Janice Kent
| Janice Kent | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 8, 1947[1] Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.[2] |
| Occupation | Actress, Director, Life Management Coach |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Website | |
| http://www.janicekent.com | |
Janice Kent (born July 8, 1947) is an American actress, director and life coach who, as a professional actress for over 35 years, has acted in films, television and the Broadway stage in New York and in Los Angeles and Hollywood. She has appeared in countless television and Film roles as well as numerous stage productions and over 150 television commercials.
Biography
Early life and education
Born and raised in Plainfield, New Jersey, Kent, who graduated from Plainfield High School in 1965, trained at the Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale School of Drama at Oxford University in England.
TV work
Kent is perhaps best recognized for her work in over 100 episodes of The New Leave It To Beaver opposite Leave It to Beaver TV series co-stars Jerry Mathers, Barbara Billingsley, and Tony Dow, who played Wally Cleaver, where she appears as his Wally's wife Maryellen Cleaver. She also directed several episodes of that series. She continues to act; most recently on CBS-TV crime/drama series Without A Trace and Robert Townsend's critically acclaimed webseries Diary of a Single Mom.
Life and Acting coaching
In addition to her acting career, Kent also runs The International Coach Federation, an acting/life skills coaching workshop based in Burbank, California, where Kent resides. The ICF serves a training ground to develop professionalism skills applied by actors in auditioning for roles in helping apply those same skills to everyday lives of individuals, with a strong emphasis is on experiencing, and the shifting of perspective and position. The ICF workshop itself defines Coaching as an "ongoing rofessional relationship that helps people produce the desired results in their lives, careers and businesses.
Selected filmography
| Films | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role/Notes |
| 2008 | Keith | as Woman |
| 2004 | The Last Run | as Mrs. Powers |
| 1994 | The Flintstones | Stewardess |
| 1991 | The Unborn | as Cindy DeWItt |
| 1984 | Crimes Of Passion | Patty Marshal |
| 1977 | Kentucky Fried Movie | as Barbara Duncan (segment "A.M. Today") |
| Television | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Title | Role/Notes |
| 1978 | The Ted Knight Show | as Cheryl (6 episodes) |
| 1981 | Three's Company | as Cheryl Gainer (in episode titled "Make Room For Daddy" in Season 5) |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island | as Nurse Michele in episode The Wedding Picture/Castaways |
| 1983 | Still The Beaver (TV movie) | Mary Ellen Cleaver |
| 1983–1989 | The New Leave It To Beaver (TV series) | Mary Ellen Cleaver (101 episodes) |
| 1990 | Who's The Boss | Laurie in episode titled "Parental Guidance Suggested" in Season 5) |
| 1991` | The Story Lady (TV movie) | 2nd Saleslady |
| 1991 | Designing Women | Mrs. Friedhold in episode titled This Is Art? |
| 2004 | ER | as Mrs. Skinner in episode titled "Damaged" |
| 2008 | Keith | as Woman |
| 2009 | Diary of a Single Mom | as Jewel |
References
- ↑ birth reference per intelius.com
- ↑ Birthplace reference at Facebook
External links
- Janice Kent at the Internet Movie Database
- http://vimeo.com/46198947 Judy Kerr Talks with Janice Kent, acting coach and life coach
- https://www.facebook.com/janice.kent.92 Janice Kent's Facebook