Jennings, Juanita

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JENNINGS, Juanita


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Career: Actress.

Awards, Honors: L.A. Weekly Award nomination, best supporting female performance, 20000, for Ninth Wave; L.A Weekly Award nomination, best featured actress in a play, 2003, for Slide Glide the Slippery Slope.

CREDITS


Film Appearances:

Receptionist, Basic Instinct, TriStar, 1992.

Vera, Spirit Lost, Live Entertainment, 1996.

Nurse, "Fantasies about Rebecca," Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, United Artists, 2000.

Kitchen secretary, What Women Want, Paramount, 2000.

Rachel, Baby Boy, Columbia, 2001.

Loreen Duke, Runaway Jury, Twentieth CenturyFox, 2003.


Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Yolanda ArnettFriedman, Laurel Avenue, HBO, 1993.


Television Appearances; Movies:

Hooker, Man against the Mob, NBC, 1988.

Nurse, Running against Time, USA Network, 1990.

Prosecutor, The Marla Hanson Story (also known as Face Value ), NBC, 1991.

James's mother, Bad Attitudes, Fox, 1991.

Janine, Condition: Critical (also known as Final Pulse ), NBC, 1992.

Dr. Laura Wheeler, Jack Reed: Badge of Honor, NBC, 1993.

Lillian Foster, Murder of Innocence, CBS, 1993.

Inez, Out of Darkness, ABC, 1994.

Martha Rae Ween, On Promised Land, The Disney Channel, 1994.

Helen Picker, The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds ... It Leads, CBS, 1999.

Ms. Taylor, Dancing in September, HBO, 2000.


Television Appearances; Specials:

Voice, Medal of Honor: True Stories of America's Greatest War Heroes (documentary), syndicated, 1991.

Kimberlea, Override, Showtime, 1994.

Mrs. Bing, What About Your Friends?, CBS, 1995.


Television Appearances; Episodic:

"The Equalizer," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1986.

Dr. Lena Sims, "The Castro Connection," Hunter, NBC, 1986.

Cheryl, "Racial Matters," Mancusco, FBI, 1989.

Desk sergeant, "A Camp Fire Story," A Different World, NBC, 1990.

Assistant, "The Game Show," Matlock, NBC, 1991.

Detective Davis, "The Whole Truth," Life Goes On, ABC, 1992.

Detective Davis, "Incident on Main," Life Goes On, ABC, 1993.

Nurse, "The Baby Comes Out," The Fresh Prince of BelAir, NBC, 1993.

"Shove It up Your Aspirin," Roc, Fox, 1993.

Mrs. Delong, "Money," South Central, 1994.

Liz, "Charity," The Single Guy, 1995.

"The Burning of Atlanta," The Client, CBS, 1995.

Mrs. Holcomb, "Fortunate Son," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1995.

Attorney, "The Z Files," Picket Fences, CBS, 1996.

Ms. Dadier, "Summer Bummer," Sister, Sister, The WB, 1996.

Therapist, "The Bubble Gum Incident," Ellen, ABC, 1996.

Judge Cowan, "Fraud," Life's Work, ABC, 1997.

Mrs. Clark, "Too Hot Not to Cool Down," Sparks, The WB, 1997.

Ms. Hollins, "Truth and Consequences," Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1997.

Rebecca Rosen, "The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen ... by Proxy," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Rebecca Rosen, "All in the Family," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Alice Evans, "Gigolo Jarod," The Pretender, NBC, 1998.

Dr. Wilkinson, "Killed by Death," Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The WB, 1998.

Lieutenant Carr, "Ruling from the Tomb," Crusade, TNT, 1999.

Cynthia, "Come Drive with Me," 7th Heaven, The WB, 1999.

Mrs. Davis, "Family Matters," ER, NBC, 2000.

Lillian Haybrook, "The Fire Next Time," 18 Wheels of Justice, TNN, 2000.

Warden Davis, "True Confessions," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2000.

Claire Stevens, "Till Death Do Us Part," The Practice, ABC, 2000.

Pastor Cathy, "And to All a Good Night," Felicity, The WB, 2000.

Elsie, "The Claw Is Our Master," Judging Amy, CBS, 2001.

"Kate," Kate Brasher, CBS, 2001.

Ms. Clea, "Eenie, Meenie, Miney, MURDER!," That's My Bush, Comedy Central, 2001.

"Lolita?," The Guardian, CBS, 2001.

Mrs. Broyles, "To Serve and Protect," The District, CBS, 2001.

Suzy, "The Proposal," Frasier, NBC, 2002.

Delores, "No Mas," Without a Trace, CBS, 2003.

Marcia Hodges, "The Making of a Trial Attorney," The Practice, ABC, 2003.


Also appeared as T. A. Pennebaker, Crossroads, ABC; Carolyn, AllAmerican Girl; Judge, Moloney; in The Division.


Stage Appearances:

Steele, A Piece of My Heart, National Cemetery of West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1998.

Ninth Wave, Lillian Theater, Los Angeles, 1999.

Ruby, King Hedley II, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2000.

Slide Glide the Slippery Slope, Los Angeles, 2002.

Women of Courage, Mark Taper Auditorium, Los Angeles, 2003.

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