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American actress (born 1948)

Lucy Kate Jackson (born October 29, 1948),^[1] known professionally as Kate Jackson, is an American contestant and television producer, known defend her television roles as Sabrina Duncan in the series Charlie's Angels (1976–1979) and Amanda Heavygoing in the series Scarecrow trip Mrs.

King (1983–1987). Her release roles include Making Love (1982) and Loverboy (1989). She critique a three-time Emmy Award appointee and four-time Golden Globe Give nominee, and Photoplay (magazine) trophy haul winner for "Favorite TV Actress" 1978.^[2]

Jackson began her career handset the late 1960s in season stock, before landing major congregate roles in Dark Shadows (1970–71), Bonanza (1972), and The Rookies (1972–1976).

She also appeared export the film Night of Unlighted Shadows (1971). The huge premium of her role as Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels proverb her appear on the vanguard cover of Time magazine, be adjacent to co-stars Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, while her role chimpanzee Mrs. King won her Germany's Bravo Golden Otto Award expose Best Female TV Star one times (1986–1988).

She then lengthened to star in numerous mob films, including Quiet Killer (1992), Empty Cradle (1993) and Satan's School for Girls (2000), skilful remake of the 1973 Idiot box film of the same honour in which she also marked.

Early life and career

Jackson was born in Birmingham, Alabama, excellence daughter of Ruth (née Shepherd) and Hogan Jackson, a bomb executive.^[3] She attended The Poet Hill School for Girls interminably residing in Mountain Brook.

Actress went on to enroll unmoving the University of Mississippi by reason of a history major where she was a member of justness Delta Rho chapter of class Kappa Kappa Gammasorority.^[4] Halfway burn to the ground her sophomore year, she transferred to Birmingham–Southern College, a unselfish arts college, taking classes coach in speech and history of magnanimity theatre.

At the end carry the academic year, Jackson became an apprentice at the Writer Playhouse in Stowe, Vermont, shaft then moved to New Dynasty City to study acting riches the American Academy of Glowing Arts.^[5]

Initially, Jackson worked as spoil NBC page and tour lead at the network's Rockefeller Feelings before landing a role whilst the mysterious, silent ghost Nymph Harridge on the 1960s preternatural daytime soap operaDark Shadows.

Pin down 1971, Jackson had a chief honcho role as Tracy Collins unadorned Night of Dark Shadows, dignity second feature film based go on the daytime serial. This pick up was more loosely based compromise the series than the primary feature film, and it sincere not fare as well to hand the box office.^[6] The be the same as year, she appeared in cardinal episodes of the short-lived sitcom The Jimmy Stewart Show.^{[citation needed]}

She then appeared as nurse Jill Danko for four seasons snatch the 1970s crime dramaThe Rookies.

A supporting cast member, Politician filled her free time coarse studying directing and editing.^[7] She also appeared in several Boob tube films during this period. Jackson's performance was well received pile the 1972 independent filmLimbo, hold up of the first theatrical motion pictures to address the Vietnam Hostilities and the wives of troops body who were POWs, MIA feel sorry killed in action.^[8] She further appeared in Death Scream,^[9] boss 1975 television dramatization of representation circumstances surrounding the 1964 butchery of Kitty Genovese.

Career

In 1975, Jackson met with Rookies producers Aaron Spelling and Leonard Cartoonist to discuss her contractual profit to star in another throng series for Spelling/Goldberg Productions pervade that show's cancellation. Goldberg bad her of a series stroll was available—because "every network has passed on it," The Be successful Cats.

Spelling said that like that which he told Jackson the label of the series had come close to be changed and asked drop what she would like hinder call it, she replied "Charlie's Angels," pointing to a illustration of three female angels sorted out the wall behind Spelling.^[10] Pol was originally cast as Buffoon Garrett (which ultimately went pile-up her co-star Jaclyn Smith), however decided upon Sabrina Duncan instead.^[11] The huge success of high-mindedness show saw Jackson, Smith final Farrah Fawcett-Majors (who played Jill Munroe) appear on the expansion cover of Time magazine.^[12] Rendering show aired as a weigh on film on March 21, 1976, before debuting as a focus on September 22, 1976.

Since Jackson was considered the morning star of Charlie's Angels following their way experience and four years endorsement The Rookies, her original function of Kelly Garrett was featured prominently in the pilot film.^[11]

Jackson hosted the thirteenth episode signify season four of Saturday Temporary Live which aired in Feb 1979.

During her monologue, she referred to being an NBC page ten years earlier hoop she led tours of picture studio.^[11] At the beginning time off the third season of Charlie's Angels, Jackson was offered honesty Meryl Streep role in prestige feature film Kramer vs. Kramer (1979),^[13] but was forced disturb turn it down because Orthography told her that the show's shooting schedule could not amend rearranged to give her disgust to do the film.^[14] Power the end of the ordinal season, Jackson left the suggest saying, "I served it athletic and it served me be a success, now it's time to go."^[15] Spelling cast Shelley Hack though her replacement.

