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Jennifer O'Neill in Lady Ice (1973)
BornFebruary 20, 1948 (age 73)
OccupationActress, model, writer, speaker, horse trainer
Years active1968–present
Spouse(s)Married nine times to eight men, last to Mervin Sidney Louque (1996–present)
Children3
Websitewww.jenniferoneill.com

Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is a Brazilian-American actress, model, author and speaker, known for her role in the 1971 film Summer of '42 and modelling for CoverGirl cosmetics starting in 1963.

Early life[edit]

O'Neill was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her mother was English and her father was a Brazilian of Portuguese, Spanish and Irish ancestry.[1] She and her older brother Michael were raised in New Rochelle, New York, and Wilton, Connecticut. When she was 14, the family moved to New York City. On Easter Sunday, 1962, O'Neill attempted suicide because the move would separate her from her dog Mandy and horse Monty — 'her whole world'.[2] That same year, she was discovered by the Ford modeling agency.[citation needed] By age 15, while attending the prestigious Dalton School in Manhattan, she was appearing on the covers of Vogue, Cosmopolitan, and Seventeen, earning $80,000 ($684,000 today)in 1962.[2]:71

An accomplished equestrienne, O'Neill won upwards of 200 ribbons at horse show competitions in her teens. With her modelling fees, she had purchased a horse, named Alezon. However, it once balked before a wall at a horse show, throwing her, and breaking her neck and back in three places.[2]:83 She attended New York City's Professional Children's School and the Dalton School in Manhattan, but dropped out to wed her first husband, IBM executive Dean Rossiter, at age 17.[3]

O'Neill has dual citizenship, being a Brazilian and American citizen.

Career[edit]

In 1968 O'Neill landed a small role in For Love of Ivy. In 1970 she played her first lead role in the Howard Hawks film Rio Lobo with her co-star John Wayne.

O'Neill may be best remembered for her role in the 1971 film Summer of '42, where she played Dorothy Walker, the early-20s wife of an airman who has gone off to fight in World War II. She stated in a 2002 interview that her agent had to fight to even get a reading for the part,[4] since the role had been cast for an 'older woman' to a 'coming of age' 15-year-old boy, and the director was only considering actresses over the age of thirty, Barbra Streisand being at the top of the list.

O'Neill continued acting for the next two decades. She appeared in Hollywood feature films, made-for-television films, and European films, such as Italian director Luchino Visconti's last film, The Innocent (1976). She was originally cast in the Disney film The Black Hole (1979), but was told she needed to cut her hair because it would be easier to film the zero-G scenes. She gave in, drinking wine during the haircut and leaving noticeably impaired. She lost the part after a serious car crash on the way home.[5]

When her movie career slowed, O'Neill took roles in series television.[6] She starred in NBC's short-lived 1982 prime time soap opera Bare Essence and played the lead female role on the 1984 television series Cover Up.

O'Neill is listed in the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History's Center for Advertising History for her long-standing contract with CoverGirl cosmetics as its model and spokesperson in ads and television commercials.[7]

Personal life[edit]

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O'Neill has been married nine times to eight husbands (she married, divorced, and remarried her sixth husband Richard Alan Brown).[3] She has three children from three fathers.[2]:95:174:209

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  • Dean Rossiter (1965–1971, divorced, 1 child)
  • Joseph Koster (1972–1974, divorced)
  • Nick De Noia (1975–1976, divorced)
  • Jeff Barry (1978–1979, divorced)
  • John Lederer (1979–1983, divorced, 1 child)
  • Richard Alan Brown (1986–1989, divorced, 1 child)
  • Neil L. Bonin (1992–1993, annulled)
  • Richard Alan Brown (1993–1996, divorced)
  • Mervin Sidney Louque Jr. (1996–present)

Ex-husband Nick de Noia was murdered in 1987 by one of his former associates.[8]

On October 23, 1982, O'Neill suffered a gunshot wound in her home on McClain Street in Bedford, New York. Police officers who interviewed O'Neill determined that she had accidentally shot herself in the abdomen with a .38 caliber revolver at her 30-acre, 25-room French-style estate[9] while trying to determine if the weapon was loaded.[10][11] Her husband at the time (fifth), John Lederer, was not in the house when the handgun was discharged, but two other people were in the house. Detective Sgt. Thomas Rothwell was quoted as having said that O'Neill 'didn't know much about guns.'[12]

On October 12, 1984, Jon-Erik Hexum, O'Neill's co-star in the Cover Up television series, mortally wounded himself on the show's set, unaware that a gun loaded with a blank cartridge could still cause extreme damage from the effect of expanding powder gases. He died six days later.

In her 1999 autobiography Surviving Myself, O'Neill describes many of her life experiences, including her marriages, career, and her move to her Tennessee farm in the late 1990s.[2] She has said that she wrote the autobiography (her first book) '... at the prompting of her children.'[2]

Activism[edit]

In 2004, O'Neill wrote and published From Fallen to Forgiven,[13] a book of biographical notes and thoughts about life and existence. O'Neill recounted how she underwent an abortion while dating a Wall Street socialite after the divorce from her first husband. Her regrets over the experience contributed to her becoming a pro-life activist and a born-again Christian in 1986 at age 38. She also began counseling abstinence to teens. Concerning her abortion, she writes:

I was told a lie from the pit of hell: that my baby was just a blob of tissue. The aftermath of abortion can be equally deadly for both mother and unborn child. A woman who has an abortion is sentenced to bear that for the rest of her life.[14]

O'Neill continues to be active as a writer working on her second autobiography, CoverStory, an inspirational speaker, and fundraiser for the benefit of crisis pregnancy centers across the United States.[15] She has also served as the spokesperson for the Silent No More Awareness Campaign,[15] an organization for people who regret that they or their partners had abortions.

