Jenny O'Hara

Actor Feb 23 (age 84) Sonora, California, USA 1972–2025 (53 year career)

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Biography

Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Nita on Big Love (2006–2009), Janet Heffernan on The King of Queens (2001–2007), Dixie on My Sister Sam (1986–1988), She has been married to actor Nicholas Ullett since 1986; they have 2 children.

Known For

Film

Mystic River

Esther Harris

Film

Matchstick Men

Mrs. Schaffer

Film

Devil

Jane Kowski

Film

Career Opportunities

Dotty Dodge

Film

Wishmaster

Wendy Derleth

Film

Extract

Joel's Secretary

Film

The Facts of Life

Miss Emily Mahoney

Film

If These Walls Could Talk 2

Marge Carpenter

Filmography

Acting (140)

Movies (61)

A Good Death

2025

as Gertrude

The Remedy

2025

as Maria

Shangri-La

2024

as Daphne Becker

We Are Gathered Here Today

as Faye Stone

Joanne Is Dead

Poor Greg Drowning

Killing Eleanor

as Eleanor Magnus

Transparent: Musicale Finale

as Bryna

Duck Butter

as Nathalie

30 Nights

as Dorothy

Emily

Pushing Dead

as Dan's Mother (voice)

6.0

You Cast A Spell On Me

2015

as Great Grandmother

6.8

Martha

2015

as Martha

BFFs

2014

as Suzie

3.9

As High as the Sky

2013

as Aunt Barbara (voice)

Sassy Pants

as Grandma Pruitt

The Sacred

as Ms. Jenson

Hit List

as Phil's Mother

Devil

as Jane Kowski

How to Make Love to a Woman

as Mrs. Conners

Extract

as Joel's Secretary

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

2009

as Self

3.0

The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey

as Mrs. Hickey

Two Weeks

as Julia

Forty Shades of Blue

as Celia

Mystic River

as Esther Harris

Matchstick Men

as Mrs. Schaffer

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

as Extra

Nancy Drew

as Hannah Green

If These Walls Could Talk 2

as Marge Carpenter

The Truth About Jane

as Beth

1961

as Marge Carpenter

The Color of Courage

as Dorothy Renfrew

An Unexpected Life

as Harriet Rothman

Pumpkin Man

as Mrs. Shadboldt

Wishmaster

as Wendy Derleth

A Case for Life

as Judge Barnes

Terminal

as Margaret Desmond

An Unexpected Family

as Harriet Rothman

A Mother's Prayer

as Val

Angie

as Kathy

At Home with the Webbers

as Mrs. Nelson

Career Opportunities

as Dotty Dodge

Cast a Deadly Spell

as Amber Peru

The Less Than Perfect Daughter

1991

as Irene Harmon

7.5

The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick

1988

as Lisa

5.5

Another Woman's Child

1983

as Peggy

The Last Song

1980

as Deb Pierce

7.0

The Last Married Couple in America

1980

as Dancing Lady at First Party

The Women's Room

as Mrs. Martinelli

Heart Beat

as Betty Bendix

Blinded by the Light

as Rose

Letters from Frank

as Patty Miller

A Fire in the Sky

as Ann Webster

The Hunted Lady

as Carol Arizzio

Good Against Evil

as The Woman

Brinks: The Great Robbery

1976

as Maggie Hefner

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

1976

as Dr. Joan Watson

Rock-a-Die Baby

1975

as Shelley

Swim Fishy

Television (79)

The Pitt

as Candace O'Grady

Good American Family

as Almeda

Never Have I Ever

as Dr. Keyes

Perry Mason

as June Pitlick

9-1-1

as Nora

The Resident

as Shirley Harris

Station 19

as Judith

A Million Little Things

as Enid

The Good Doctor

as Ruby

Atypical

as Older Woman

American Housewife

as Mrs. Smith

Recovery Road

as Jane Stewart

Transparent

as Bryna

Chicago Fire

as Ellie

The Mindy Project

as Dot

Emily Owens, M.D.

as Julia

Franklin & Bash

as Nanette

Rizzoli & Isles

as Sister Winifred Callahan

Hot in Cleveland

as Helen

Drop Dead Diva

as Carla Shane

Childrens Hospital

as Georgene Lefkowits

Big Love

as Nita

Grey's Anatomy

as Nadia's Mother

Supernatural

as Julia Wilkinson

The Closer

as Karen Silva

Ghost Whisperer

as Margaret Devine

Twins

as Ms. Rowan

House

as Fran

Boston Legal

as Judge Kimberly Ohlund

NCIS

as Alice Brodie

Cold Case

as Frances Campbell

Nip/Tuck

as Rachel Rosenberg

The Court

Six Feet Under

as Garland Duncan

Reba

as Grammy Hart

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Sandra Walkey

Strong Medicine

as Nancy

Roswell

as Ida Crawford

The King of Queens

as Janet Heffernan

Costello

as Lottie Murphy

The Practice

1997

as Louise Morgan

7.6

Smart Guy

1997

as Principal Whitfield

7.8

Dangerous Minds

1996

as Jean Warner

8.5

E! True Hollywood Story

Life's Work

The Drew Carey Show

as Judge White

as Rhonda Sterling

Chicago Hope

as Dorothy Carlson

Party of Five

as Sylvia Wringler

NYPD Blue

as Mrs. Follender

Law & Order

as Carol Janssen

Beverly Hills, 90210

as Pam Scanlon

Live-In

Murphy Brown

as Lisa

L.A. Law

as Dr. Sarah Evans

My Sister Sam

as Dixie Randazzo

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

St. Elsewhere

as Sue Follett

Remington Steele

as Amy Fogelson / Agnes Fowley

Simon & Simon

Bret Maverick

Secrets of Midland Heights

1980

5.5

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Pearson's Wife

6.7

The Facts of Life

1979

as Miss Emily Mahoney

Trapper John, M.D.

Mrs. Columbo

Blind Ambition

as Liz Garfield

Highcliffe Manor

as Rebecca

Black Beauty

as Ruth Manly

CHiPs

Charlie's Angels

as Bloody Mary

Quincy, M.E.

Barney Miller

as Teresa Schnable

Starsky & Hutch

The Rockford Files

as Operator

Kojak

as Ann Murray

Police Story

ABC Afterschool Special

1972

as Irene Harmon

6.4

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

7.0