Jennifer Billingsley
Jennifer Billingsley | |
|---|---|
 Billingsley in 1972 | |
| Born | Jennifer Irwin Billingsley May 14, 1940 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1962–1979[1] |
| Spouse | Stephen N. Gerlach (a.k.a. Jesse Lee Kincaid) (divorced) |
Jennifer Billingsley is a retired American television and film actress.
Early years
The daughter of Army Col. Claude Augustus Billingsley,
Career
Billingsley's stage debut came in
Welcome Home, Soldier Boys (1972), White Lightning (1973), The Thirsty Dead (1974) and Hollywood Man
(1976).
Billingsley's guest spots on TV included Cimarron Strip, Naked City, Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Dr. Kildare, The Lieutenant, Wagon Train, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mannix, The F.B.I., Hawaii Five-O, Police Story, Alice, Baretta, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Naked City | Helen | Season 3 Episode 17 "One of the Most Important Men in the Whole World" |
| 1962 | Ten Girls Ago | Dollina | TV Movie 32m |
| 1962 | Route 66 |
Janie | Season 3 Episode 11 "Hey, Moth, Come Eat the Flame" |
| 1963 | General Hospital | Pollie Prentice | Season 1 |
| 1963 | Dr. Kildare | Ruby Cullen | Season 3 Episode 2 "The Good Samaritan" |
| 1963 | Gunsmoke | Leah | Season 9 Episode 6 "My Sister's Keeper" |
| 1964 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Marie | Season 1 Episode 20 "Man in a Hole" |
| 1964 | The Lieutenant | Ginny McBain | Season 1 Episode 27 "Mother Enemy" |
| 1964 | Death Valley Days | Janet Wilgus | Season 12 Episode 22 "Trial at Belle's Springs" |
| 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Elaine | Not Rated
1h 34m |
| 1964 | Vacation Playhouse | Jo Anne Smith | Season 2 Episode 4 "I and Claudie" |
| 1964 | The Young Lovers | Elaine | Approved
1h 49m |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Taffy | Season 1 Episode 8 "The Double Affair" |
| 1965 | Wagon Train | Eloise Blee/ Betsy Blee | Season 8 Episode 22 "The Betsy Blee Smith Story" |
| 1965 | The Spy with My Face | Taffy | Not Rated
1h 28m |
| 1965 | O.K. Crackerby! | Tish Kranepool | Season 1 Episode 6 "The Saint John Raid" |
| 1965 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | First Model | Season 1 Episode 8 "The Adriatic Express Affair" |
| 1965 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Blonde | Season 13 Episode 23 "Breakfast for Harriet" |
| 1966 | The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Tickle Feather | Season 14 Episode 17 "Wally's Traffic Ticket" |
| 1966 | The Rounders | Bonnie | Season 1 Episode 1 "A Horse on Jim Ed Love" |
| 1967 | Mannix | Audrey Chalmers | Season 1 Episode 11 "A Catalogue of Sins" |
| 1968 | Cimarron Strip | Josie | Season 1 Episode 18 "Knife in the Darkness" |
| 1970 | Hawaii Five-O | Annette Barnes | Season 2 Episode 21 "Most Likely to Murder" |
| 1970 | C.C. & Company |
Pom Pom | R
1h 34m |
| 1971 | Brute Corps | Terry | R
1h 27m |
| 1971 | The F.B.I. |
Wanda Moore | Season 6 Episode 26 "Three-Way Split" |
| 1971 | The F.B.I. |
Mavis Barret | Season 7 Episode 6 "The Mastermind: Part 1" |
| 1971 | Welcome Home Soldier Boys | Broad | R
1h 31m |
| 1972 | The Rookies | Jill Danko | Season 1 Episode 0 "Pilot" |
| 1973 | White Lightning (1973 film) | Lou | PG
1h 41m |
| 1973 | The New Perry Mason | Elsa Collins | Season 1 Episode 12 "The Case of the Perilous Pen" |
| 1974 | Police Story | Lorraine | Season 1 Episode 12 "Countdown: Part 1" |
| 1974 | Police Story | Lorraine | Season 1 Episode 13 "Countdown: Part 2" |
| 1974 | The Thirsty Dead | Laura | PG
1h 28m |
| 1976 | Alice | Gertrude Turner | Season 1 Episode 3 "A Piece of the Rock" |
| 1976 | Hollywood Man | Laura | Not Rated
1h 47m |
| 1976 | Baretta | Dancer | Season 3 Episode 10 "Nothin' for Nothin'" |
| 1979 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Bonita Gray | Season 2 Episode 5 "Photo Finish'" |
Personal life
Billingsley married Stephen N. Gerlach, better known as musician Jesse Lee Kincaid, who played classical guitar and composed music. The union later ended in divorce.[3]
Trivia
An army brat who grew up around the world, Billingsley graduated with honors from Fort Smith Senior High School in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1958.
In 1961, newspapers had her romantically linked with both John Strasberg of the Strasberg Actors Studio dynasty, French director Henri-Georges Clouzot, and French actor Pierre Olaf, with whom she starred in the original Broadway cast of the musical Carnival that had opened that year.
In March 1962, newspapers announced she was going to marry actor Andrew Prine and that she had been replaced in her long-running role in Carnival. However, that May, it was reported that in March, Prine had married actress Sharon Farrell.
References
- ISBN 978-1557286727.
- ^ Lewis, Richard Warren (December 22, 1968). "She Takes Her Troubles Home". The Milwaukee Journal. Los Angeles Times News Service.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grizzly Article Page 01". fshs58.com. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
Further reading
- "Arkansas-born actress misidentified". Arkansas Times. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
External links
- Jennifer Billingsley at IMDb