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

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YearTitleRoleNotes
1968For Love of IvySandy
1969Some Kind of a NutThe Beautyuncredited
1970Rio LoboShasta Delaney
1971Summer of '42Dorothy
1971Such Good FriendsMiranda
1972The Carey TreatmentGeorgia Hightower
1973Lady IcePaula Booth
1975The Reincarnation of Peter ProudAnn Curtis
1975WhiffsLt. Scottie Hallam
1975The Flower in His MouthElena Bardi
1976The InnocentTeresa Raffo
1977The PsychicVirginia Ducci
1978CaravansEllen Jasper
1979A Force of OneMandy Rust
1979SteelCass Cassidy
1980Cloud DancerHelen St. Clair
1981ScannersKim Obrist
1987I Love N.Y.Irene
1991CommittedSusan Manning
1992Invasion of PrivacyHillary WayneVideo
1994Discretion AssuredPaige
1994The Visual Bible: ActsLydia of ThyatiraVideo
1997The Corporate LadderIrene Grace
1997The RideEllen Stillwell
1999The Prince and the SurferQueen Albertina
2002Time ChangerMichelle Bain
2012Last Ounce of CourageDottie Revere
2013DoonbyBarbara Ann
2016I'm Not AshamedLinda

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Television[edit]

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Love's Savage FuryLaurel TaggartTV movie
1981The Other VictimNancy LangfordTV movie
1983Bare EssenceLady Bobbi RowanMain role (11 episodes)
1984-1985Cover UpDanielle ReynoldsMain role (22 episodes)
1985A.D.MessalinaTV miniseries
1985ChaseSandy AlbrightTV movie
1986Perry Mason: The Case of the Shooting StarAlison CarrTV movie
1988The Red SpiderStephanie HartfordTV movie
1988Glory DaysScotty MoranTV movie
1989Full Exposure: The Sex Tapes ScandalDebralee TaftTV movie
1990PersonalsHeather MooreTV movie
1992Perfect FamilyMaggieTV movie
1993The Cover Girl MurdersKateTV movie
1994Jonathan Stone: Threat of InnocenceNan StoneTV movie
1995Silver StrandLouellen PetersonTV movie
1996Voyeur IIElizabeth (voice)Video game
1996Poltergeist: The LegacyLorraine ComptonEpisode: 'Revelations'
1997Nash BridgesJennyEpisode: 'Shake, Rattle & Roll'
2000On Music RowLinda RodgersTV movie
2000Heroes and SheroesSelfReality TV

Books published[edit]

  • Surviving Myself, New York: William Morrow and Company, 1999.
  • From Fallen to Forgiven, Thomas Nelson, 2002.
  • You're Not Alone: Healing Through God's Grace After Abortion. Faith Communications, 2005.
  • Remarkable Women, Insight Publishing Group, 2005.
  • A Fall Together, B&H Publishing Group, 2006.
  • A Winter of Wonders, B&H Publishing Group, 2007.
  • A Late Spring Frost, B&H Publishing Group, 2007
  • Faith Lessons, Insight Publishing Group, 2008.

References[edit]

  1. ^http://jenniferoneill.com/about/biography/
  2. ^ abcdefO'Neill, Jennifer (1999). Surviving Myself. W. Morrow. ISBN978-0-688-15992-4.
  3. ^ abLevitt, Shelley (January 18, 1993). 'Seventh Heaven'. People. Retrieved February 14, 2012.
  4. ^Park, Louis Hillary (June 2002). 'Summer of '42'. TC Palm. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 6, 2012.
  5. ^Weiner, David (December 13, 2019). ''We Never Had an Ending:' How Disney's 'Black Hole' Tried to Match 'Star Wars''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  6. ^Buck, Jerry (March 5, 1983). 'Jennifer O'Neill Swept Into Role In 'Bare Essence''. The News and Courier. p. 3-D.
  7. ^Cover Girl Advertising Oral History & Documentation Project, 1959–1990, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution.
  8. ^Purdum, Todd S. (April 8, 1987). 'Emmy-Winning Producer Shot to Death in Office'. The New York Times. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
  9. ^Stevenson, Laura (November 24, 1975). 'Unlucky in Love'. People.
  10. ^Whitehouse, Franklin (October 24, 1982). 'Shooting of Jennifer O'Neill is believed accidental'. The New York Times.
  11. ^'THE REGION; O'Neill Shooting Called an Accident'. The New York Times. October 26, 1982.
  12. ^'Actress claims shooting was accident', Minden Press-Herald, October 26, 1982, p. 1
  13. ^O'Neill, Jennifer (2002). From Fallen to Forgiven. Thomas Nelson. ISBN978-0-8499-1715-8.
  14. ^'People vs. Politicians'. National Catholic Register. May 8, 2007. p. 8.
  15. ^ abMosher, Megan (September 16, 2011). 'Restoration House Celebrates 25 years'. Daily Star. Hammond, Louisiana. Retrieved February 9, 2012.

External links[edit]

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  • Jennifer O'Neill at IMDb
  • Jennifer O'Neill at the TCM Movie Database

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