{{short description|American actress (born 1946)}} {{other people|Jennifer Sullivan}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Jenny Sullivan | image = | image_size = 150px | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Actress, theatre director | years_active = 1968–present | spouse = {{marriage|Jim Messina|end=div.|1970|1980}} | father = Barry Sullivan | website = | awards = }}
'''Jenny Sullivan''' is an American film and television actress. She has starred in some TV movies, and her best-known role is reporter Kristine Walsh in the 1983 miniseries ''V'' and its 1984 sequel ''V: The Final Battle''.
==Early years== Sullivan is the daughter of actor Barry Sullivan<ref>{{cite news |title=Family Rivalry Pays Off|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2459170/the_daily_mail |newspaper=The Daily Mail (Hagerstown, MD) |date=October 23, 1971|page=30|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 21, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref> and his first wife Marie Brown, who performed in musicals on Broadway.<ref name="na">{{cite news |title=2nd generation Sullivan coming up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27646449/jenny_sullivan/ |accessdate=26 January 2019 |work=The Newark Advocate |date=April 2, 1980 |location=Ohio, Newark |page=24|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Career== Sullivan's first feature film was ''The Angry Breed'' (1968). Other film appearances include ''Plaza Suite'' (1971), ''The Other'' (1972), ''The Candidate'' (1972), ''Getting Straight'' (1970), ''Breakfast in Bed''<!-- not the German film --> (1977) and ''Shadow of Doubt'' (1998).
Sullivan portrayed Barbara in the NBC comedy series ''Me and Maxx'' (1980).<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=675|edition=2nd}}</ref> She has made guest appearances on TV shows, including ''Little House on the Prairie'', ''Dragnet'', ''Adam-12'', ''The F.B.I.'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Love, American Style'', ''Dan August'', ''Sanford and Son'', ''Ironside'', ''Falcon Crest'', ''L.A. Law'', ''All in the Family'', ''Cannon'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''The Waltons'', and ''The Fall Guy''. She played the character of Angie in “The Mod Squad” episode “Suffer the Little Children.”
Sullivan wrote the play ''J for J'' (''Journals for John'') which was prompted after she found a packet of unsent letters (in 1995) written by her father decades earlier to her mentally disabled older brother Johnny (thus, journals for Johnny).<ref>{{cite news |title=Henlopen Theater Project presents national stars July 17 |url=http://cpg.stparchive.com/Archive/CPG/CPG06302000p094.php |accessdate=May 22, 2015 |newspaper=Cape Gazette (Lewes, DE) |date=June 30 – July 6, 2000 |page=94 |via=SmallTownPapers, Inc. (stparchive.com) |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055327/http://cpg.stparchive.com/Archive/CPG/CPG06302000p094.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The play premiered on October 20, 2001. John Ritter, who in real life had a disabled brother, played Johnny, Sullivan played herself, and Jeff Kober portrayed her father Barry.
Sullivan taught drama at the University of California at Santa Barbara.<ref name="na" />
==Personal life== Sullivan was married to guitarist/producer Jim Messina<ref name="na" /> during the heyday of the country rock duo Loggins and Messina. She is the former sister-in-law of songwriter Jimmy Webb, who was married to her half-sister (and former cover girl) Patricia.{{Citation needed |date=September 2022}}
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1968|| ''The Angry Breed'' || || |- |1970|| ''Getting Straight'' || Sheila || |- |1971|| ''Plaza Suite'' || Mimsey Hubley || |- |1972|| ''The Other'' || Torrie || |- |1972|| ''The Candidate'' || Lynn || |- |1977|| ''Breakfast in Bed'' || Sara || |- |1998|| ''Shadow of Doubt'' || Foreman - Mayer's Trial || |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website}} * {{IMDb name}}
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