Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch was told she needed to adapt to Hollywood’s standards to make it big.
Instead she carved a new path.By Name a teen star more synonymous with the ’90s than Melissa Joan Hart. When her Nickelodeon sitcom Clarissa Explains It All premiered in 1991, it headlined the network’s key Saturday night SNICK lineup.
Five years later, in 1996, Sabrina the Teenage Witch—the ABC series based on a character from 30-year-old comic book title—made her a household name.
For many young girls in the ’90s, Hart was like the girl next door, only famous.But with success came intense pressure to translate that teen-girl adoration into a lucrative movie career.
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