Craig Driscoll .... Rick Munro (Season 1; occasional Season 2)

Dan Woods .... Mr. Raditch

Duncan Waugh .... Arthur Kobalewscuy (Seasons 1-3; occasional thereafter)

Irene Courakos .... Alexa Pappadopoulos (Seasons 2-5)

John Ioannou .... Alex Yankou (Season 5)

Keith White .... Tim O'Connor (Season 5)

Kirsten Bourne .... Tessa Campanelli (Seasons 4- 5)

L. Dean Ifill .... Bronco Davis (Season 5)

Marcia Ferguson .... Cindy (Season 5)

Maureen Deiseach .... Heather Farrell

Maureen McKay .... Michelle Accette (Seasons 2-5)

Michael Blake .... Paul (Season 3)

Michael Carry .... Simon Dexter (Season 2-5)

Michelle Goodeve .... Miss Karen Avery (Seasons 1-3)

Neil Hope .... Derek ("Wheels") Wheeler

Nicole Stoffman .... Stephanie Kaye Kobalewscuy (Seasons 1-2)

Niki Kemeny .... Voula Grivogiannis (Seasons 1-2)

Pat Mastroianni .... Joey Jeremiah

Rebecca Haines .... Kathleen Mead (Seasons 1-4; occasional thereafter)

Sara Ballingall .... Melanie Brodie (Seasons 1-4; occasional thereafter)

Sarah Charlesworth .... Susie Rivera (Seasons 1- 2)

Siluck Saysanasy .... Yick Yu (Seasons 1-3; occasional thereafter)

Stacie Mistysyn .... Caitlin Ryan

Stefan Brogren .... Archie ("Snake") Simpson

Steve Bedernjak .... Clutch (Seasons 3-4)

Trevor Cummings .... Bartholomew Bond (occasional, Seasons 3-4)

Vincent Walsh .... Patrick (Season 4)