Lucinda Jenney
{{short description|American actress}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=March 2013}}
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| occupation = Actress and voice artist
| years_active = 1979–present
| spouse = John SwangerBill Moseley
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Lucinda Jenney is an American actress.
Personal life
Jenney is married to actor Bill Moseley.{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Rocco|url=https://rue-morgue.com/interview-rob-zombie-and-bill-moseley-on-3-from-hell/|title=Interview: Rob Zombie and Bill Moseley On "3 From Hell"|work=Rue Morgue|date=September 11, 2019 |accessdate=September 12, 2019}}
Jenney was previously married to artist John Swanger, from 1989{{Cite news |date=1989-01-29 |title=Lucinda Jenney, Actress in 'Rain Man,' Is Married to John Henry Swanger 3d |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/29/style/lucinda-jenney-actress-in-rain-man-is-married-to-john-henry-swanger-3d.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} to 1991.
Early life
Career
She began her acting career in 1979 with the film Impostors. {{Cite web |title=Lucinda Jenney |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lucinda-jenney/bio/3000098847/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}Several roles followed throughout the 1980s, with appearances in the 1986 comedy The Whoopee Boys, Peggy Sue Got Married, with Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage. She appeared as 'Iris' in Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.
In 1991, Jenney portrayed the waitress 'Lena' in Ridley Scott's Thelma & Louise; the following year, she appeared in American Heart,{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Kevin |date=1993-05-14 |title=MOVIE REVIEW : Strong 'Heart' Until the Bitter End |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-14-ca-35095-story.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} a film which earned her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female. Jenney played the role of 'Anne Loomis' in the Joe Dante comedy Matinee, with John Goodman and Cathy Moriarty. {{Cite news |last=Maslin |first=Janet |date=1993-01-29 |title=Reviews/ Film; Eek! There's a Horror Movie in Here! |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/29/movies/reviews-film-eek-there-s-a-horror-movie-in-here.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}During the nineties, she appeared in much smaller roles including Mr. Jones with Richard Gere, and Leaving Las Vegas, with Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, as well as Grace of My Heart.
In 1996, she had a supporting role in the Tom Holland's horror film Thinner, which was based on the book by Stephen King. She also appeared as Lieutenant Blondell in G.I. Jane, with Demi Moore, Mad City, with Dustin Hoffman and John Travolta, Desert Blue, with Kate Hudson and Christina Ricci, Practical Magic, with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman and The Deep End of the Ocean.
In 2000, Jenney portrayed Helen O'Donnell in Thirteen Days. That year, she also played the role of Trina in How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog. {{Cite news |last=Holden |first=Stephen |date=2002-02-22 |title=FILM REVIEW; A Tale of 2 Neighbors, Both Pains in the Neck |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/22/movies/film-review-a-tale-of-2-neighbors-both-pains-in-the-neck.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}She then appeared in romantic drama Crazy/Beautiful, with Kirsten Dunst and The Mothman Prophecies, starring Richard Gere. Jenney's has appeared in other roles in S.W.A.T., American Violet and Rogue River. In 2009, she made a cameo appearance in The Hangover.
Jenney has appeared in various television shows, which includes guest roles in Miami Vice, The Practice, Judging Amy, The West Wing, 24, Law & Order, its spin-offs Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: LA, Crossing Jordan, Six Feet Under, House, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, ER, Monk, and Battlestar Galactica.
