Jayne Modean

{{short description|American model and actress (born 1957)}}

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| birth_place = Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.

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| occupation = Actress, model

| years_active = 1974–1991

| spouse = {{marriage|Dave Coulier|1990|1992|reason=divorced}}

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Jayne Modean is an American model and actress who got her break as a fashion model in the late 1970s, appearing on four Seventeen covers in 1977. She was the featured cover model on the February 1981 Inside Sports annual swimsuit issue.

Career

In 1974, then 16-year-old Modean represented her hometown of Clifton, New Jersey, competing as Miss Teenage Clifton in the Miss Teenage America pageant, where she was selected for a Poise and Appearance award, winning a $500 scholarship.{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/cliftonmerchantmagazine/docs/clifton_merchant_magazine_-_februar_a8b13bae9cf29c/36 |title=There's Something About Jayne |first=Jordan |last=Schwartz |work=Clifton Merchant Magazine |date=2009-02-05 |access-date=2019-05-06}}

She appeared in several feature films, including Spring Break (1983) and House II: The Second Story (1987), and a number of TV shows, including Werewolf, Cheers (1987) Full House (1990), Trauma Center (1983), Street Hawk, and The Fall Guy.{{Cite web|date=2015-09-01|title=15 Fascinating Secrets You Never Knew About Full House|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/15-full-house-secrets|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Glamour|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Jurgensen|first=John|date=2019-03-23|title=Wouldn't You Like to Get Away? Why the Bar Is a Go-To for TV Comedies|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/wouldnt-you-like-to-get-away-why-the-bar-is-a-go-to-for-tv-comedies-11553345985|access-date=2021-08-30|issn=0099-9660}}

Personal life

Modean married comedian Dave Coulier in 1990, and they had a son before divorcing in 1992.{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/article/dave-coulier-wedding-inside-melissa-bring-john-stamos |title=Inside Dave Coulier and Melissa Bring's Montana Wedding |first=Melody |last=Chiu |work=People |date=2014-07-10 |access-date=2019-05-06}}{{Cite web|date=June 11, 2014 |title=Dave Coulier engaged to photographer Melissa Bring|url=https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/celebrities/dave-coulier-engaged-to-photographer-melissa-bring-1.8419063|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Newsday|language=en}}

Filmography

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!Year

!Title

!Role

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1983

|Spring Break

|Susie

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1987

|House II: The Second Story

|Rochelle

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1987

|Less than Zero

|Cindy

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= Television =

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

1983

|The Fall Guy

|Hooter

|Episode: "Trauma"

1983

|Trauma Center

|Nurse Hooter

|13 episodes

1985

|Street Hawk

|Sandy McCoy

|Episode: "Pilot"

1985

|Another World

|Miss Applesauce

|Episode #1.5359

1986

|Comedy Factory

|Terry Bishop

|Episode: "Man About Town"

1987

|Scarecrow and Mrs. King

|Laura Mayfield

|Episode: "One Flew East"

1987

|Werewolf

|Blonde Woman

|Episode: "Nightmare at the Braine Hotel"

1987

|Cheers

|Tracy

|Episode: "Christmas Cheers"

1989

|Hard Time on Planet Earth

|Lieutenant Arlene Michaels

|Episode: "All That You Can Be"

1989

|Not Necessarily the News

|{{N/a}}

|2 episodes

1990

|Full House

|Adult Michelle

|Episode: "Those Better Not Be the Days"

1991

|Backfield in Motion

|Faith

|Television film

References

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