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Jody Jaress‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1943-04-18

Popularity

star0.5

Jody Jaress

Ottawa, Illinois, USA

Jody Jaress

Ottawa, Illinois, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1943-04-18

Popularity

star0.5

Biography

A veteran actress, Jody has become known for her complex character roles. Having played everything from the darkest depths of insanity, to a grounded psychiatrist, a creepy nanny, a tormented nurturing mother, to a ditsy wife. Jody began her entertainment career more than 40 years ago in Michigan. Her ancestors arrived in New York from Germany and Wales in the 1800's and migrated to Southern Illinois where they became teachers, nurses, lawyers, farmers, pastors, lawmen, with a couple of rogues among them. Jody was born in Ottawa, Illinois just prior to her dad joining the Navy Seabees in WWII. Once the war ended the family moved to Ferndale, Michigan just outside of Detroit for many years and then moved out to horse country in Rochester, Michigan. Jody divided her time between competing in Western horse shows, singing, and beginning studies in theatre acting, stage makeup, lighting, sound, set design and directing at the Will-O-Way Apprentice Theatre and Repertory Company in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. After graduating from RHS (Rochester High School) at age seventeen, winning the Miss Rochester Pageant, the Miss Romeo Peach Queen title, and then placing in the Miss Michigan Pageant, Jody went to NYC to make "the rounds" and meet up with Lee Strasberg who welcomed her into his home for lunch and to meet his family. He requested that she come back the following year when she would be old enough to join the Actor's Studio. She moved to California instead after meeting the iconic horror film director, William Castle at a premier back in Detroit. Now in California, her very first film with dialog was The Bigot aka The Hunting Season and recently remastered and distributed by Troma Pictures as Deadly Daphne's Revenge (1987).

Movie Credits

The Edge of Her Mind Anthology

The Edge of Her Mind Anthology‌
star7.5
calendar 2022

Last Call

Last Call‌
star4.2
calendar 2009

Fresh Kill

Fresh Kill‌
star4.8
calendar 1988

See Me

See Me‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Chain Link

Chain Link‌
star6.3
calendar 2008

Charlie Wilson's War

Charlie Wilson's War‌
star6.5
calendar 2007

Titanic 666

Titanic 666‌
star5.7
calendar 2022

Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland‌
star6.1
calendar 2006

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance

Railroad to Hell: A Chinaman's Chance‌
star0.0
calendar 2008

Transplant

Transplant‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Retake

Retake‌
star6.1
calendar 2016

Deadly Daphne's Revenge

Deadly Daphne's Revenge‌
star3.1
calendar 1987

Little Fish, Strange Pond

Little Fish, Strange Pond‌
star3.9
calendar 2009

Kaylien

Kaylien‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy‌
star3.0
calendar 2010

2 Bedroom 1 Bath

2 Bedroom 1 Bath‌
star3.0
calendar 2014

Tv Credits

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‌
star7.5
calendar 2008

Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Lawmen: Bass Reeves‌
star7.1
calendar 2023

NCIS

NCIS‌
star7.6
calendar 2003