{{Short description|American actress (born 1941)}} {{For|the American photographer|Jennifer Bishop (photojournalist)}} {{Infobox person | name = Jennifer Bishop | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Alberta Bishop | birth_date = 1941 | birth_place = United States | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = Jenifer Bishop, Barbara Bishop | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1960s-1970s | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Jennifer Bishop''' aka '''Jenifer Bishop''' (born 1941) is an American film and television actress who was active from the early 1960s through to the 1970s. She was a regular on the television series ''Hee Haw''. She had various roles in film that include ''Blood of Dracula's Castle'' in 1969, ''The Female Bunch'' in 1969, ''Impulse'' in 1974, and ''Mako: The Jaws of Death'' in 1976.
==Background== She was born in 1941.<ref>''Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits: Supplement 2, through 1993, Volume 4'' - Harris M. Lentz [https://books.google.com/books?id=lmhZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22House+of+Terror%22Jennifer+Andrews Page 23 - Bishop, Jenifer (1941-)]</ref> Her parents were Albert and Marie. Being the first born she was named Alberta. She grew up in Camarillo, California and attended Camarillo High School. She then spent two years at Ventura College and her drama teacher there was a Dr. Wilkinson. After Ventura, she won a scholarship to go to Desilu Studios in Hollywood where she studied with Anthony Barr who would be an executive with ABC Studios. She studied method acting at Desilu Studios for two years before doing her first film. Her first film was ''Dime with a Halo'' which was directed by Boris Sagal. After that she went to New York for two years where she studied with Lee Strasberg.<ref>''Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s'' By Brian Albright [https://books.google.com/books?id=JJhb4abmZv4C&dq=%22Jenifer+Bishop%22&pg=PA14 Page 14 - 16 - Blood Monstor Babe Jennifer Bishop]</ref>
==Career==
===Television=== In 1967, Bishop appeared in the television series ''Mission Impossible'', playing a hostess in the ''Astrologer'' episode. She was credited as Barbara Bishop.<ref>Aveleyman [http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=21006 Jennifer Bishop]</ref> An original cast member,<ref>''Tulsa World'' Sunday, August 16, 2015 [http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/music/hee-haw-the-inside-story-on-the-show-that-won/article_b038aa0e-f806-5fdc-b437-4780ca4525cd.html Hee Haw: The inside story on the show that won't go away By Jimmie Trammel, World Scene Writer]</ref> Bishop was one of the regulars in the Kornfield County based television series ''Hee Haw'', that also featured with Slim Pickens, Barbi Benton etc. She appeared in episodes from the late 1960s through to the early 1970s.<ref>''Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2'' By Vincent Terrace [https://books.google.com/books?id=AKlgjBCPPnsC&dq=%22Jennifer+Bishop%22Actress&pg=PA189 Page 189 - 1123 Hee Haw]</ref><ref>TV Rage Jennifer Bishop, TV Appearances</ref> In 1975, she appeared in the series ''Cannon'' in ''The Deadly Conspiracy'' playing the part of Andrea Wayne.<ref>aboqe [http://www.aboqe.com/film?q=cannon+the+deadly+conspiracy&id=261034 "Cannon" The Deadly Conspiracy]</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Television list |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Episode # ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |- ! scope="row" | ''Mission: Impossible'' | ''The Astrologer '' | Hostess | Lee H. Katzin | 1967 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Hee Haw'' | various | Herself | various | 1969 - 1971 | 48 episodes from 1969 to 1971 |- ! scope="row" | ''Cannon'' | ''The Deadly Conspiracy: Part 1'' | Andrea Wayne | Michael Caffey | 1975 | <ref>Imdb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084073/ Jennifer Bishop (I)]</ref> |- |}
