Jeannine Taylor – Biography, Net Worth, Life And Career Beyond Friday The 13th

American actress Jeannine Taylor started appearing in stage productions during the late 1970s and in 1980, she recorded her on-screen debut in the horror movie Friday the 13th. Playing Marcie Cunningham in Sean S. Cunningham’s movie has remained her best-known role to date. However, the entertainer recorded a few other notable roles before she completely exited from the acting scene. Though most of them were in stage productions, she did one other remarkable role in the television film – The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Samantha Edwards in 1982. Jeannine also did some work as a manager in a New York-based magazine but she seems to have called it quits with acting.

Jeannine Taylor was born in Hartford, Connecticut

The actress was named Jeannine Alice Taylor at birth and was born on the 2nd of June 1954. Jeannine Taylor’s place of birth is Hartford, Connecticut, in the U.S. Being born in the United States of America makes her an American citizen but her ethnicity has never been mentioned in the public space.

The American actress’ mom has been accurately identified as Diane (née Coperthwaite) – a native of Fort Myers, Florida, and her father’s name is Francis Lenn Taylor. However, nothing much is known about their professions as Jeannine is quite taciturn about her background information. In the same vein, we cannot tell whether she is the only child of her parents or grew up with siblings.

On her academic qualifications and institutions attended, nothing is known about her early education but the actress is an alum of an Illinois-based Christian liberal arts college known as Wheaton College.

A look at the actress’ film and theater career

A scene from Friday the 13th image source

Jeannine Taylor‘s acting career commenced in stage productions when she joined the cast of the stage adaption of the movie The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, playing the role of Jenny in 1979; this particular production received positive reviews. She was seen in Home Again, Home Again – the musical from Cy Coleman, breathing life into the character of Linda. The production lasted from the 10th of March to the 17th of March when it first opened in Stratford, Connecticut, at the American Shakespeare Theatre. Subsequently, it opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the Royal Alexandra Theatre from the 19th of March to the 14th of April. Plans were in place to open the musical at Mark Hellinger Theatre on the 26th of April but they later canceled it at the cost of $1,250,000.

Barely one year after she started her stage career, Jeannine Taylor made her onscreen debut in 1980 on the set of the horror movie Friday the 13th. The film which belongs to the production portfolio of Sean S. Cunningham cast her in the starring role of Marcie Cunningham alongside movie greats like Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, and Adrienne King. That same year, on the 17th of December 1980, she appeared in an off-Broadway production of Robert Kalfin’s Hijinks!, taking the center stage as Madame Trentoni / Aurelia Johnson. The gig lasted till the 18th of January 1981. The year 1982 was when Taylor became part of The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana – a television movie where she gave expression to the role of Samantha Edwards.

She went back to stage productions in 1982 in Robert and Elizabeth, portraying Henrietta. Seagulls is a stage production by Robert Kalfin that cast Jeannine Taylor as Nina in 1985 and in 2006, the actress’ archive footage was used in Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film – a documentary. 2007 was when Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness – a television documentary series made use of another archive footage of Jeannine.

She had a time off, working for a New York-based publication before returning to acting

After she has spent several productive years acting both on the stage and onscreen, Jeannine Taylor left the acting scene to work in a more mundane job in the media. The entertainer was with a New York-based magazine known as The Institutional Investor where she worked in her capacity as a marketing manager.

Reuniting with Robert Kalfin in 2010, the Hartford, Connecticut-born actress showed up at the New York City’s Medicine Show Theatre for the stage production of A Cable from Gibraltar. Her last known gig was recorded in Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th in 2013 when the entertainer portrayed herself in the TV documentary.

Filmography

• Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th as herself (documentary)- 2013
• Cinemassacre’s Monster Madness as Marcie Cunningham (TV series) 2007
• Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film as herself (Documentary, archive footage) – 2006
• The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana as Samantha Edwards (TV film) – 1982
• Friday the 13th as Marcie Cunningham (feature film) 1980

Stage credits

• A Cable from Gibraltar as Infant Girl / Woman / Old Woman at Medicine Show Theatre – 2010
• Seagulls as Nina at Cincinnati Playhouse – 1985
• Robert and Elizabeth as Henrietta at Paper Mill Playhouse – 1982
• Hijinks! as Madame Trentoni / Aurelia Johnson – an Off-Broadway production – 1980–1981
• Home Again, Home Again as Linda at American Shakespeare Theatre / Royal Alexandra Theatre 1979
• The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as Jenny at The Public Theatre 1979

What is Jeannine Taylor’s net worth?

While most people wonder where Jeannine Taylor is these days, many also ask how much she’s worth. The truth is that her acting career kind of fizzled out and she has not been visible in the media space for a while. Thus, her earnings cannot be tracked. Also, her net worth before she went off the radar is not known. The last time she performed was in 2013 and since then, nothing has been heard about Jeannine Taylor. She is probably enjoying family life with her husband and children.

Jeannine Taylor has been married three times

The actress is not one who would talk about the details of her personal life in the public space but it’s common knowledge that she has had her share of broken relationships in the past. The US-based actress has waded into the turbulent waters of matrimony three good times but the first two ended in divorce. However, she has kept the details under lock and key to date.

After surviving two heartbreaks, the stage and movie actress found love for the third time in the arms of James Whitney McConnell but the man’s profession and background are not known. According to reports, the duo was joined in holy matrimony on the 3rd of February 1990 in New York City, precisely at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church. Their union has endured for three long decades and still counting, and from what is perceivable, Jeannine finally found the love of her life in James Whitney McConnell.

The movie actress is said to be the mother of four children but the records did not specify who she had them with.