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Jody Jaress

Jody Jaress

Actress

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).

Born: April 18, 1943 (Age 81) in Ottawa, Illinois, USA

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Jody Jaress  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
4.1
ActressJane1988
Movie
3.1
ActressRhea1987
Movie
6.6
ActressRhea2008
Movie
3.6
ActressGrandmother2009
Movie
6.3
ActressMannix Maid2006
Movie
6.5
ActressDebbie2016
Movie
6.4
ActressThe Bartender (segment "Last Call")2010
Movie
3.5
ActressAgnes2014
Movie
6
ActressOlder Woman (segment "Fragile Storm")2022
Movie
6.9
ActressVIP Party Guest (uncredited)2007
Movie
3.5
ActressMrs. Straus2022
Movie
5.8
ActressEmily Smith2008
TV Show
7.8
ActressRuby
1 Episode
2008-2009
Limited Series
7.6
ActressMary Parker
1 Episode
2023-2023
TV Show
7.9
ActressLeora
1 Episode
2003
TV Show
8
ActressHelen Braithwaite
1 Episode
2024
Short Film
6.7
ActressTeacher2011
Short Film
6
ActressThe Bartender2009
Short Film
8.2
ActressEmma2014
Movie
6.5
ActressSecretary1979
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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