LARSON, Jill 1947–

PERSONAL

Born October 7, 1947, in Minneapolis, MN; daughter of John Charles (an aerospace engineer) and Ruth Evangeline (an interior decorator; maiden name, Boyce) Larson; married Alain Goldrach, December 4, 1971 (divorced October, 1979); children: Anni-Ming Larson. Education: Hunter College, B.A., 1976; studied acting at the Circle in the Square Theater, New York City, 1976–78; also attended the University of Minnesota. Avocational Interests: Cooking, hiking, and traveling.

Addresses: Agent—Innovative Artists, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2850, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Office—c/o ABC, 320 West 66th St., New York, NY 10023-6397.

Career: Actress and producer. Children's Theater Company, founding member; Just Us (musical group), member; GLM Productions, New York City, president, 1979–83; Lincoln Center Institute, teaching artist, 1988–89. Also worked as an au pair and model; Planned Parenthood, New York City, volunteer, 1990.

Member: American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, National Organization of Women, Actors Equality Association, Screen Actors Guild.

Awards, Honors: Daytime Emmy Award nominations, outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, 1991 and 1993, Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, best wedding—daytime (shared with James Mitchell), 1992, for All My Children.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

La maison sous les arbres (also known as The Deadly Trap, Death Scream, The House Under the Trees, and Unico indizio: una sciarpa gialla), 1971.

Chere Louise (also known as La lunga notte di Louise), 1972.

Mrs. Fixer, Wise Guys, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1986.

Vertical City, 1996.

Peggy Beaumont, White Squall, Buena Vista, 1996.

28 Days, 2000.

Barry Dingle, Barry Dingle LLC, 2004.

Film Coproducer:

Gibbs' Garden (documentary), 1988.

Television Appearances; Series:

Garnette, Santa Barbara, 1984.

Judith Clayton, As the World Turns, 1986.

Ursula Blackwell, One Life to Live, ABC, 1988–89.

Opal Gardner Cortlandt, All My Children, ABC, 1989–.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Paula Robinson, The Day the Women Got Even, NBC, 1980.

Beyond the Limit, 1990.

Television Appearances; Specials:

The 17th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, 1990.

Opal Sue Gardner Purdy Cortlandt, A&E Biography: All My Children (documentary), Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Interviewee, Intimate Portrait: Susan Lucci (documentary), Lifetime, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

David Letterman Late Nite, 1984.

Felicia Brompton, "Working Women," Kate & Allie, CBS, 1988.

SoapTalk, SoapNet, 2003.

Opal, One Life to Live, ABC, 2003.

The View, ABC, 2005.

Appeared in The Golden Girls; and The Equalizer, CBS.

Stage Appearances:

Romantic Comedy, Broadway production, 1981.

These Men, Harold Clurman Theatre, 1981.

It's Only a Play, off-Broadway production, 1982.

Jane Pilkings, Death and the King's Horseman, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1988.

Juanita/Veda, Dearly Departed, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1991–92.

Hysterical Blindness, off-Broadway production, 1997.

Stage Coproducer:

Serious Bizness, off-Broadway production, 1983–84.

RECORDINGS

Albums (with Just Us):

Recorded several albums, including the soundtrack to the film Rachel, Rachel.

Videos:

Opal Sue Gardener Purdee Cortlandt, All My Children: Daytime's Greatest Weddings, ABC Video, 1993.

Opal Sue Gardener Purdee Cortlandt, Daytime's Greatest Weddings, Buena Vista Home Video, 2004.