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13 Facts About Jennifer Runyon

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Jennifer Runyon made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight, and went on to have supporting roles in the comedies Up the Creek and Ghostbusters.

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Jennifer Runyon had a lead role as Gwendolyn Pierce in the 1984 sitcom Charles in Charge during its first season.

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Jennifer Runyon has one half-brother, Scott, from her father's first marriage.

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Jennifer Runyon grew up in various cities in the United States, as her father's disc-jockey career required the family to move frequently.

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The family eventually settled in Los Angeles when Jennifer Runyon was 14 years old.

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Jennifer Runyon made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight, about a group of school girls stalked by a killer in a Santa Claus costume.

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Jennifer Runyon was cast in a supporting role as Sally Frame on the soap opera Another World, which she taped in New York from March 1981 until February 1983.

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Jennifer Runyon had a small part as a student being given an ESP test by Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters, and starred in Up the Creek that same year, the latter of which she filmed over several weeks in Bend, Oregon.

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Jennifer Runyon later appeared on television as Gwendolyn Pierce in the sitcom Charles in Charge, and replaced Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in the television film A Very Brady Christmas.

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In 1988, Jennifer Runyon played the lead in The In Crowd and was in the pilot of Quantum Leap.

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Jennifer Runyon appeared in Murder, Jennifer Runyon Wrote in the 1989 episode, "Seal of the Confessional" playing the character Kelly Barret alongside leading role Angela Lansbury.

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Jennifer Runyon was a guest on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1991.

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On March 9,1991, Jennifer Runyon married Todd Corman, a collegiate basketball coach with stints at Loyola Marymount, Albertson College, and Oregon State University; he worked in film and television production during breaks between sports seasons.