Elliot, Jane 1947–

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ELLIOT, Jane 1947–

(Jane Elliott)

PERSONAL

Born January 17, 1947, in New York, NY; married Louis Rojas (divorced); children: one stepson, Aidan, (adopted) Annie Rose.

Addresses:

Agent—Origin Talent Agency, 4705 Laurel Canyon, Ste. 306, Studio City, CA 91607.

Career:

Actress and producer.

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding actress in a supporting role in a daytime drama series, 1981, Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, outstanding villainess: daytime, 1986 and 1991, Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding supporting actress, 1989 and 1993, Soap Opera Digest Award, outstanding villainess: daytime, 1990, Soap Opera Digest Award, outstanding supporting actress: daytime, 1992, Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding supporting actress, 1993, all for General Hospital.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Linda Skerba #2, A Flame in the Wind (also known as A Time for Us), ABC, 1965.

Jessica Hornesby, Rosetti and Ryan, NBC, 1977.

Tracy Quartermaine Soleito, General Hospital, ABC, 1978–80, 1989–93, 1996, 2003—.

Judy Trent, Knots Landing, CBS, 1980–81.

Carrie Todd Marler, The Guiding Light (also known as Guiding Light), CBS, 1981–82.

Cynthia Chandler Preston Courtlandt, All My Children, ABC, 1984–86.

Anjelica Deveraux #1, Days of Our Lives, NBC, 1987–89.

Tracy Quartermaine Soleito, The City, ABC, 1996–97.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Sister Theresa, Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol, CBS, 1972.

Widow, NBC, 1976.

Maria Armstrong, In the Matter of Karen Ann Quinlan, NBC, 1977.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Cheryl Logan, Once an Eagle, NBC, 1976.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Miss Marks, "Night of the Witch," The Nurses, CBS, 1965.

"The Pink Gumdrop," N.Y.P.D., ABC, 1967.

Daphne, "The Guru," The Mod Squad, ABC, 1968.

Grave Young, "Trial of a PFC," The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, NBC, 1970.

"Act of God," The Interns, 1970.

Carla Elliot, "Therapy in Dynamite," Kojak, CBS, 1974.

Ann Danvers, "Fantasy of Fear," Barnaby Jones, CBS, 1975.

Jana Hummel, "Ice," Police Woman, NBC, 1975.

Princess Cleopatra, "The Pharoah: Part 1," Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, ABC, 1976.

Princess Cleopatra, "Return of the Pharoah: Part 1," Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, ABC, 1976.

Julie, "The Center" (also known as "The Right School for Elizabeth"), Baby Boom, 1988.

(As Jane Elliott) Randi Smolin, "Castoff," Law & Order, NBC, 1998.

State Attorney General Isabel Shore, "Ego," Law & Order, NBC, 2001.

Also appeared as Linda Driscoll, A Time for Us, ABC.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Rita, "Shadow Game," CBS Playhouse, CBS, 1969.

Maggie Brenner, The Zertigo Diamond Caper, CBS, 1982.

A Class Divided (documentary), PBS, 1985.

Herself, Intimate Portrait: Deirdre Hall, Lifetime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

June Fable, Justin's wife, The Fabulous Dr. Fable, ABC, 1973.

Jessica Hornesby, Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women, NBC, 1977.

Ebony, Panic in Echo Park, NBC, 1977.

Television Producer; Series:

Loving, ABC, 1995—.

Film Appearances:

Dai–sanji sekai taisen: Yonju–ichi jikan no kyofu (also known as 41 jikan no kyofu, The Final War, World War III Breaks Out and World War III: 48 Hours of Fear), Sam Lake, 1960.

Sister Barbara Bennett, Change of Habit, MCA/Universal, 1969.

Madge Frazier, One Is a Lonely Number (also known as Two Is a Happy Number), Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1972.

Carol Nelson, Some Kind of Wonderful, Paramount, 1987.

Park mom, Baby Boom, United Artists, 1987.

Blue Eyed, 1996.

The Angry Eye, 2001.

Stage Appearances:

Linda Kingsley, The Impossible Years, Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1965–67.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Soap Opera Digest, April 4, 1998, pp. 90–92.

TV Guide, April 12, 2003, p. 38.

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