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Jennifer Runyon
Born
Jennifer Victoria Runyon

(1960-04-01) April 1, 1960 (age 64)
OccupationActress
Years active1981–1993, 2015-present
SpouseTodd Corman
Children2

Jennifer Victoria Runyon (born April 1, 1960 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress.

Biography

Runyon is known for guest appearances or secondary characters in various sitcoms and dramas, as well as a couple of made-for-TV movies. Among her roles are Sally Frame on Another World (1981–1983), Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge (1984–1985), and replacing Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas (1988). She starred in the horror film To All a Goodnight in 1980 and had a small part as a student in Ghostbusters (1984) alongside Bill Murray, and she starred in Up the Creek that same year.

She was a guest on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1991. In 1988, Jennifer played the lead in The in Crowd and was in the pilot of Quantum Leap. She also starred in the comedy 18 Again!. She also appeared in Murder, She Wrote in the 1989 episode, Seal of the Confessional. In 1990 she played a supporting role in the World War II parody A Man Called Sarge, produced by the brother of Roger Corman, Gene Corman, father of her husband Todd Corman.[1] Her last role was in the 1993 movie Carnosaur.

Runyon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of DJ Jim Runyon and actress Jane Roberts.[2] She is retired from acting and lives in San Clemente, California.

Her husband, Todd Corman, is a producer, writer, director, also a collegiate women's basketball coach. He was formerly the head coach of the Concordia University (Irvine, California) women's basketball team from 2004 to March 2008 when he tendered his resignation.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Todd Corman profile at ZoomInfo". Zoominfo.com. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  2. ^ "Jennifer Runyon: Is she the 1980s'Marilyn Monroe?". Nl.newsbank.com. August 24, 1986. Retrieved September 12, 2011.