Jeannetta Arnette

Actor Jul 29 (age 71) Washington, District of Columbia, USA 1976–2022 (46 year career)

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Biography

Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including …

Known For

Film

Pay It Forward

Nurse

Film

Pineapple Express

Sandra Danby

Film

Boys Don't Cry

Lana's Mom

Film

The Shipping News

Silver Melville

Film

Snow Angels

Louise Parkinson

Film

10

Party Guest

Film

Ladybugs

Glynnis Mullen

Film

Sniper 3

Sydney

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (36)

Waking Up Dead

Hunter Gatherer

as Dr. Merton

Angels in Stardust

as Jacqueline Windsor

Beautiful Girl

as Mom

The Amateur

as Joey's Mom

Straight A's

as (uncredited)

Beneath the Dark

as Shirley

Pineapple Express

as Sandra Danby

Middle of Nowhere

as Mindy Green

Snow Angels

as Louise Parkinson

Sniper 3

as Sydney

Dunsmore

as Irma Pritcher

Finding Home

as Grace

Small Town Conspiracy

as Donna Jo

The Shipping News

as Silver Melville

The Prime Gig

as Cheryl

Pay It Forward

as Nurse

Mystery Kids

as Alice Johnson

The 70s

as Doris Shales

Boys Don't Cry

as Lana's Mom

Judas Kiss

as Monica Grimes

First Love, Last Rites

as Sissel's Mom

Ladybugs

as Glynnis Mullen

Single Women, Married Men

1989

as Maureen Harrison

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies

1987

as Helene

The Deliberate Stranger

1986

as Mrs. Richter

6.2

The History of White People in America: Volume II

as Actress

City Killer

as Andrea's Neighbor

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

as Nicki Felch

The Shadow Riders

as Southern Belle

Take Your Best Shot

as Fran

Callie & Son

as Receptionist

Brave New World

as Dwightina

as Party Guest

The Redeemer: Son of Satan!

1978

as Cindy

4.3

Teenage Graffiti

1977

as Annie

Television (33)

Homecoming

as Woman with dogs

Heathers

as Mrs. Kelly

American Crime Story

as Delmer Lee Corbin

Extant

as Anya Sparks

Perception

as Stephanie Nordhoff

Switched at Birth

as Ms. Troyer

Justified

as Marsha Keyhoe

The Mentalist

as Sue Overton

Fringe

as Dr. West

So NoTORIous

as Ruthie Rose

Criminal Minds

as Sarah Jean Dawes

Invasion

Lost

as Lizzy Calloway

Cold Case

as Chelsey Simpson (2009)

7.8

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Mrs. Spencer

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Sandra Knowles

Roswell

as Dolores Browning

V.I.P.

as Dr. Lonnie Hippelman

Nash Bridges

as Ginny Peacock

The Drew Carey Show

as Gloria

as Mrs. Hawkes

Touched by an Angel

as Dr. Gus Jacobs

Diagnosis: Murder

as Lana

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

as Doctor Loews

7.9

The Jackie Thomas Show

1992

as Sophie Ford

Roseanne

L.A. Law

as Vicki Simonetti

Head of the Class

as Bernadette Meara

The A-Team

as Betty / Sarah

St. Elsewhere

as Louise Garrison

Hill Street Blues

Three's Company

Laverne & Shirley