
Janice Kent has been a professional actress for over 30 years both in New York and in Los Angeles. She has appeared in countless Television and Film roles as well as many stage productions and over 150 television commercials. She is most recognized for her work in over 100 episodes of THE NEW LEAVE IT TO BEAVER as Maryellen Cleaver, Wally Cleaver's (Tony Dow) wife. She also directed several episodes of that series. She continues to act; most recently on CBS WITHOUT A TRACE and Robert Townsend's new acclaimed webseries DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM.
Film | ||
Keith | Todd Kessler | Yellow Truck Productions |
The Last Run | Jonathan Segal | Run It Raw Productions |
The Flintstones | Brian Levant | Universal Pictures |
The Unborn | Rodman Flender | Columbia pictures |
Crimes Of Passion | Ken Russell | New World Pictures |
Kentucky Fried Movie | John Landis | Media Entertainment |
TELEVISION Partial List | ||
SERIES REGULAR | ||
THE NEW LEAVE IT TO BEAVER | Jeff Ganz/ Tony Dow | Universal / Syndicated |
THE TED KNIGHT SHOW | Howard Storm | Paramount / NBC |
OPERATING ROOM Pilot | Bruce Paltrow | NBC Productions |
STITCHES Pilot | Noam Pitlik | 20th Century Fox |
EPISODIC GUEST STAR | ||
WITHOUT A TRACE | Jeannot Swarc | WB / CBS |
DIARY OF A SINGLE MOM | Robert Townsend | pic.tv |
ER | Paul McCrane | WB / NBC |
STRONG MEDICINE | John Flynn | Sony / Lifetime |
THE HANDLER | Steven Surjik | Viacom / CBS |
THE JAMIE KENNEDY EXPERIMENT | Michael Dimich | WB |
FRASIER | David Lee | Paramount / NBC |
THE SMART GUY | Joe Regalbuto | Disney / WB |
WINGS | Andy Ackerman | Paramount / NBC |
MARRIED WITH CHILDREN | Gerry Cohen | Columbia Pictures TV / FOX |
SLIDERS | Vern Gillum | Universal / FOX |
DESIGNING WOMEN | David Trainer | Columbia Pictures TV / ABC |
WHO’S THE BOSS | Tony Singletary | Columbia Pictures TV / ABC |
SANTA BARBARA | Audra Bean Recurring Various | New World TV / NBC |
DAYS OF OUR LIVES | Dr. Perkins” Recurring Various | Corday Productions / NBC |
THEATRE | ||
PRIVATE LIVES | Amanda | Oxford Playhouse England |
CACTUS FLOWER | Toni | Cedar Grove Theatre New Jersey |
ANGEL STREET | Nancy | Strand Theatre Pennsylvania |
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | Hero | Shakespeare Festival New Jersey |
HELLO, I LOVE YOU | Monica | New Dramatists Guild New York |
COMMERCIALS List Upon Request | ||
TRAINING | ||
ACTING: Dame Wendy Hiller, Derek Jacobi | Yale School of Drama at Oxford University England | |
Candy Kanecki | Los Angeles | |
Peggy Feury | Los Angeles | |
Daryl Hickman | Los Angeles | |
Alice Spivak | New York | |
Jose Quintero | Los Angeles | |
British American Drama Academy | ||
SPECIAL SKILLS | ||
DIALECTS: British -- New York -- Southern | ||
VOICE: Soprano | ||
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Acting Reel

Janice's appearance on Judy Kerr's Acting is Everything cable show, discussing her life as an actor, acting coach, and life coach.

Commercial Voiceover Reel

Narration Voiceover Reel

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