Jennifer Leak

Jennifer Leak
Born(1947-09-28)September 28, 1947
Cardiff, Wales, UK
DiedMarch 18, 2024(2024-03-18) (aged 76)
Jupiter, Florida, U.S.
NationalityCanadian
Other namesJennifer Leak D'Auria
OccupationActress
Years active1964–1986
Known for
Spouse(s)
​
​
(m. 1968; div. 1971)​

James D'Auria
​
(m. 1977)​

Jennifer Mary Leak (September 28, 1947 – March 18, 2024) was a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her role as Colleen North in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours.[1]

Early life

Leak was born on September 28, 1947, in Cardiff, Wales. Throughout her childhood, she grew up in various cities, including Hertfordshire, England, Nova Scotia, Canada, Jerusalem, and Toronto. She began her career in Canada at the age of 17 after she appeared in the pilot of the Canadian television series Wojeck. Leak later moved to Los Angeles, and within a few months, she was cast as Lucille Ball's daughter in the 1968 feature Yours, Mine and Ours. On that set, Leak met her first husband, Tim Matheson.

Career

Leak played the role of Olive Springer Gordon Randolph in the soap opera Another World (1976–1979), and Blanche Bouvier in Guiding Light (1981–82). In addition, Leak created the role of Gwen Sherman, who started out as a prostitute who fell in love with Greg Foster and ended up becoming a nun in the mid-1970s on the CBS program The Young and the Restless.[2]

Leak also played guest spots on various television shows, including McMillan and Wife and Hawaii Five-O. In 1973, she played Erica Jordan, Mary's temporary replacement at WJM-TV, in the season four episode "Better Late...That's a Pun...Than Never" in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Personal life and death

Leak was married to Tim Matheson from 1968 to 1971.[3] She was later married to James D'Auria. Leak died in Jupiter, Florida on March 18, 2024, at the age of 76, after suffering with progressive supranuclear palsy for seven years.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Yours, Mine and Ours Colleen North
1969 Eye of the Cat Poor Dear
1974 The Photographer Elowise Atkins
1981 The Incubus Deena Ferrin
1985 Agent on Ice Helen Pope

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1966 Wojeck Gale Fletcher 2 episodes
1969 The Good Guys Suzi Episode: "Take a Computer to Lunch"
1969 Hawaii Five-O Diana Cole Episode: "King Kamehameha Blues"
1970 Lost Flight Beejay Caldwell Television film
1972 The Delphi Bureau Judy Rogers Episode: "The Top Secret Secret Project"
1973 A Time for Love Patricia Television film
1973 McMillan & Wife Nell Episode: "Death of a Monster... Birth of a Legend"
1973 The Rookies Sister Anne Episode: "Prayers Unanswered, Prayers Unheard"
1974 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Erica Jordan Episode: "Better Late... That's a Pun... Than Never"
1974 Ironside Judith MacDane Episode: "A Death in Academe"
1975 Ryan's Hope Nurse Klupper Episode #1.44
1976–1979 Another World Olive Randolph 6 episodes
1981 Nero Wolfe Elizabeth Marsh Episode: "Murder by the Book"
1981 Guiding Light Blanche Bouvier Episode dated 31 July 1981
1986 One Life to Live Matron Spitz Episode dated 26 September 1986
1992 Loving Dr. Hennessy 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ "Jennifer Leak". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2013-01-30.
  2. ^ Terrace, Vincent (1986). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. VNR AG. ISBN 978-0-918432-71-1.
  3. ^ Green, Paul (2014-01-10). A History of Television's The Virginian, 1962-1971. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5799-1.
  4. ^ "Jennifer Leak D'Auria". The East Hampton Star. 28 March 2024. Retrieved 28 March 2024.


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