Jana Taylor

{{About|the actress|the politician|Janna Taylor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use American English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Jana Taylor | image = | image_caption = | birth_name = Jana L. Taylor | birth_date = {{birth date |1943|07|27}} | birth_place = Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|04|27|1943|07|27}} | death_place = Venice, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | othername = | mother = | spouse = {{Plain list | * {{marriage|Michael R. Sinclair|1969|1970|end=Divorce}} * {{marriage|Louis Michael Perretta|1976|1985|end=his death}} }} | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1961–93 | alma_mater = | known_for = | relatives = | family = | children = Michael Perretta }} '''Jana Taylor''' (July 27, 1943 – April 27, 2004) was an American actress best known for her role as Angie Costello on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital''.

==Early life== Taylor was born on July 27, 1943, in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York.<ref name="Death">{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-10182-1725322/jana-taylor-in-biographical-summaries-of-notable-people|title=Jana Taylor|author=|work=MyHeritage|publisher=MyHeritage Ltd.|location=Or Yehuda and Tel Aviv, Israel|access-date=May 16, 2017}}</ref>

==Career== She started her career in the 1961 film ''A Cold Wind in August'' as Alice.<ref name="A Cold Wind in August"/> Also in 1961, Taylor was uncredited as Elsa Scheffler in 1961's ''Judgment at Nuremberg''.<ref name="Judgment at Nuremberg"/> She was Abigale in 1967's ''Hells Angels on Wheels''.<ref name="Hells Angels on Wheels"/> Taylor's last film was 1984's ''Dreamscape'' as Mrs. Webber.<ref name="Dreamscape"/> Her biggest role was Angie Costello in the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital'' from 1963 to 1965 as an original cast member.{{sfn|Kearney|Buchanan|1976|pages=17–24, 53–55}} Taylor guest starred in such television series as ''Perry Mason'',{{sfn|Kelleher|Merrill|1987|pages=138–149}} ''The Gallant Men'', ''Get Smart'', ''Run for Your Life'', ''The Wild Wild West'', and ''The Interns''. She had a recurring role on ''Make Room for Granddaddy'' as Susan McAdams Williams.{{sfn|Hyatt|2006|page=77}} Taylor ended her acting career with a guest appearance back on ''General Hospital'' on April 1, 1993, for its 30th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/general-hospital/season-30/04-01-93---thursday--30th-anniversary-special--2.aspx|title=04.01.93 - THURSDAY (30TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL)|work=BuddyTV|publisher=Advanced Media Research Group, Inc.|location=Seattle|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref>

===Photography and philanthropy=== Taylor had a production and photography studio located at 713 Palms Boulevard Venice, Los Angeles, 90291 since 1989.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmd2hb4/photography-by-jana-taylor|title=Photography By Jana Taylor|work=Manta|location=Columbus, Ohio|access-date=November 10, 2016}}</ref> She was committed to showing disadvantaged children how to work a camera.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-30-we-10284-story.html|title=Seeing From the Heart : Photography: Jana Taylor teaches disadvantaged Venice children the fundamentals of working with a camera. Her students also learn to focus on the positive aspects of their lives.|work=Los Angeles Times|date=December 30, 1990|first=Nancy|last=Hill-Holtzman|location=Los Angeles|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> Taylor's son now owns the business.

