Enid Kent

{{Short description|American actress}}

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| caption = Kent in the late 1980s

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| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1969–1998

| parents = Irene Tedrow

| spouse = Benjamin Laurence Sperber (April 1, 1984 - present) (1 child)
Hod David Schudson(1974-1980) (his death, 1 child)

| children = 2

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Enid Kent is an American actress, born in Los Angeles on 14 January 1945.

She was born to William Kent, a German-Jewish immigrant, insurance broker and refugee from Hitler's Nazi regime in the late 1930s, and Irene Tedrow, a veteran American actress of radio, stage, film and television, originally from Denver, Colorado.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}

A Hollywood High School graduate, Kent explored the world of theater from an early age, becoming a participant in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival among other endeavors. Her college years found her attending classes at San Francisco State University, eventually moving to New York to pursue acting professionally.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}

She became a television actress and played Nurse Bigelow, a recurring character on M*A*S*H, from 1976 to 1983.{{Cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/mash/mash.htm |title=Cast list and M*A*S*H* synopsis at Museum TV website |access-date=2008-01-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923041249/http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/mash/mash.htm |archive-date=2006-09-23 |url-status=dead }} She also appeared in such television series as Family Ties, Head of the Class, CHiPs, Diff'rent Strokes, Eight Is Enough, Small Wonder, and L.A. Law.