Jenney has appeared in many television films throughout her career. Her first was Out of the Darkness, with Martin Sheen. Some of her roles include Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance, The Habitation of Dragons, A Stranger in Town, First Time Felon, the Emmy Award-winning If These Walls Could Talk 2, and The Pennsylvania Miners' Story.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1979
| Impostors | | |
| 1984
| Hearts and Diamonds | | |
| 1986
| Olivia | |
| 1986
| Rosalie Testa | |
| 1987
| The Verne Miller Story | Bobby | |
| 1988
| Rain Man | Iris | |
| 1989
| Wired | Judy Belushi | |
| 1989
| Passerby #2 | |
| 1991
| Lena | |
| 1992
| Charlotte | Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female |
| 1993
| Matinee | Anne Loomis | |
| 1993
| Christine | |
| 1995
| Weird Woman | |
| 1996
| Marion | |
| 1996
| Thinner | Heidi Halleck | |
| 1997
| Loved | Kate Amerson | |
| 1997
| The Last Time I Committed Suicide | Rosie Trickle | |
| 1997
| Lieutenant Blondell | |
| 1997
| Mad City | Jenny | |
| 1998
| Caroline Baxter | |
| 1998
| Mrs. Jacobs | |
| 1998
| Sara (adult) | |
| 1998
| Actress at Alison Anders' House | |
| 1999
| Kate | |
| 1999
| Laurie | |
| 2000
| Crime and Punishment in Suburbia | Vincent's Mom | |
| 2000
| How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog | Trina Walsh | |
| 2000
| Arleen Yoast | Uncredited |
| 2000
| Helen O'Donnell | |
| 2001
| Courtney Oakley | |
| 2002
| Denise Smallwood | |
| 2003
| S.W.A.T. | Kathy | |
| 2007
| Sheryl 'Chic' Van Scoyoc | |
| 2008
| Elizabeth Beckett | |
| 2009
| | Cameo |
| 2010
| Rogue River | Lea | |
| 2019
| Nebraska | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| Carolyn | Television film |
| 1985
| Mary | Television film |
| 1986
| Melissa Brenner | Episode: "Hell Hath No Fury" |
| 1988
| Annie Pierce | Episode: "Vote of Confidence" |
| 1989
| Lucy | Episode: "Microcops" |
| 1990
| Audrey Watts | Episode: "Custody" |
| 1991
| Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance | Beth | Television film |
| 1992
| Gross's Secretary | Television film |
| 1992
| The Habitation of Dragons | Bernice Dayton | |
| 1994
| Marci Benedetti | Television film |
| 1994
| Homicide: Life on the Street | Pamela Wilgis | Episode: "Extreme Unction" |
| 1995
| A Stranger in Town | Jeanine | Television film |
| 1995
| Ginny | Episode: "The Black Bargain" |
| 1995
| Liz Knowlton | Television film |
| 1996
| Debbie Vickers | Television film |
| 1996
| Officer Anne Bonner | 4 episodes |
| 1997
| Mrs. Dog Face | Episode: "Every Dog Has Its Day |
| 1997
| Sharon | Television film |
| 1997
| Nadine Walden | Episodes: "Pilot", "Fear of Flying" |
| 1998
| Molly | Television film |
| 1998
| Rose | Episode: "Hammer Time" |
| 1998
| Rosalind | Episode: "A Prayer for the Lying" |
| 1999
| Fitz | Linda Palmer | Episodes: "First Love: Part 1", "First Love: Part 2" |
| 2000
| Ella's Mommy | Segment: "2000" |
| 2000
| Angela Jamison | Episodes: "Summary Judgments", "Germ Welfare" |
| 2001
| Teddy Green | Episode: "The Race" |
| 2002
| Allison Cossey | Episode: "Not Stumbling, But Dancing" |
| 2002
| Karen Kroft | Episode: "Swiss Diplomacy" |
| 2002
| The Pennsylvania Miners' Story | Cindy Thomas | Television film |
| 2003
| Lanie Kellis |
| 2003
| Flora Hawkins | Episode: "Milfay" |
| 2003
| 24 | Helen Singer |
| 2004
| Renee Bishop | Episode: "Married with Children" |
| 2004
| Judy Strand | Episode: "Missing Pieces" |
| 2004
| Kenneth's Ex-Wife | Episode: "Untitled" |
| 2004
| House | Sister Mary Eucharist | Episode: "Damned If You Do" |
| 2005
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Elise Garrett | Episodes: "In the Wee Small Hours: Part 1", "In the Wee Small Hours: Part 2" |
| 2007
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Sheriff Beth McGuire | Episode: "Leaving Las Vegas" |
| 2007
| Shirley Reed | Episode: "8:03AM" |
| 2007
| Carolanne Adama | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
| 2007
| ER | Allison | Episode: "Seas Change" |
| 2007
| Monk | Zena Davis | Episode: "Mr. Monk is Up All Night" |
| 2011
| Professor | Episode: "Big Rock Mesa" |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Short film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1994
| Two Over Easy | Diane | |
| 2006
| Hide & Seek | Betty | |
| 2007
| At the Beach | | |
| 2009
| The Postcard | Blanche Katz | |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|0421087|Lucinda Jenney}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American voice actresses
Category:Actresses from Queens, New York
Category:People from Long Island City, Queens
Category:20th-century American actresses