Jennifer Harmon

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Jennifer Harmon
Born (1943-12-03) December 3, 1943 (age 80)
OccupationActress
Years active1965–present

Jennifer Harmon (born December 3, 1943) is an American actress, who mostly appeared on Broadway and television soap operas. She was lead actress in the NBC soap opera, How to Survive a Marriage (1974-75) and later played villainous Cathy Craig in the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live (1976-78). For this performance, Harmon received Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series nomination in 1978. [1]

Harmon made her Broadway debut in 1965, appearing in You Can't Take It With You . Her other Broadway credits including The School for Scandal , Right You Are If You Think You Are, We, Comrades Three, The Wild Duck , The Cherry Orchard , The Show-Off , Blithe Spirit , The Sisters Rosensweig , The Little Foxes , The Deep Blue Sea , Amy's View , The Dinner Party , The Glass Menagerie , Seascape , Barefoot in the Park , Dividing the Estate and Other Desert Cities . [2] [3]

Harmon returned to One Life to Live in 1991 playing Victoria Lord's attorney for multiple episodes and the same year played Jean Weatherill on Guiding Light . In 1995, she played Lucretia Jones on the ABC soap opera, Loving . Harmon also guest-starred on Madigan , Barnaby Jones , Dallas , St. Elsewhere , Homicide: Life on the Street , The Cosby Mysteries , Law & Order , Oz , and The Good Wife . She also starred in 21 episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater , which ran from January of 1974 to December of 1982. [4]

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  2. "Jennifer Harmon – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  3. "Jennifer Harmon (Performer) | Playbill".
  4. "CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Complete Episode List". www.mysteryshows.com.