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2:17 pm - 06/09/2012

'Happy Days' Actress Erin Moran Is Living In A Trailer Park After Being Evicted From Her Home



Actress Erin Moran has hit some not so "Happy Days."

Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham on the hit '70s sitcom and most recently appeared on "Celebrity Fit Club" in 2008, is now living in a trailer park in New Salisbury, Indiana after being evicted from her California home.

The 51-year-old actress is sharing her new digs with husband Steve Fleischmann, a former furniture mover who is now working at a local Walmart ... and his mother.

Moran, who got her start on "Happy Days," went on to star in her own spin-off "Joanie Loves Chachi" in the '80s followed by walk-on roles on "The Love Boat" and "Murder, She Wrote."

Today, Moran is reportedly taking care of her ailing mother-in-law and flashing New Salisbury locals while having a little too much fun in a local bar.

"Life hasn’t been kind to Erin since the foreclosure of her home," a family friend told The Enquirer. "She and Steve moved in with his ailing mother at the trailer park a few weeks back. Erin is like an angel to her mother-in-law. She cooks and cleans for her and takes care of her personal hygiene. But to look at Erin today you'd never know she was once one of TV's biggest stars. Her peaches-and-cream complexion is a maze of wrinkles and crow’s feet. She’s aged terribly."

But the nearly broke, former star could be seeing a paycheck soon.

A judge recently ruled that Moran and a few of her "Happy Days" co-stars will be permitted to go to court in attempts to regain royalties for sales of "Happy Days" DVD sets.

The group's unpaid royalties are worth roughly $250,000 to $500,000.

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clothingaddict 9th-Jun-2012 08:08 pm (UTC)
christ on a bicycle, that's ridiculous! May I ask what your degree was in? And have you ever considered leaving your degree off your resume, I've heard some people do that to avoid seeming overqualified
foryoursake08 9th-Jun-2012 08:12 pm (UTC)
political science with a minor in history. I did go back to school to get my teaching license, but I owe the school money so I can't get back in and now I don't want to teach. I managed to find a temp job scoring state assessment tests, but we're on our probable last project for the year and it'll be over next friday, so I'm trying to find something for the summer. plus I really need to pay the school back so I can move on with my life.

I've been told by some to leave off my degree, but I don't feel comfortable with lying on my resume. idk, I just keeping hoping I'll find something.
clothingaddict 9th-Jun-2012 08:41 pm (UTC)
I'm minoring in political science right now :X oh dear. Any advice for someone still in school (anything you would have done differently?)

And good luck, I really hope you find something soon too!
foryoursake08 9th-Jun-2012 08:46 pm (UTC)
well for starters, stay as far away from student loans as you can or keep it to a minimum. imo, it's better to take the time paying for it yourself than to have to deal with loan companies for the next 30 years.

it all depends on what you want to get involved with. if you want to be a professional (author, expert, etc), if you want to get into politics, if you want to teach, etc. Get involved as soon as you can, especially if you want to get involved in politics. If you want to get a masters, keep up your grades. I've heard Poli sci is the hardest to get into for the masters programs.

Good luck! Poli sci is such an expansive field, you have so many choices.

and thanks! I've got a temp job now, so it's not so bad. I just need more permanent work.
luvlorn 9th-Jun-2012 11:51 pm (UTC)
I used to score state tests and sadly I think it was one of my favorite jobs. $10/hr for reading and clicking a button. Too bad they are so temporary!
foryoursake08 10th-Jun-2012 02:44 am (UTC)
I really enjoy it. I do wish it was year around. Although it does make me weep for education. It's so sad to see how badly this students write :(
luvlorn 16th-Jun-2012 06:25 pm (UTC)
Oh, so true. The fifth graders from one state write better than the eighth graders from the state I live in.
foryoursake08 16th-Jun-2012 06:40 pm (UTC)
omg, I'm doing 5th grade washington right now and so many of them write like they're 6 years old. It's so sad :( I am so disappointed to see education lacking throughout the US. It makes me so mad to see these children getting pushed ahead when they obviously can't read or write.
luvlorn 16th-Jun-2012 08:40 pm (UTC)
I did 5th Arizona and Indiana a few years ago. The Arizona kids weren't too bad, especially considering you could tell English was a second language for a lot of them. This one kid though, wrote a 2-page essay about hot cheetos. I can't remember if I was even able to score it because I think he just barely mentioned the topic. It was soooo funny. No one could even figure out how to score the Indiana test and we all got kicked off the project, but those kids lead totally depressing lives.

I really wish we'd get our priorities straight in this country and properly fund education even if it means we pay more in taxes.
foryoursake08 16th-Jun-2012 08:44 pm (UTC)
The Washington ones have really scared me. I mean, they're handwriting, grammar, spelling, and reading comprehension are so poor. I know they're only 10, but my 6-year-old niece has better reading comprehension than most of these kids. It's really sad.

My first project was 8th grade Louisiana and there were a lot of funny answers. There haven't been a lot of off topic answers in 5th grade and we're just about done, and that surprised me. I got so many off topic answers in 11th grade pennsylvania.
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