Jan Broberg

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Jan Broberg
Born (1962-07-31) July 31, 1962 (age 61)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
  • dancer
Known forTwo-time kidnapping victim
Notable workStolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story
SpouseLarry Felt
Children1

Jan Broberg (July 31, 1962) [1] is an American actress, singer, dancer, and kidnapping victim.

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As a child, Broberg was kidnapped on two occasions by a family friend, at ages twelve and fourteen. The experience has been documented in her mother Mary Ann Broberg's book, Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story, the documentary Abducted in Plain Sight , and the drama miniseries A Friend of the Family .

Early life

Broberg was born on July 31, 1962, in Pocatello, Idaho, to Robert "Bob" Broberg and Mary Ann Broberg. She was the couple's first child, and she was followed by two younger sisters, Karen and Susan.

Career

Broberg has appeared in over a dozen feature films. Some of her film credits are Slaughter of the Innocents (HBO), The Poof Point (Disney), Message in a Cell Phone (Disney), The Secret Keeper (Columbia TriStar), Bug Off, Hope For Troubled Teens, Nadir, Family First, Little Secrets (Columbia TriStar), Mobsters and Mormons , and The Book of Mormon Movie, Vol. 1: The Journey . She also played the mother of the main character in Baptists at Our Barbecue , [2] and co-starred with Elijah Wood in Maniac .

Broberg has appeared in many television series, including: Touched by an Angel (CBS), Promised Land (CBS), Remember Me (PBS), Death Row (PBS), The Man With Three Wives (the Norman Grayson story), Harmful Intent (NBC), Siege at Marion (NBC), Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (CBS), Ancient Secrets of the Bible (CBS Miniseries). Perhaps her most notable role was in the WB series Everwood as Nurse Louise. [3]

Broberg has had stage roles in the following: The Sound of Music (Tuacahn Theatre), I Do! I Do! (Sundance Theatre), Jane Eyre (Glendale Center), My Fair Lady (Scera Theatre), Carousel (Idaho State University), Trixie True, Teen Detective (BYU), No No Nanette (Playmill), and appeared with and directed for St. George Musical Theater. [4] [5]

In 2017, Broberg was executive director for the Kayenta Arts Foundation and Center for the Arts at Kayenta in Ivins, Utah. [4] [6] [7] [8]

Broberg helped produce A Friend of the Family , [9] a Peacock drama TV series about her life. [10]

Personal life

Broberg was kidnapped when she was twelve, [3] and again when she was fourteen, both times by Robert Berchtold, [11] [12] a friend of the family, who had sexual encounters with both parents. [3] [13] On October 30, 2003, she and her mother Mary Ann published a book titled Stolen Innocence: The Jan Broberg Story which completely omitted her father's sexual involvement with the perpetrator. [14] [15] Broberg's story was the feature of the true crime documentary Abducted in Plain Sight . Filmed and produced over a three-year period, it was released in January 2019. [16] Robert Berchtold committed suicide in 2005 following news that another prosecution for his crimes was imminent. [17] [18]

She has a son from a previous marriage. [19]

Recognition

In 2008, in St. George, Utah, the Local Chapter of National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs recognized, as the 2008 Women of Achievement, ten women, including Broberg. [20]

In 2017, Broberg spoke to the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce Chamber inspiration luncheon, and the Hurricane Valley Chamber of Commerce luncheon. [21] [22]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 A Friend of the Family Jan's psychologistMini series; also producer
The Gabby Petito StoryAttorneyTV movie
2020Holly & IvyLibrarianTV movie
Behind YouBethMovie
2019Check Inn to ChristmasEvelyn MasonTV movie
The Road Home for ChristmasMaggieTV movie
Love, Fall & OrderMargie WrightTV movie
2017–2019 I'm Sorry Bonnie3 episodes
2018Dick DicksterCoco HartMovie
Chasing BullitJulianMovie
2017 Abducted in Plain Sight SelfDocumentary
2015 We Are Your Friends SandraMovie
i-Lived Josh's MomMovie
More Than WordsAllison MurphyShort
Alone in the DustSarahShort
They Want Dick DicksterCoco HartMovie
Sangre NegraJudge Blake1 episode
2014Happy MediumMotherShort
At the Devil's Door RoyannaMovie
The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale Uberta (singing voice)Direct-to-DVD
Haunt Meredith TannerMovie
2013 Criminal Minds Lauren Morrison1 episode
The Flipside (TV Series short)1 episode
Coyote Mrs. Herlihy
Iron Man 3 Senior TechnicianMovie
My Only SonRhonda PorterShort
2012DreamcatchersVidaShort
Maniac RitaMovie
40 (TV series)Charlotte Pefferele
Darling Companion Hysterical WifeMovie
2009Reality HellJan Bloom1 episode
2007 Passage to Zarahemla Aunt CorrineMovie
2002–2006 Everwood Nurse Louise [3] 32 episodes
2005 Mobsters and Mormons Louise MeansMovie
2004 Baptists at Our Barbecue Tartan's MomMovie
ParadiseRachel DoveTV movie
2003 The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey Sariah Movie
Clubhouse Detectives in Scavenger HuntElaineMovie
2002Clubhouse Detectives in Big TroubleElaineMovie
Clubhouse Detectives in Search of a Lost PrincessElaineMovie
2001 Little Secrets Caroline LindstromMovie
The Poof Point Corky Disney Channel Original Movie
Bug Off!MomMovie
Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family Hannah Marston1 episode
2000Message in a Cell PhoneJessMovie
1999 Touched by an Angel Reporter1 episode
1996NadirConnieMovie
1993The ButterCream Gang in Secret of Treasure MountainMinnieDirect-to-Video
Harmful IntentSheliaTV movie
Slaughter of the Innocents Cindy LockerbyMovie
The Man with Three WivesMotherTV movie
1992Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta ViewTV movie
In the Line of Duty: Siege at MarionHeidi SwappTV movie

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