" BRENDA SYKES " Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and raised in Los Angeles, Sykes is the daughter of a postal worker.[citation needed] She attended Susan Miller Dorsey High School, graduating in 1967, following which she spent two years at UCLA, with a major in political science and minor in French. On the recommendation of producer Aaron Spelling, she attended the Professional Theatre Workshop in Los Angeles for six months. Aaron Spelling, the producer, told me to go to the workshop. I auditione