Jayne Kennedy
Biography
Jayne Kennedy is an American television personality, actress, model and sports broadcaster. She won Miss Ohio USA in 1970 and placed in the top ten at Miss USA that year. In 1971 she danced on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, toured with Bob Hope's Christmas shows, and spent three years singing and dancing on The Dean Martin Show. During the 1970s she made guest appearances on shows including Sanford and Son, Starsky & Hutch and The Six Million Dollar Man, and played a lead in the 1977 film Big Time. In 1978 she replaced Phyllis George as co-anchor of The NFL Today on CBS, becoming the first African-American woman to anchor a network TV sports program. She hosted Speak Up, America and Greatest Sports Legends, won an Emmy for hosting the 1982 Rose Bowl, and earned the 1982 NAACP Image Award for her performance in Body and Soul. She released an exercise video and produced The Journey of the African American.
74years old
Turns 75 on October 27in 13 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Jayne Harrison (birth name)Also credited as Jayne Kennedy Overton, Jayne Kennedy Harrison, Jayne Harrison Kennedy-Overton and Jane Harrison
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 9 years1972 to 1981
Every film, newest first
- 1981Ms .45IMDb rating 6.8
- 1979Mysterious Island of Beautiful WomenIMDb rating 4.6
- 1975Let's Do It AgainIMDb rating 6.7
- 1972Group MarriageIMDb rating 5.3
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A first
Kennedy became the first African-American woman to anchor a network TV sports show when she replaced Phyllis George as co-anchor of The NFL Today on CBS in 1978.
First role
Kennedy's first screen role came in 1971, when she danced on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In. She also toured with Bob Hope's Bases Around the World Christmas Tour, visiting Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Spain and Cuba.
Behind the camera
In 1990, Kennedy and Bill Overton produced The Journey of the African American. It was performed in Atlanta and ran for 30 weeks in Los Angeles.
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Worked with
Jayne Kennedy made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ossie Davis's page
Julius Harris's page
All films by Abel Ferrara
All films by Joseph Pevney
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