Jan Rooney
| Jan Rooney | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Jan and Mickey Rooney at a military concert in Beverly Hills, California in 2000 | |
| Born |
Janice Darlene Chamberlin November 23, 1939 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Spouse(s) | Mickey Rooney (1978-2014; his death) |
Janice Darlene "Jan" Rooney (née Chamberlin; born November 23, 1939) is an American singer, and the eighth wife and widow of the late actor Mickey Rooney.
Biography
Rooney is the mother of Christopher "Chris" Aber (born February 5, 1959) by her former husband, Lynn Aber. She and Mickey Rooney were married on August 7, 1978, and performed together for decades. She was born in Los Angeles, California.
In 2003 the couple began their association with Rainbow Puppet Productions, providing their voices to the centenary production of Toyland!, an adaptation of Victor Herbert's Babes in Toyland. Jan Rooney provided the voice for Mother Goose while Mickey Rooney created the voice for the Master Toymaker. They subsequently created voices for additional Rainbow Puppet Productions, including Pirate Party. In 2004 she began appearing in television commercials for Garden State Life Insurance Company with her husband, who became a spokesperson for the company in 1999.
Christopher Aber: charges of elder abuse towards Jan Rooney's husband, Mickey
On March 2, 2011 Mickey Rooney — then 90 years old — told the Senate Special Committee on Aging, which was investigating elder abuse, that he had been financially exploited and “stripped of the ability to make even the most basic decisions about my life” by his stepson, Christopher Aber (and Aber's wife, Christina), against whom he had obtained a restraining order. He testified that he had been afraid to seek help because he was “overwhelmed” with fear, anger and disbelief. Committee chairman Herb Kohl told Rooney that he would propose legislation to create an Office of Elder Justice in the U.S. Department of Justice. Rooney's conservator, Michael Augustine, told the AARP Bulletin that the actor is "completely competent". "Elder abuse can happen even to people with sharp minds and good health," he said. Aber and his mother, Jan Rooney, both denied Rooney's allegations.[1][2] In April 2011 Rooney and his stepson reached a settlement for an undisclosed sum, and Rooney dropped the restraining order.[3]
References
- ↑ "Mickey Rooney Claims Elder Abuse: Actor's testimony to Congress helps spur bill for new crackdown" by Carole Fleck and Talia Schmidt. AARP Bulletin, March 2, 2011
- ↑ "Mickey Rooney: 'Elder Abuse Made Me Feel Trapped'" by Stephen M. Silverman, Thursday, March 3, 2011 12:30 PM EST
- ↑ "Mickey Rooney drops restraining order against stepson". Tmz.com. 2011-02-15. Retrieved 2012-01-16.