1. Jenny Wolek is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live.
16 Facts About Jenny Wolek
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The distant cousin of original characters Larry, Anna, and Vince Wolek, Jenny debuted June 1975, appearing continually until May 1986.
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Jenny Wolek was originated by actress Katherine Glass in June 1975 and introduced as a novitiate nun preparing to take her final vows.
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Jenny Wolek grows enamored with Dr Vernon but begins dating his son Brad in 1977.
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Actress Brynn Thayer, a fan of Katherine Glass' Jenny Wolek, assumed the role in August 1978 amid a contract dispute between Glass and ABC Daytime.
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Jenny Wolek becomes pregnant into 1979 and looks forward to motherhood.
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Jenny Wolek rears a child born during Jenny Wolek's delivery to Karen's former fellow prostitutes, Katrina Karr.
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Jenny Wolek is soon widowed for a second time when Peter is killed in a car accident in May 1982.
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Only a short time after losing her husband Peter, Jenny Wolek learns the truth about Karen's baby switch and makes the wrenching decision to give the child back to Katrina.
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Jenny Wolek next engages in a relationship with David "David Renaldi" Reynolds, the former lover of Dr Dorian Lord and father to Dorian's daughter, Cassie.
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Jenny Wolek soon becomes worrisome upon learning David to be a secret agent investigating communist espionage activity for the American government.
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Jenny Wolek last appears onscreen making amends with cousin Larry and ex-husband Brad before relocating to Switzerland with David in May 1986.
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David Renaldi returns to Llanview in 1997, divulging to Dorian that Jenny Wolek was assumed dead in Switzerland from an avalanche.
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Jenny Wolek was a part of a move by new head writer Gordon Russell in 1975 to incorporate younger talent into the cast following the 1973 onscreen death of Meredith Lord, played by Lynn Benesch.
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Glass' Jenny had particular resonance with younger viewers who identified with the Wolek heroine.
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Brynn Thayer's work as a Jenny Wolek learning her daughter, Mary Vernon, was stillborn and switched soon after birth with the child she raised for two years, Kristine Karr, is considered one of OLTLs most tragic and riveting performances.