Jennifer Leak
Born
(1947-09-28) September 28, 1947

Montreal, Quebec
OccupationActress
Years active1964–1986
Spouse
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(m. 1968; div. 1971)​

Jennifer Mary Leak (born September 28, 1947) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her role as Colleen North in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours.[1]

Career

Leak played the role of Olive Springer Gordon Randolph in the soap opera Another World (1976–1979), and Blanche Bouvier in Guiding Light (1981–82). In addition, Leak created the role of Gwen Sherman, who started out as a prostitute who fell in love with Greg Foster and ended up becoming a nun in the mid-1970s on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless.[2]

She also played guest spots on various TV shows, including McMillan and Wife and Hawaii Five-O. In 1973, she played Erica Jordan, Mary's temporary replacement at WJM-TV, in the season four episode "Better Late...That's a Pun...Than Never" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Personal life

Leak was married to Tim Matheson from 1968 to 1971.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Colleen North
1969 Eye of the Cat Poor Dear
1974 The Photographer Elowise Atkins
1981 The Incubus Deena Ferrin
1985 Agent on Ice Helen Pope

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Wojeck Gale Fletcher 2 episodes
1969 The Good Guys Suzi Episode: "Take a Computer to Lunch"
1969 Hawaii Five-O Diana Cole Episode: "King Kamehameha Blues"
1970 Lost Flight Beejay Caldwell Television film
1972 The Delphi Bureau Judy Rogers Episode: "The Top Secret Secret Project"
1973 A Time for Love Patricia Television film
1973 McMillan & Wife Nell Episode: "Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend"
1973 The Rookies Sister Anne Episode: "Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard"
1974 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Erica Jordan Episode: "Better Late... That's a Pun... Than Never"
1974 Ironside Judith MacDane Episode: "A Death in Academe"
1975 Ryan's Hope Nurse Klupper Episode #1.44
1976–1979 Another World Olive Randolph 6 episodes
1981 Nero Wolfe Elizabeth Marsh Episode: "Murder by the Book"
1981 Guiding Light Blanche Bouvier Episode dated 31 July 1981
1986 One Life to Live Matron Spitz Episode dated 26 September 1986
1992 Loving Dr. Hennessy 2 episodes

References

  1. ↑ "Jennifer Leak". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30.
  2. ↑ Terrace, Vincent (1986). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. VNR AG. ISBN 978-0-918432-71-1.
  3. ↑ Green, Paul (2014-01-10). A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5799-1.
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