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Jenny Sullivan

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For other people named Jennifer Sullivan, see Jennifer Sullivan (disambiguation). Jenny Sullivan Born ( 1946-12-14 ) December 14, 1946 (age 71) Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Actress, theatre director Spouse(s) Jim Messina ( m.  1970; div.  1980) Relatives Barry Sullivan (father) Jenny Sullivan (born December 14, 1946) is an American film and television actress. She has starred in some TV movies, and her best-known role is reporter Kristine Walsh in the 1983 miniseries V and its 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle . Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External links Career Sullivan is the daughter of actor Barry Sullivan. [1] Her first feature film was The Angry Breed (1968). Other film appearances include Plaza Suite (1971), The Other (1972), The Candidate (1972), Getting Straight (1970), Breakfast in Bed (1978) and Shadow of Doubt (1998). She has made guest appearances on TV shows, including Little House on the Prairie , Dragnet , Adam-12 , The F.B....

Diana Muldaur

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Diana Muldaur Muldaur at the 1990 Emmy Awards Born Diana Charlton Muldaur ( 1938-08-19 ) August 19, 1938 (age 79) Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1965–1993 Known for L.A. Law , Star Trek: The Next Generation , McCloud , Born Free Spouse(s) James Vickery 1969–1979; his death Robert Dozier 1981–2012; his death Diana Charlton Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur's television roles include L.A. Law ' s Rosalind Shays and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation . She has been nominated for an Emmy three times: twice for L.A. Law and once for Born Free . She was also nominated twice for a Q award for L.A. Law. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, [1] Muldaur started acting in high school and continued on through college, graduating from Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1960. [2] She studied acting under Stella Adl...

Uta Hagen

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Uta Hagen Hagen with Paul Robeson in the 1943 Theatre Guild production of Othello Born Uta Thyra Hagen ( 1919-06-12 ) 12 June 1919 Göttingen, Germany Died 14 January 2004 (2004-01-14) (aged 84) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. Education University of Wisconsin High School Occupation Actress Years active 1937–2001 Spouse(s) José Ferrer (m.1938–1948; divorced) Herbert Berghof (m.1957–1990; his death) Children 1 Uta Thyra Hagen (12 June 1919 – 14 January 2004) was an American actress and theatre practitioner. She originated the role of Martha in the 1962 Broadway premiere of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee (who called her "a profoundly truthful actress"). Because Hagen was on the Hollywood blacklist, in part because of her association with Paul Robeson, her film opportunities dwindled and she focused her career on New York theatre. She later became a highly influential acting teacher at New York's Herbert Berghof Studio and authored best-selling acting ...