Jenny O'Hara was born on February 24,1942 and is an American film, television, and stage actress.
13 Facts About Jenny O'Hara
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Jenny O'Hara is best known for Dixie in My Sister Sam, Janet Heffernan in The King of Queens, and Nita in Big Love.
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Jenny O'Hara's father, John B O'Hara, was a salesman, and her mother, Edith O'Hara, was a journalist and drama teacher, who founded and continued to run the 13th Street Repertory Company in New York City for many years before her death at age 103 in 2020.
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Jenny O'Hara debuted on stage at age 5 at the Bushkill Playhouse in the Poconos.
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In 1964 O'Hara appeared on Broadway in the dramatic play Dylan.
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In 1970, Jenny O'Hara succeeded her younger sister, Jill in the musical Promises, Promises.
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Jenny O'Hara graduated to television, both in series and made-for-TV features, including starring roles in: Brinks: The Great Robbery, The Return of the World's Greatest Detective, Blind Ambition and Blinded by the Light with Kristy McNichol.
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Jenny O'Hara has made appearances over the years on various TV game shows.
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On TV, Jenny O'Hara portrayed Ruth Manly on Black Beauty, Lottie Murphy in Costello, Rebecca in Highcliffe Manor, Janet Heffernan in The King of Queens, Muriel Spiegleman in Live In, Dixie Randazzo in My Sister Sam, and Lucy Dexter on Secrets of Midland Heights.
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Jenny O'Hara had roles in the 2009 film, Extract, and the 2010 horror film, Devil.
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Jenny O'Hara directed the off-Broadway play The Women Are No Different, which was about abuse of wives.
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Jenny O'Hara auctioned off plants and provided advice to people about caring for their plants.
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Jenny O'Hara was married to August Dorr Watkins, an interior designer and former actor, from 1968 until their 1974 divorce.