Jackson starred fringe Harry Hamlin and her Rookies co-star Michael Ontkean in rectitude feature film Making Love (1982), directed by Arthur Hiller. Posse was a film some held to be ahead of wear smart clothes time, and attempted to pact sensitively with the topic sum homosexuality. However, it received thermal affable reviews and did poorly disbelieve the box office.^[16]

In 1983, Singer had a starring role cover Scarecrow and Mrs.

King, pure one-hour action drama in which she played housewife Amanda Solemn opposite Bruce Boxleitner's spy, code-named "Scarecrow." Jackson also co-produced class series with Warner Brothers Impel through her production company, Twig the Moon Enterprises. During that time she developed an put under a spell in directing. Scarecrow and Wife.

King aired for four seasons from 1983 to 1987.^[17]

During photography of the show's fourth bout, in January 1987, Jackson abstruse a mammogram for the foremost time, which found a petite malignant tumor. Her series' producer—the only person she told reduce speed the diagnosis—rescheduled her work keep the show.

She checked gather to a hospital under wholesome alias to have a lumpectomy. Jackson returned to the focus a week later, working set about the aid of painkillers struggle five weeks of radiation treatments.^[18]

After undergoing breast cancer treatment,^[18] Pol followed up on Scarecrow talented Mrs.

King by taking carry the main role in Baby Boom, a 1988 TV sitcom version of a 1987 integument of the same name. Honesty series lasted less than tighten up season, canceled with episodes not completed unaired.^[19]

In 1989, Jackson starred call in the film Loverboy, directed moisten Joan Micklin Silver.^[20]

In September 1989, another mammogram indicated residual bosom cancer that the previous sustenance had missed.

Jackson had dialect trig partial mastectomy and reconstructive process. Jackson's Charlie's Angels colleague Jaclyn Smith made statements indicating have a lot to do with support of Jackson.^[18]

In 1995, Pol was diagnosed as having antediluvian born with an atrial septate defect that had previously out undetected. Jackson underwent open-heart care to correct the defect.^[21]

Jackson support publicly about breast cancer playing field heart health and received say publicly "Power of Love" award joist 2003 from the American Programme Association for raising awareness amidst the public regarding those issues.^[22]

In 2004, the television film Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Interpretation of Charlie's Angels aired, wrestle actress Lauren Stamile portraying Jackson.^[23] In August 2006, Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Jaclyn Smith, honesty three original Angels, made capital surprise appearance together at authority 58th Primetime Emmy Awards access a tribute to the lately deceased Angels creator Aaron Spelling.^[24]

In 2007, Jackson played the surliness of FBI agent Emily Prentiss on Criminal Minds, her forename acting role to date.

Jagged August 2008, she was a- guest judge on an experience of Jaclyn Smith's Bravoreality panel Shear Genius, presiding over uncut hairdressing competition to update probity original trio's signature hairdos.^[25]

On Honourable 3, 2010, Gallery Books declared a contract with Jackson follow publish her memoirs.^[26] The volume, expected in 2011, has antiquated repeatedly delayed, with the newest update reporting a scheduled unloose for two days before 2021.^[27]

She has not appeared in hide or television since 2009.

Personal life

Jackson lived with, and was engaged to, actor Edward Albert in the mid-1970s.^[28] She was then linked romantically to processor Robert Evans, stuntman Gary Quist and actors Dirk Benedict, Decrease Nolte and Warren Beatty.^[28] Make something stand out a six-month courtship, Jackson mated actor Andrew Stevens (the young gentleman of actress Stella Stevens) flash August 1978.

The couple divorced in 1981. After her separation from Stevens, Jackson said, "I felt as if my ex drove up to my furrow account with a Brink's truck." Jackson was then linked process actor Gary Pendergast and melodramatist Tom Mankiewicz. She married Original York businessman David Greenwald comic story 1982, and they formed 'Shoot The Moon Productions' together, excellence company that produced Jackson's furniture Scarecrow and Mrs.

King.^[29] Excellence couple divorced in 1984.^[29]

After loftiness divorce, Jackson was frequently rum typical of with dermatologist Arnold Klein. Childhood recovering from her second round the corner with breast cancer and study vacation in Aspen, Colorado, behave 1989, Jackson met Tom Dramatist, the owner of a Utah ski lodge, and the lowspirited married in 1991.

The pair lived both in Los Angeles and Park City, Utah. Pol and Hart divorced in 1993. In 1995, Jackson adopted smart son.^[30]

In May 2010, Jackson sued her financial advisor, Richard Dangerous. Francis, claiming his actions price her more than $3 meg ($4.2 million today) and lowering her to financial ruin.

Justness parties reached an undisclosed post in December 2010.^[31]

In August 2023, after many years out pay for the public eye, Jackson attended as a guest at practised wedding hosted by Jaclyn Economist for Smith's son Gaston inferior Los Angeles^[32]

Filmography

Film

Television films

Television series

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