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O-Lan Jones | |
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| Born | May 23, 1950 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | New Dramatists |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, composer, producer |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
O-Lan Jones (born May 23, 1950) is an American actress, composer, and theater producer. She is best known as Rose on Harts of the West (1993-1994).
Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. Her first name comes from the Chinese heroine of the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. Her father left the family when she was a child. Her mother Scarlett Johnson, a self-described "free spirit", moved their family for a year to a remote Mayan village in the Yucatán jungle when Jones was 15. [1] In 1966 they moved to Greenwich Village, New York City, where Jones began her acting career. It was there that Johnson married comedian and actor Johnny Dark, while Jones was dating Dark's best friend, playwright Sam Shepard. Shepard wrote the role of "Oolan" for Jones in his 1967 play Forensic & The Navigators.
In 1969, Jones and Shepard were married. She went on to star in a number of his plays, including Suicide in B♭ and Angel City . [2] Jones gave birth to their son Jesse Mojo Shepard in 1971. They divorced in 1984 when he left her for actress Jessica Lange.
Jones is an alumna of New Dramatists. [3] In addition to her acting, she is a writer, musician, composer and lyricist. She is the artistic director of Overtone Industries, a company she founded in 1980 dedicated to creating and developing new works for opera and musical theater. [4] In 2003 she married her longtime boyfriend Halldor Enard. [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | A Death in Canaan | Carla Pitts | Television film Credited as Olan Shephard |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Judge | Credited as Olan Shephard |
| 1982 | Out | Nixie / Dinah | Credited as O-Lan Shepard |
| 1982 | Shoot the Moon | Counter Girl | Credited as O-Lan Shepard |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Pretty Girl | Credited as O-Lan Shepard |
| 1988 | Married to the Mob | Phyllis | |
| 1988 | Miracle Mile | Waitress | |
| 1988 | Wildfire | Mrs. Johnson | |
| 1989 | Lonesome Dove | Sally Skull | Credited as Olan Jones |
| 1989 | How I Got into College | Sally O'Connor | |
| 1990 | Edward Scissorhands | Esmeralda | |
| 1990 | Pacific Heights | Hotel Maid Patricia | |
| 1992 | Seinfeld | Waitress | Episode: "The Bubble Boy" |
| 1992 | Beethoven | Biker Woman | |
| 1993 | Shelf Life | Tina | |
| 1993–1994 | Harts of the West | Rose McLaughlin | |
| 1994 | Natural Born Killers | Mabel | |
| 1996 | The X-Files | Rebecca Waite | Episode: "Sanguinarium" |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | Sue-Ann Norris | |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Bar Waitress | |
| 2000 | American Virgin | Kim | |
| 2000 | Attention Shoppers | Meg | |
| 2001 | Diagnosis: Murder | Chantelle Boudreau | Episode: "Bachelor Fathers" |
| 2002 | American Girl | Hildegarde | |
| 2013 | Syrup | Clinic Receptionist | |
| 2015 | Community | Garrett's Mom | Episode: "Wedding Videography" |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Shelly |
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