Jean Smart
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Jean Smart (born September 13, 1951 [1][2]) is an American film and television actress.She starred as the character Charlene Frazier Stillfield on Designing Women from 1986 to 1991. She lent her voice to Kim Possible from 2002 to 2006. In 2004, she was part of the short-lived sitcom Center of the Universe.
Recent appearances on the big screen include Disney's The Kid, Sweet Home Alabama, Bringing Down The House, and Garden State. She also provided the voice of the alcoholic chain-smoking Pickles Oblong on The Oblongs, and guest starred on Frasier as Frasier's former high-school crush.
In January 2006, Smart joined the cast of 24 playing the First Lady of the United States, Martha Logan, to actor Gregory Itzin's President Charles Logan, and received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work.
Smart was born in in Seattle, Washington, the second of four children. She is a graduate of Ballard High School, located in Seattle. It is there that she gained an interest in acting in the drama program.
She is married to actor Richard Gilliland, whom she met while working on the set of Designing Women. They have one son, Connor.
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[edit] Filmography
- Gangsters (1979)
- Before and After (1979)
- Reggie (1983) (TV Series)
- Teachers Only (1983) (TV Series)
- Single Bars, Single Women (1984)
- Maximum Security (1984) (TV Series)
- Piaf (1984)
- Flashpoint (1984)
- Protocol (1984)
- Fire with Fire (1986)
- A Fight for Jenny (1986)
- Designing Women (1986) (TV Series)
- Place at the Table (1987)
- Project X (1987)
- A Seduction in Travis County (1991)
- Locked Up: A Mother's Rage (1991)
- Baby Talk (1992)
- Mistress (1992)
- Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992)
- Just My Imagination (1992)
- Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)
- The Yarn Princess (1994)
- The Yearling (1994)
- Scarlett (1994)
- The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
- A Stranger in Town (1995)
- High Society (1995) (TV Series)
- Edie and Pen (1996)
- Undue Influence (1997)
- Style and Substance (1998)
- The Odd Couple II (1998)
- A Change of Heart (1998)
- Guinevere (1999)
- Forever Fabulous (2000)
- Snow Day (2000)
- Disney's The Kid (2000)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000)
- Static Shock (2000 - 2004)
- The Oblongs (2001) (TV Series; voice only)
- Kim Possible (2002) (TV Series)
- Frasier (1993) (TV Series)
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- In-Laws (2002)
- Bringing Down the House (2003)
- Audrey's Rain (2004)
- Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003)
- Garden State (2004)
- I Heart Huckabees (2004)
- Balto III: Wings of Change (2004)
- Center of the Universe (2004) (TV Series)
- A Very Married Christmas (2004)
- Lucky You (2006)
- 24 (2006) (TV Series)
- Tales from Earthsea (anime)
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Smart's birthdate is September 13, 1951, but there has been some varying accounts found throughout the media. Other sources have claimed years such as 1953 and 1959, but since she is Ballard High School Class of 1969 and University of Washington 1975 graduate, 1951 is the correct year of Ms. Smart's birth.
Also a member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, from University of Washington.
[edit] References
- ^ Lorrie Lynch. "Who's News", USA Weekend, 17-19 March, 2006, p. 2.
- ^ "Who's News", USA Weekend, 19 March, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-03-27.
