Jacklyn Zeman

Jacklyn Zeman
Born March 6, 1953
Englewood, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1974–present

Jacklyn Zeman (born March 6, 1953) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital. She is sometimes credited as Jackie Zeman.

Personal life

Zeman was born in Englewood, New Jersey, the daughter of Rita Zeman-Rohlman, a magazine supervisor, and Richard S. Zeman, a systems engineer.[1] She grew up in Bergenfield, New Jersey and completed her high school studies at age 15 at Bergenfield High School, after which she studied dance on a scholarship at New York University.[2] She was a Playboy Bunny at the Playboy Club in 1972.[3]

Zeman has been married three times. Her first marriage, to Murray Kaufman, a popular DJ known as Murray the K, lasted from September 16, 1979 to 1981. Her second marriage, to Steve Gribbin, lasted from 1985 to 1986. Zeman and her third husband, Glenn Gorden, were married from February 14, 1988, to June 21, 2007. Zeman and Gorden have two daughters, Cassidy Zee Gorden (born September 16, 1990) and Lacey Rose Gorden (born July 15, 1992).

In the 1990s, Zeman was the spokeswoman for Excedrin aspirin; she currently works with the Home Shopping Network, designing and presenting a signature line of jewelry.

She was close friends with her late GH co-star Shell Kepler (Nurse Amy Vining) and delivered a eulogy at her funeral.[4]

She was also close to another late GH co-star Anna Lee (wealthy matriarch Lila Quartermaine), whom Zeman paid tribute to in 2004, prior to Lee's death. She recently said in an interview, when asked if Lee had a pretty great memory: "Absolutely, she did! She was so beautiful and funny. Oh, my God, she was funny. She had a bawdy sense of humor. And of how many women, she stayed on that show for so many years, and well, well, well, with an older woman, which she was on, and still, they could shot her so tight with such beautiful close-ups, because, she had such [well, not only], a beautiful face, when she continued to having as she aged, but the beauty and the light within her, in her spirit, it just truly say, 'A Star Shines.' She is the perfect example of that!"[5] She also responded if Lee had been like a 'surrogate grandmother' to Zeman, both on- and off- the camera, "I have great respect and admiration for Anna Lee personally and professionally. She was always a pleasure to spend time with both on and off the set. I still think of her often and I feel blessed to have experienced her friendship and her amazing sense of humor. I miss her beautiful smiling face."[6]

Zeman's home in Malibu, California was reported to be in foreclosure in 2012.[7]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmys nominations
Soap Opera Digest Award

References

  1. ↑ http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Jacklyn-Zeman.html
  2. ↑ Staff. Jackie Zeman; Malibu, California, FabOverFifty.com. Accessed September 11, 2012. "When did you start acting? In high school. We had a great drama department at Bergenfield High School. I got cast in all of the plays and loved it. I played Peggy Evans in Come Blow Your Horn and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
  3. ↑ FAQ: The Playboy Clubs
  4. ↑ SoapZone: General Hospital News & Gossip
  5. ↑ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/daytimeafterdark1976/2013/05/18/special-guest-jackie-zeman
  6. ↑ http://starsqa.com/jacklyn-zeman-interviews
  7. ↑ http://realestalker.blogspot.com/2012/08/distressed-sale-soap-star-jackie-zeman.html

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