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Birth Name: Jennifer G. Wright

Age: 64, born 23 March 1962

Country of origin: United States

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Description: In the early 1980s, a young actress made her first appearances in television and films with an unforgettably quirky presence -- vulnerable and seductive all at once. Her delicate features - unusual green eyes and aching-to-be-kissed lips -- combined with her petite and shapely figure to make a true gamine beauty. Unfortunately, Jenny Wright never had much of a chance; she was sidelined into 'tramp' roles from the word go. Her small-screen debut on the critically acclaimed sitcom, "Love, Sidney," was as a teenage runaway/prostitute. Her film debut in "Pink Floyd: The Wall" cast her as a groupie. For the rem In the early 1980s, a young actress made her first appearances in television and films with an unforgettably quirky presence -- vulnerable and seductive all at once. Her delicate features - unusual green eyes and aching-to-be-kissed lips -- combined with her petite and shapely figure to make a true gamine beauty.

Unfortunately, Jenny Wright never had much of a chance; she was sidelined into 'tramp' roles from the word go. Her small-screen debut on the critically acclaimed sitcom, "Love, Sidney," was as a teenage runaway/prostitute. Her film debut in "Pink Floyd: The Wall" cast her as a groupie. For the remainder of 1982, the bad girl image more or less stuck: she gave Robin Williams' Garp his first sexual experience as flighty Cushie in "The World According to Garp" and she played the flirty but emotionally troubled younger sister of Tommy Lee Jones' girlfriend in the made-for-TV film "The Executioner's Song."

Jenny also appeared in the video for Swiss rock group Yello's 1983 song "Lost Again," as the object of obsession of the video's rotagonist. She appeared wearing a quadruple strand of pearls and a dark, lovely dress, and is beautifully photographed against the backdrop of New York, including its subways, at night.

In 1984, Jenny Wright was cast as Eileen in "The Wild Life," a semisequel to the popular "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." She was her charming self, in a role that didn't have much to offer, but gave some bright spots to an otherwise forgettable film. The two films she made next, 1985's "St. Elmo's Fire" and 1986's "Out of Bounds," cast her with members of the Brat Pack. Although she was never an official Brat Packer, she was on its fringes.

In 1987, Jenny was offered her first star turn in Kathryn Bigelow's "Near Dark." Released at the same time as the mainstream-smash "Lost Boys," it finished decidedly second at the box office -- a shame, since Jenny's performance as vampire ingenue Mae was nothing short of brilliant. This film also marked Jenny's decided career directional change away from mainstream film and into indies.

"I, Madman" was made in 1989, and watching it is a treat. Jenny is perfect in her dual role as real-time victim Virginia and fifties-era victim Anna Templer.

Unfortunately, "I, Madman" marked the last time Jenny had a major role in a film, and in the early 1990s she reprised her early-career persona of the tramp in films like "Queens Logic," "Young Guns II" (as a memorable madam), and 1992's "The Lawnmower Man" (as Marnie Burke, a widow on the prowl). Making only one more TV appearance, she has virtually disappeared. Attempts to locate her to appear with her colleagues in a documentary about "Near Dark" were unsuccessful. Ironic that this talented actress, so good in two films with sinister plots ("Near Dark" and "I, Madman") should be the subject of a mystery herself. ... (more)

Tags: Actress (6), Mysterious (2), Born 1962 (2), Unique (1), Cute (1), American (1), Beautiful (1), Recluse (1), Near Dark (1), Tv Actress (1), Retired (1), 23 March (1)

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Females TV & Movies Deaths (1792 person items)

"TV:• Midnight Caller: Conversations with an Assassin (1988) : Shot by Gary Cole while she tries to shoot him and falls out of a window of the building."