==Personal life and death== Taylor married Michael R. Sinclair in 1969 and divorced him in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familytreenow.com/records/marriage/sinclair/michael|title=Michael Sinclair|work=Family Tree Now|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|location=Fayette, New York|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> She then married Louis Michael Perretta of Italian American descent in 1976. In that same year on December 10, they gave birth to rapper Michael "Evidence" Perretta, who is the lead member of his group Dilated Peoples.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Schindehette|first1=Susan|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119945,00.html|title=Jana Taylor Gives New Focus to the Lives of Inner-City Kids|journal=People|publisher=Time Inc.|date=April 3, 1989|access-date=November 9, 2016|first2=Jacqueline|last2=Savaiano|archive-date=August 31, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831024052/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20119945,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Taylor died on April 27, 2004, of cancer in Venice, Los Angeles.<ref name="Death"/>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2' | 1961 | ''A Cold Wind in August'' | Alice | Low-budget independent drama film directed by Alexander Singer<ref name="A Cold Wind in August">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73645/dreamscape#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717203610/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73645/Dreamscape/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2018|title=A Cold Wind in August|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Cold-Wind-August-Lola-Albright/dp/B004RPQSXC|title=A Cold Wind in August|work=MGM Home Entertainment|publisher=MGM Holdings|location=Beverly Hills, California|asin=B004RPQSXC|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> and adapted from the eponymous novel by Burton Wohl.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Cold Wind in August|publisher=iUniverse|location=Bloomington, Indiana|first=Burton|last=Wohl|year=2009|isbn=978-0595530380|edition=Paperback}}</ref> |- | ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' | Elsa Scheffler | {{plain list | * Courtroom drama film directed by Stanley Kramer and written by Abby Mann.<ref name="Judgment at Nuremberg">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22842/judgment-at-nuremberg#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920020842/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/22842/Judgment-at-Nuremberg/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 20, 2011|title=Judgment at Nuremberg|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-at-Nuremberg-Spencer-Tracy/dp/B0002CR04A|title=Judgment at Nuremberg|work=MGM Home Entertainment|publisher=MGM Holdings|location=Beverly Hills, California|asin=B0002CR04A|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> * Uncredited }} |- | 1967 | ''Hells Angels on Wheels'' | Abigale | Biker film directed by Richard Rush.<ref name="Hells Angels on Wheels">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/28444/hells-angels-on-wheels#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150515031809/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/28444/Hells-Angels-on-Wheels/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 15, 2015|title=Hells Angels on Wheels|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hells-Angels-Wheels-Adam-Roarke/dp/B0000E69GN|title=Hells Angels on Wheels|work=Image Entertainment|publisher=RLJ Entertainment|location=Chatsworth, Los Angeles|asin=B0000E69GN|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref> |- | 1984 | ''Dreamscape'' | Mrs. Webber | Science fiction–adventure horror film directed by Joseph Ruben and written by David Loughery, with Chuck Russell and Ruben co-writing.<ref name="Dreamscape">{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73645/dreamscape#credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717203610/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73645/Dreamscape/#credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 17, 2018|title=Dreamscape|work=Turner Classic Movies|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|location=Atlanta|access-date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|title=Dreamscape|publisher=RLJ Entertainment|location=Chatsworth, Los Angeles}}</ref> |- |}

===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1962 | ''Perry Mason'' | Merle Telford{{sfn|Kelleher|Merrill|1987|pages=138–149}} | Episode: "The Case of the Lonely Eloper" (S 5:Ep 30) |- | 1963 | ''The Gallant Men'' | Carla | Episode: "The Bridge" (S 1:Ep 17) |- | 1963–65 | ''General Hospital'' | Angie Costello | Contract role |- | rowspan="3" | 1967 | ''Occasional Wife'' | Renata | Episode: "Instant Fatherhood" (S 1:Ep 24) |- | ''Get Smart'' | Isabella | Episode: "Viva Smart" (S 3:Ep 2) |- | ''The Danny Thomas Hour'' | Susan McAdams Williams | Episode: "Make More Room for Daddy" (S 1:Ep 8) |- | rowspan="2" | 1968 | ''Run for Your Life'' | Mary Kendall | Episode: "Carol" (S 3:Ep 24) |- | ''The Mod Squad'' | Susan | Episode: "Find Tara Chapman!" (S 1:Ep 7) |- | 1969 | ''The Wild Wild West'' | Alicia Crane | Episode: "The Night of the Bleak Island" (S4:Ep21) |- | rowspan="3" | 1970 | ''Then Came Bronson'' | Betty Webber | Episode: "A-Pickin' an' A-Singin'" (S 1:Ep 16) |- | ''Medical Center'' | Janet Johns | Episode: "A Duel with Doom" (S 1:Ep 18) |- | ''The Interns'' | Pam | Episode: "Death Wish" (S 1:Ep 2) |- | 1970–71 | ''Make Room for Granddaddy'' | Susan McAdams Williams{{sfn|Hyatt|2006|page=77}} | {{cRecurring}} |- | 1993 | ''General Hospital'' | Angie Costello-Weeks | 30th Anniversary episode |- |}

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* {{cite journal|last1=Kearney|first1=Patricia|last2=Buchanan|first2=Betty|title=The Story of ABC-TV's General Hospital (First Installment)|journal=Daytime TV|date=January 1976|pages=17–24, 53–55|url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2011/06/flashback-story-of-general-hospital.html|access-date=March 17, 2013}} * {{cite book|last1=Kelleher|first1=Brian|last2=Merrill|first2=Diana|year=1987|chapter=Episode Guide, The Fifth Season|chapter-url=http://www.perrymasontvshowbook.com/pmb_c904.htm|title=The Perry Mason TV Show Book|location=New York City|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9780312006693|pages=[https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/138 138–149]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/perrymasontvshow00kell/page/138}} * {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SrmJCgAAQBAJ&q=actress+Jana+Taylor+death&pg=PA77|title=Emmy Award Winning Nighttime Television Shows 1948-2004|first=Wesley|last=Hyatt|publisher=McFarland & Company|year=2006|location=New York City|isbn=0786423293|page=77}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0852529|Jana Taylor}}

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