The Cover Girl and the Cop, released on video as Beauty & Denise, is a 1989 American comedy television film directed by Neal Israel, written by Michael Norell, and starring Julia Duffy, Dinah Manoff, and David Carradine.
[1] In Washington, D.C., ditzy model-actress Jackie Flanders witnesses the murder of a powerful figure connected to the President.
Her role in the film was similar and she said, "It's simply a case of me playing different parts, but if people think they're the same (because of the strength of the Stephanie portrayal), there's nothing I can do about it.
I know that title sounds really fluffy, but (Manoff) plays a really terrific person who hides her light under a bushel, by dressing sloppily and talking tough.
I knew if that character were played by a really legitimate actress who was good at comedy as well as drama, the movie would have a real foundation.