Kate Jackson

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BIRTHDAY

October 29, 1949

Birmingham, AL

RECENT CREDITS

Black Death (FILM) Jan. 1, 1992

Loverboy (FILM) Apr. 28, 1989

Making Love (FILM) Feb. 12, 1982

Night of Dark Shadows (FILM) Jan. 1, 1971

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BIOGRAPHY

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Willowy brunette actress Kate Jackson spent her early adulthood in summer stock, in training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and as a page and tour guide at the NBC studios in Rockefeller Center. Anxious to burst forth with reams of dialogue as a film and TV actress, Jackson found herself in the utterly non-speaking role of a glamorous ghost on the mid-1960s daytime TV serial Dark Shadows. She was allowed to flap her gums a little more often as Jill Danko on TV's The Rookies (1973-76). Full stardom arrived for Jackson when she was cast as Sabrina Duncan, "the smart one" on the prime time jigglefest Charlie's Angels; she remained with this series from 1976 through 1979. Her last regular weekly TV effort was Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983-1987) in which she played an average housewife who moonlighted as a secret agent. Though Jackson has made sporadic film appearances, it is safe to say that her greater fame rests upon her small-screen work. Jackson received an outpouring of industry sympathy and support when she battled breast cancer in the early 1990s. In recent years, Kate Jackson has been a prolific and popular TV commercial spokesperson.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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