Anita Barone

Barone performed the role of Gail Cunningham in The Shoes from Seinfeld season 4. She played a cook named Elaine Benes who wanted shoes. Barone was also a part-time cast member of Carol & Company, starring alongside Carol Burnett in the early 1990s. Barone was also Carol Willick Ross Geller's ex-wife in the character's first appearance in Friends. Jane Sibbett, who replaced Barone when she left the show in order to appear as a character in a larger part, was able to fill her. She had a role on The Jeff Foxworthy Show from 1995 through 1996 as well as The War at Home between 2005 and 2007. Barone was a co-star as a co-star in Daddio (2000). Other television credits for Barone include Desperate Housewives Curb Your Enthusiasm Quantum Leap Empty Nest Chicago Hope Castle Do Not Disturb Ally McBeal Caroline in the City Party of Five and The Larry Sanders Show. Barone received the Methodfest Best Supporting Actress Award in 2005 for her role as One Last Ride. In 2010 three years since The War at Home ended the film's run, Barone started her role as a recurring character in Shake It Up, a Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up as Officer Georgia Jones the mother of Bella Thorne's character CeCe Jones. Matthew Glave played J.J. Jones, the former husband of the character played by Barone for two seasons.