Christine Jones (actress)

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Christine Jones
Born
Christine Young Jones [1]
OccupationActress
Known for Soap operas
Spouse
Thomas Lipscomb
(m. 1981)
[1]
Relatives Branch Rickey (grandfather)

Christine Young Jones is an American actress.

Personal life

Jones is the daughter of Robert Terry Jones and Jane Rickey. [1] [2] She is one of four children. [2] Jones is the granddaughter of Branch Rickey, the president of the Brooklyn Dodgers who signed Jackie Robinson. [3] Jones graduated from Elmira College. She married Thomas Lipscomb on August 22, 1981. [1]

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Career

Primetime TV and film

Jones first appeared in the 1975 film Cooley High , and later the TV series City of Angels ("Palm Springs Answer," 1976) and Serpico ("The Deadly Game," 1976). She also appeared in Woody Allen's Annie Hall in 1977 as Dorrie, and in Stealing Home as Grace Chandler in 1988. Other film appearances include Wild Thing (1987), Minotaur (1997) and Gang of Roses (2003).

Jones portrayed Sarah Jackson in the 1993 CBS miniseries Queen , and appeared on shows including A Man Called Hawk ("Hear No Evil," 1989), Lifestories: Families in Crisis ("The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic," 1992), Law & Order ("Burden," 1998), Law & Order: Criminal Intent ("The Third Horseman," 2002; "Monster," 2003), Now and Again ("Fire and Ice," 2000) and Third Watch ("Just Another Night at the Opera," 2000). Jones also appeared as Fey Sommers (in flashbacks) on the ABC series Ugly Betty in 2006.

Daytime

Jones is also known for her work on several daytime operas.

She portrayed the unhinged Janice Frame on the NBC soap opera Another World from 1978 to 1980, and again in 1989. That role was her second appearance on the show; she had appeared as Amy Gifford in 1977, a character that was then sent to sister soap Lovers and Friends .

In 1981, Jones played Victoria Lord on One Life to Live when actress Erika Slezak was on maternity leave, returning again for one episode in 1983. Jones later portrayed Pamela Stuart on One Life to Live from 1985 to 1987, [4] making returns in 1988, 2001 (for one of Asa Buchanan's fake funerals, right after playing the unnamed socialite who dumped David Vickers as her "kept man"), 2008, and a final appearance in 2009, when her character was murdered. Jones had a long association with, and ultimately played three roles on the show (including nurse Sheila Rafferty in 1975 and 1976).

Other daytime appearances include Catsy Kirkland on Ryan's Hope from 1982 to 1983 and Christina Robertson on Rituals from 1984 to 1985. She also filled in for Jane Elliot as General Hospital 's Tracy Quartermaine in 1989.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975 Cooley High Sandra
1977 Annie Hall Dorrie
1987 Wild Thing Laurie
1988 Stealing Home Grace Chandler
1997MinotaurThea's motherIsrael release
1998 Meet Joe Black MiriamUncredited role
2003 Gang of Roses Brenda
2003 Shortcut to Happiness a/k/a The Devil and Daniel WebsterWomanFilm was made in 2001 but in 2003 was released only at select film festivals. After finishing post-production, in 2007 it was released in major theatres.
2008The Drum Beats TwiceMother Superior


Video Games

YearTitleRoleNotes
199499.2: A SpyQuest AdventureRussia agentVoice only


Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1975-1976 One Life to Live Nurse Sheila RaffertyDaytime serial (recurring role)
1976 City of Angels Barbara ThornberryEpisode: "Palm Springs Answer"
Serpico KimEpisode: "The Deadly Game"
1977 Another World Amy Gifford CushingCharacter originated on Another World and then transferred to sister soap For Richer, For Poorer
Lovers and Friends a/k/a For Richer, For Poorer (see nmotes)Amy Gifford CushingDaytime serial (contract role)

Daytime serial known as Lovers and Friends from 1/3/1977-5/6/1977 before being placed on hiatus; from 12/6/1977-9/29/1978 it aired under the title For Richer, For Poorer until the show's cancellation
1978-1980; 1989 Another World Janice Frame Cory #2Daytime serial (contract 1979-1980; guest 1989)
1981; 1983 One Life to Live Victoria "Viki" Lord Gordon Riley Burke Buchanan Carpenter Davidson Banks #3 Daytime serial (temporary replacement for Erika Slezak)
1980Number 96Lisa BrendonEpisode: "Roger Moves In"
1982-1983 Ryan's Hope Catsy KirklandDaytime serial (recurring role)
1984-1985 Rituals Christina Thompson RobertsonNighttime serial (shown only in syndication)
1985-1987; 1988; 2001; 2008. 2009 One Life to Live Pamela Reed Stuart Buchanan O'NeillDaytime serial (contract role 1985-1987; guest role 1988, 2001, 2008 & 2009)
1989 A Man Called Hawk HelenEpisode: "Hear No Evil"
General Hospital Tracy Quartermaine Williams Ashton Hornsby Soleito Zacchara Spencer Daytime serial (temporary replacement for Jane Elliot)
1992 Lifestories: Families in Crisis Mrs. CarterEpisode: "The Secret Life of Mary-Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic"
1993 Queen Sarah Jackson (2 episodes)Television 3-part miniseries (CBS)
Episode: "Part I"
Episode: "Part III"
1998 Law & Order StapletonEpisode: "Burden"
2000 Now and Again MelanieEpisode: "Fure and Ice"
Third Watch DeborahEpisode: "Just Another Night at the Opera"
Sex and the City Upper East Side WomanEpisode: "Attack of the Five Foot Ten Woman"
The Dooley and Pals Show PollySeries regular (22 episodes)
2002-2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Mrs. GriscomEpisode: "The Third Horseman" (2002)
Laura DietrichEpisode: "Monster" (2003)
2006 Ugly Betty Fey SommersEpisode: "Pilot"
Episode: "The Box and the Bunny" (uncredited in episode)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Christine Y. Jones, TV Actress, Wed". The New York Times . August 23, 1981. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Jane Jones Obituary". Star-Gazette . February 11, 2004. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  3. @nysportstours (November 15, 2018). "On Sunday, actress Christine Jones, granddaughter of Branch Rickey—the Brooklyn Dodgers president who signed Jackie Robinson to break baseball's color barrier—will be aboard our celebrated sports history tour and co-host the intimate dinner that..." (Tweet). Retrieved February 10, 2019 via Twitter.
  4. Spence, Louise (2005). Watching Daytime Soap Operas: The Power of Pleasure. Wesleyan University Press. ISBN   9780819567659 . Retrieved 20 November 2017.