
Jenny O'Hara
Biography
Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Nita on Big Love (2006–2009), Janet Heffernan on The King of Queens (2001–2007), Dixie on My Sister Sam (1986–1988), She has been married to actor Nicholas Ullett since 1986; they have 2 children.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
A Good Death as Gertrude
2025Good American Family as Almeda
2024Shangri-La as Daphne Becker
2022We Are Gathered Here Today as Faye Stone
2021Joanne Is Dead
2020Killing Eleanor as Eleanor Magnus
2020Poor Greg Drowning
2020Perry Mason as June Pitlick
2020Never Have I Ever as Dr. Keyes
2019Transparent: Musicale Finale as Bryna
2018A Million Little Things as Enid
2018Duck Butter as Nathalie
2018Station 19 as Judith
2018The Resident as Shirley Harris
20189-1-1 as Nora
2017The Good Doctor as Ruby
2017Atypical as Older Woman
2017Atypical as Lillian
2017Emily
2016American Housewife as Mrs. Smith
2016Pushing Dead as Dan's Mother (voice)
2016Recovery Road as Jane Stewart
2015You Cast A Spell On Me as Great Grandmother
2015Martha as Martha
2014Transparent as Bryna
2014BFFs as Suzie
2013As High as the Sky as Aunt Barbara (voice)
2012Sassy Pants as Grandma Pruitt
2012Emily Owens, M.D. as Julia
2012Chicago Fire as Ellie
2012The Mindy Project as Dot
2012The Sacred as Ms. Jenson
2011Hit List as Phil's Mother
2011Franklin & Bash as Nanette
2010Devil as Jane Kowski
2010How to Make Love to a Woman as Mrs. Conners
2010Rizzoli & Isles as Sister Winifred Callahan
2010Hot in Cleveland as Helen
2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
2009Extract as Joel's Secretary
2009Drop Dead Diva as Carla Shane
2008Childrens Hospital as Georgene Lefkowits
2007The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey as Mrs. Hickey
2006Two Weeks as Julia
2006Big Love as Nita
2005Forty Shades of Blue as Celia
2005Ghost Whisperer as Margaret Devine
2005Twins as Ms. Rowan
2005Supernatural as Julia Wilkinson
2005The Closer as Karen Silva
2005Grey's Anatomy as Nadia's Mother
2004House as Fran
2004Boston Legal as Judge Kimberly Ohlund
2003Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom as Extra
2003Mystic River as Esther Harris
2003Cold Case as Frances Campbell
2003NCIS as Alice Brodie
2003Matchstick Men as Mrs. Schaffer
2003Nip/Tuck as Rachel Rosenberg
2002Nancy Drew as Hannah Green
2002The Court
2001Reba as Grammy Hart
2001Six Feet Under as Garland Duncan
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Sandra Walkey
2000The Truth About Jane as Beth
2000Strong Medicine as Nancy
2000If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Marge Carpenter
20001961 as Marge Carpenter
1999Roswell as Ida Crawford
1999The Color of Courage as Dorothy Renfrew
1998The King of Queens as Janet Heffernan
1998Costello as Lottie Murphy
1998An Unexpected Life as Harriet Rothman
1998Pumpkin Man as Mrs. Shadboldt
1997Wishmaster as Wendy Derleth
1997Smart Guy as Principal Whitfield
1997The Practice as Louise Morgan
1996An Unexpected Family as Harriet Rothman
1996Dangerous Minds as Jean Warner
1996Life's Work
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996A Case for Life as Judge Barnes
1996Terminal as Margaret Desmond
1995The Drew Carey Show as Judge White
1995A Mother's Prayer as Val
1994ER as Rhonda Sterling
1994Chicago Hope as Dorothy Carlson
1994Party of Five as Sylvia Wringler
1994Angie as Kathy
1993NYPD Blue as Mrs. Follender
1993At Home with the Webbers as Mrs. Nelson
1991Cast a Deadly Spell as Amber Peru
1991Career Opportunities as Dotty Dodge
1991The Less Than Perfect Daughter as Irene Harmon
1990Beverly Hills, 90210 as Pam Scanlon
1990Law & Order as Carol Janssen
1989Live-In
1988Murphy Brown as Lisa
1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick as Lisa
1986My Sister Sam as Dixie Randazzo
1986L.A. Law as Dr. Sarah Evans
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983Another Woman's Child as Peggy
1982St. Elsewhere as Sue Follett
1982Remington Steele as Amy Fogelson / Agnes Fowley
1981Bret Maverick
1981Simon & Simon
1980Blinded by the Light as Rose
1980Secrets of Midland Heights
1980The Last Song as Deb Pierce
1980The Women's Room as Mrs. Martinelli
1980Heart Beat as Betty Bendix
1980The Last Married Couple in America as Dancing Lady at First Party
1979Letters from Frank as Patty Miller
1979Trapper John, M.D.
1979The Facts of Life as Miss Emily Mahoney
1979Blind Ambition as Liz Garfield
1979Highcliffe Manor as Rebecca
1979Tales of the Unexpected as Pearson's Wife
1979Mrs. Columbo
1978A Fire in the Sky as Ann Webster
1978Black Beauty as Ruth Manly
1977The Hunted Lady as Carol Arizzio
1977CHiPs
1977Good Against Evil as The Woman
1976Quincy, M.E.
1976Charlie's Angels as Bloody Mary
1976The Return of the World's Greatest Detective as Dr. Joan Watson
1976Brinks: The Great Robbery as Maggie Hefner
1975Starsky & Hutch
1975Rock-a-Die Baby as Shelley
1975Barney Miller as Sgt. Holly Scofield
1975Barney Miller as Teresa Schnable
1974The Rockford Files as Operator
1973Kojak as Ann Murray
1973Police Story
1972ABC Afterschool Special as Irene Harmon
1972The Streets of San Francisco
—The Remedy as Maria









