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Jayne Kennedy Wiki Biography

Jayne Harrison Overtone was born on the 27th October 1951, in Washington, D.C., USA, and is a producer and actress, probably best recognized for producing the musical “The Journey Of The African American”, and for starring in the role of Julie Winters in the film “Body And Soul” (1981). She is also known for being a sports broadcaster, spokeswoman, as well as a model and the 1970 Miss Ohio. Her career has been active since 1969.

So, have you ever wondered how rich Jayne Kennedy is, as of mid-2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that the total size of Jayne’s net worth is over $2 million, accumulated through her successful involvement in the entertainment industry.

Jayne Kennedy is the daughter of Virginia and Herbert Harrison, who worked as a machinist. She went to Wickliffe High School in Wickliffe, Ohio, and represented the school at the American Legion’s Girls State mock-government program, after which was named as the Senator of the American Legion’s Girls Nation program in Washington, D.C., and she won the office of Vice-President of the United States.

Parallel with that, she began to pursue her modeling career, participating at various beauty pageants until she was crowned Miss Ohio in 1970, becoming the first African American woman to achieve that status. Afterwards, she entered the semi-final of the Miss America contest in 1970 and this marked the beginning of an increase of her net worth. She also appeared in such magazines as Essence, Jet, and Ebony, which named her as One of the 20 Greatest Sex Symbols of the 20th Century. She also became the first black actress to appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine.

In 1971 she moved to California to pursue her career as an actress; however, at the beginning she performed in various night clubs as a dancer and singer, until she made her debut film appearance in the 1972 film “Lady Sings The Blues”, which was followed by the role of Judy in the film entitled “Group Marriage” (1973), directed by Stephanie Rothman. During the next three years she made a number of guest-starring appearances, then in 1976 was selected to portray Serena in the film “The Muthers”. She continued with small roles, and her next memorable role came in the next decade, when she was cast as Julie Winters in the 1981 film “Body And Soul”, for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture in the following year, which added a considerable amount to her net worth.

Jayne continued her career as a producer, and one of her major projects was the musical “The Journey Of The African American”, which earned her the NAACP Theater Award for Best Producer.

Apart from her career in the world of acting, Jayne became also known as a sports broadcaster in 1978, working for “The NFL Today”. Furthermore, she produced and starred in her own exercise videos entitled “Love Your Body”, which increased her net worth by a large margin.

Speaking about her career as a spokeswoman, Jayne worked for different brands, including Diet Coke, Coca Cola’s Tab, Revlon, Esoterica, Fashion Fair Cosmetics, etc. All of these collaborations increased her wealth.

Regarding her personal life, Jayne Kennedy has been married to actor Bill Overton since 1985; the couple has four children. Previously, she was married to Leon Isaac Kennedy from 1970 to 1982. In free time, she is very active working with such charitable organizations as the Children’s Miracle Network, which helps children with health issues.

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Jayne Kennedy Quick Info

Jayne Kennedy Quotes

• I was in pain all the time. Sometimes I would be standing in the kitchen, lift the top off a pot and pains came in my stomach. They were not dull aches, they were all sharp pains. It was difficult to walk and certainly almost impossible to exercise.
• [on her battle with endometriosis]: I was really lucky. Within two months I was pregnant. The pains stopped, and it went away. I was pain-free during the entire pregnancy and while I breast-fed. Two months after I stopped breastfeeding the pain came back.
• Don’t believe everything you hear, and don’t take anything for granted. A lot of women have pain, and they’re having total or partial hysterectomies for the wrong reasons. If you have symptoms of pain around your ovaries, have it checked out for endometriosis. Find out if it’s endometriosis before you take any steps.
• [When she recalled playing a model]: When the Halston girls walked onstage, everybody else bowed down. My career had never really been as a model because, even at my bone-thinnest, I still weighed about 140 pounds. But after that show aired, everyone knew me as a model. There was no way out of it.
• I don’t necessarily preach my desires for my kids, but rather I try to live them every day.
• [In 1992]: I had just turned 40 in October and I didn’t feel good about myself. I didn’t like who I was anymore.
• [on how she felt about reaching her goal]: I feel so much better about myself since I took off the weight, being in shape is so important to feeling good and being healthy…. Right now I’m feeling good about this diet and, most important, I’m feeling good about myself again..
• [In 2001]: In the early ’80s I had an exercise video called Love Your Body with music by the Commodores, which was third in the market after Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons. I had a contract with Coke for Tab and Diet Coke. We did the tie-in with fitness and diet drinks. Everything was going so well. Then quickly, it got to a point where I couldn’t even do a sit-up. The pain was so debilitating.”
• [on her diagnosis]: Finally my doctor said, ‘I’m going to have you tested for endometriosis. Don’t worry about it, you probably don’t have it but let’s run the test anyway. We did an ultrasound and he said, ‘Yup, you have it.’ That was the first time I heard of endometriosis.
• I didn’t feel that I was a good example to my children because I always taught them how important it is to be in shape, and I didn’t feel like I was the best that I could be in my marriage.
• [on her contract]: I wasn’t psyched to do it because I had tried so many diets and …. I felt that no diet works without exercise.

Jayne Kennedy Important Facts

• Was considered to have her own TV show as a spin off from the TV movie Cover Girls (1977), however, it never materialized.
• Was considered for one of the roles on Charlie’s Angels (1976), but it never materialized.
• Was considered for her own spin-off series to Wonder Woman (1975) but the series didn’t go through
• Was a Ding-a-ling Sister on Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1968).
• Starred in a film portraying Dorothy Dandridge in the never released movie “The Dorothy Dandridge Story” in 1980. Utimately, the story was produced by HBO and starred another Cleveland native, Halle Berry.
• Is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.
• Was the first black actress to grace the cover of Playboy magazine.
• Once aspired to pursue politics, wanting to pattern herself after congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972.
• Was one of the 10 semi-finalists in the Miss USA pagent, 1970.
• She met her present husband, Bill Overton, in the 1977 movie, Cover Girls (1977), in which she starred and he played a small part.
• Was a Ding-a-ling sister on Laugh-In (1967).
• Her face was once insured for 1 million dollars
• Sportscaster.

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