===Film=== She appeared in the Bernard Girard directed 1969 film, ''The Mad Room'', which was a remake of the 1941 film ''Ladies In Retirement''. Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens and Severn Darden also starred in the film.<ref>Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/film/the-mad-room/ The Mad Room 1969 Directed by Bernard Girard]</ref><ref>Blu-ray.com [http://www.blu-ray.com/The-Mad-Room/333467/#Castandcrew Directed by Bernard Girard, The Mad Room 1969]</ref> She starred in the Sergei Goncharoff directed film ''House of Terror'' which was released around 1972/1973.<ref>''Science Ficti1on Film Directors, 1895-1998'' By Dennis Fischer [https://books.google.com/books?id=7msrAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Jennifer+Bishop%22Science+Fiction+Film+Directors%2C+1895-1998&pg=PA126 126 - John "Bud" Carlos]</ref> In the film she played Jennifer Andrews,<ref>''Science fiction, horror & fantasy film and television credits: Supplement 2, through 1993, Volume 4'' - Harris M. Lentz [https://books.google.com/books?id=lmhZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22House+of+Terror%22Jennifer+Andrews Page 23 - Bishop, Jenifer (1941-)]</ref> a nurse who is hired to look after a man's unwell wife. She has an ex-con former boyfriend who has ideas for the wealth of the woman. After the woman dies, she marries her husband.<ref>DVD Talk July 21, 2009 [http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/38236/mad-monster-rally/ Mad Monster Rally, Disc One: "Morella's All-Nite Spooktacular"]</ref> The ex-con boyfriend who is still in the periphery has plans to get hold of the money.<ref>DVD Drive-In [http://www.dvddrive-in.com/reviews/e-h/houseofterror73.htm House of Terror (1973)]</ref> Around the mid-1970s, she co-starred with Richard Jaeckel in the film ''Mako: The Jaws of Death''.<ref>''The Evening News'' March 27, 1988 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1982&dat=19880325&id=3iRHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yzMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=2423,2624161&hl=ko Page 15 - Saturday Cont. 2:00]</ref> In addition to her and Jaeckel in this "''Jaws''-similar" film, Harold Sakata and John Chandler also starred. The film was directed by William Grefe.<ref>''Ottawa Citizen'' Monday, October 18, 1976 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19761018&id=xskyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=v-0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1113,374624&hl=ko Page 66 - '''Screen: Toothless 'Jaws''']</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |+ Film list |- ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Director ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes # |- ! scope="row" | ''Dime with a Halo'' | Stripper | Boris Sagal | 1963 | |- ! scope="row" | ''The Mad Room'' | Mrs. Ericson | Bernard Girard | 1969 | as Jenifer Bishop |- ! scope="row" | ''Blood of Dracula's Castle'' | Liz Arden | Al Adamson | 1969 | as Barbara Bishop |- ! scope="row" | ''The Maltese Bippy'' | Joanna Clay | Norman Panama | 1969 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Horror of the Blood Monsters'' | Lian Malian | Al Adamson | 1970 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Bigfoot'' | Bobbi | Robert F. Slatzer | 1970 | as Jenifer Bishop |- ! scope="row" | ''The Female Bunch'' | Grace | Al Adamson | 1971 | as Jenifer Bishop |- ! scope="row" | ''Outlaw Riders'' | Maria | Tony Huston | 1971 | as Jenifer Bishop |- ! scope="row" | ''House of Terror'' | Jennifer Andrews | Sergei Goncharoff | 1973 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Impulse'' | Ann Moy | William Grefe | 1974 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Jessi's Girls'' | Rachel | Al Adamson | 1975 | |- ! scope="row" | ''Mako: The Jaws of Death'' | Karen | William Grefe | 1976 | as Jenifer Bishop<br>Final film<ref>''Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s'' By Brian Albright [https://books.google.com/books?id=JJhb4abmZv4C&dq=%22Jenifer+Bishop%22&pg=PA14 Page 29 - Blood Monstor Babe Jennifer Bishop]</ref><ref>Imdb [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084073/ Jennifer Bishop, Filmography]</ref> |- |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Jennifer}} Category:American film actresses Category:American television actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women Category:Adolfo Camarillo High School alumni