Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer O'Neill
Born: Feb 20, 1948
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Career: 1968-2009
Countries: USA
Genre/Type: Drama
Mystery
Crime
Thriller
Biography by Hal Erickson
Jennifer O'Neill's mother was still pregnant when she and her husband visited Jennifer's future grandfather, a bank president residing in Rio De Janeiro. Thus it was that O'Neill was born in the shadow of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Raised in New England and trained at New York's Professional Children's School, she became a successful cosmetics model in her teens. In films from 1968, O'Neill made her starring bow in 1970's Rio Lobo. Apparently director Howard Hawks intended to "create" O'Neill in the same way that he elevated another model, Lauren Bacall, to stardom in 1944's To Have and Have Not; alas, Hawks and O'Neill didn't see eye to eye, and it would be two years before the actress would achieve any measure of genuine stardom. In 1972, she became every pubescent boy's dream girl when she played Dorothy, the twentyish war widow who turns to teenager Gary Grimes for affection, in Summer of 42. Her career moved in fits and spurts after that triumph. O'Neill also starred on the 1983 series Bare Essence (1983), in which she was well cast as "international beauty" Lady Bobbi Rowan; in addition, she has continued making occasional films into the next century.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Set Apart 2009 Actor [Starring]
Billy: The Early Years 2008 Actor [Starring]
International Bible Society: Acts, Part 1 [ 2005 Actor [Starring]
Time Changer 2002 Actor [Starring]
The Prince and the Surfer 1999 Actor [Starring]
The Ride 1998 Actor [Starring]
The Corporate Ladder 1997 Actor [Starring]
Discretion Assured 1994 Actor [Starring]
The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 1 - Chapters 1:1 to 8:3 1994 Actor [Starring]
The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 2 - Chapters 8:4 to 13:52 1994 Actor [Starring]
The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 3 - Chapters 14:1 to 20:38 1994 Actor [Starring]
The Visual Bible: The Book of Acts, Vol. 4 - Chapters 21:1 to 28:31 1994 Actor [Starring]
The Cover Girl Murders 1993 Actor [Starring]
Bad Love 1992 Actor [Starring]
Invasion of Privacy 1992 Actor [Starring]
Perfect Family 1992 Actor [Starring]
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