Valerie Landsburg (born August 12, 1958) is a Jewish American actress, television and film director, screenwriter, and singer-songwriter. She is best known for her role as Doris Schwartz in the 1982 series Fame, interpreting, for television, the role that Maureen Teefy had originated in the film. She was also the lead singer on the UK top five hit "Hi Fidelity". Producer Alan Landsburg is her father, and she appeared in at least one installment of True Confessions, an anthology series program he produced.