Jacqueline Ray

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Jacqueline Ray
Occupation(s)Actress, Model
Years active1967–2007
Spouses
  • (m. 1971;div. 1982)
  • Clarence Barry Witmer
    (m. 1992)
Children1

Jacqueline Ray is a former American actress and model, who became known for her performance in the movies In Like Flint and Beyond the Universe, and in the television show Magnum, P.I. . [1]

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Career

Ray booked her first role in the movie In Like Flint. She starred in two further movies The Killings at Outpost Zeta (1980) and Beyond The Universe (1981), and also appeared in the American drama series Magnum, P.I.. In 2006 she earned a role in the teen TV show Unfabulous and its spin-off Unfabulous: The Best Trip Ever. [2]

Personal life

Ray married three times. She was married to film producer and actor Tom Selleck on May 15, 1971. [3] [4] However, after 11 years, she filed for divorce. While she later played alongside Selleck in Magnum, P.I., in March 1992, she married for the third time, to Clarence Barry Witmer. [5]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleEpisodeNotes
1973 Marcus Welby, M.D. ModelThe Endless Moment
1981 Magnum, P.I. LisaJ. "Digger" Doyle(as Jacquelyn Ray)
1983Ms. RoebuckBirdman of Budapest(as Jacquelyn Selleck)
1983 Dallas (1978 TV series) Marie WalkerTangled Web(as Jacquelyn Ray Selleck)
1983 Matt Houston MargotButterfly(as Jacquelyn Selleck)
1984 Mike Hammer (TV series) Dr. Marcia ForrestShots in the Dark(as Jaquelyn Ray Selleck)
2007 Unfabulous DancerThe Best Trip Ever: Part 2

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1967 In Like Flint Denise(as Jacki Ray)
1967 The Gnome-Mobile Gnome Maiden(uncredited)
1973 Frasier the Sensuous Lion (as Jacki Ray)
1980The Killings at Outpost ZetaLinda
1981Beyond the Universe

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