Jennifer Holmes (actress)

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Jennifer Holmes
OccupationActress
Years active1979–present

Jennifer Holmes is an American television actress.

Career

Holmes is best known for her role as Leslie Vanderkellen, a wealthy, world-class skier who takes the job of hotel maid, on the first season of Newhart . She left the show after the first season and was replaced by Julia Duffy, who portrayed Leslie's cousin Stephanie Vanderkellen for the remainder of the show's run.[ citation needed ]

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Holmes also appeared in the 1979 slasher film The Demon , starring Cameron Mitchell, and acted opposite Mitchell again in the 1982 film Raw Force . She also appeared in the TV movie versions of Hobson's Choice (1983) and Samson and Delilah (1984). In 1985, she starred in Misfits of Science , a short-lived television series about a group of superheroes who fight crime for a scientific think tank. [1]

In the 1980s, Holmes was also a guest on many television shows, including Knight Rider , The Fall Guy , The Rockford Files , Lou Grant , Fame , Webster , The Love Boat , Murder, She Wrote , Hart to Hart , Voyagers! , as Mandy Jo on The Dukes of Hazzard and Tales of the Unexpected .[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Demon Mary
1982 Raw Force Ann Davis
1992Life on the EdgeKaren Nelson
2013Thy Will Be DoneConnie
2022The Disappearance of Toby BlackwoodDenise Crowley

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 The Rockford Files AmyEpisode: "Never Send a Boy King to Do a Man's Job"
1979 The Rebels AliceTelevision film
1979 Shirley AlineEpisode: "Hard Hat"
1979 Barnaby Jones Kim GibsonEpisode: "Homecoming for a Dead Man"
1979, 1980 The Incredible Hulk Vicki Lang / Diane Markon2 episodes
1980The $5.20 an Hour DreamMavisTelevision film
1980 Quincy, M.E. Brenda CarmichaelEpisode: "The Winning Edge"
1980The Asphalt CowboyAnnie Van HeuranTelevision film
1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo JamieEpisode: "What're Girls Like You Doing in a Bank Like This?"
1981 Here's Boomer Vicki NolanEpisode: "The Prince and the Boomer"
1981 Bosom Buddies DanaEpisode: "Other Than That, She's a Wonderful Person"
1981 Lou Grant Noelle KilmerEpisode: "Friends"
1982 Falcon Crest Diana MichaelsEpisode: "Dark Journey"
1982 Simon & Simon Julie ArthurEpisode: "Art for Arthur's Sake"
1982 Voyagers! Abiah FolgerEpisode: "Agents of Satan"
1982–1983 Newhart Leslie Vanderkellen22 episodes
1983 Thursday's Child Television filmTelevision film
1983 The Dukes of Hazzard Mandy JoEpisode: "Boy's Best Friend"
1983 Fame Lisa ConnorsEpisode: "Rules"
1983Hobson's ChoiceAlice HobsonTelevision film
1984 Hart to Hart Pamela BraddonEpisode: "Larsen's Last Jump"
1984 Samson and Delilah VarinaTelevision film
1984 Hawaiian Heat JackieEpisode: "Wave of Controversy"
1984 Knight Rider Mandy MoranEpisode: "K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R."
1984, 1985 The Fall Guy Erica Robinson / Tracy Seavers2 episodes
1984, 1986 The Love Boat Linda Sharkey / Gaylan
1985 Webster Maggie ParkerEpisode: "Runaway"
1985 Tales of the Unexpected MarcieEpisode: "Nothin' Short of Highway Robbery"
1985–1986 Misfits of Science Jane Miller15 episodes
1987 L.A. Law Dr. Jocelyn PennebakerEpisode: "Fifty Ways to Floss Your Lover"
1987 Murder, She Wrote Sandra Clemons / Reagan Miller2 episodes
1988 Who's the Boss? JudyEpisode: "A Jack Story"
1989 Matlock Marie WillisEpisode: "The Psychic"
1993 Baywatch BettyEpisode: "Stakeout at Surfrider Beach"

References

  1. O'Connor, John (October 4, 1985). "TV WEEKEND; NBC OFFERS PREMIERE OF 'MISFITS OF SCIENCE'". The New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2023.