Illeana Hesselberg (born July 25, 1965), most commonly known as
Illeana Douglas, is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and
producer. She has been in a 2001 episode of Six Feet Under â€" for
which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama
Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association â€"
and in the TV series Action opposite Jay Mohr â€" for which she won a
Satellite Award for Best Actress â€" Television Series Musical or
Comedy. As of 2015[update], she can be seen on Turner Classic Movies
where she hosts specials focused on unheralded women directors from
film history.Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the daughter
of Joan Douglas (née Georgescu), a schoolteacher, and Gregory
Hesselberg, a painter. Douglas's father was the son of Hollywood actor
Melvyn Douglas and his wife, the artist Rosalind Hightower. Douglas
had two older brothers, the late Stefan Gregor Hesselberg, a
technician in the histology laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology who also trained racehorses in Verona, Italy, and Erik
Hesselberg, a journalist.Douglas grew up in Connecticut, in the Old
Saybrook area, and has said that she was also raised in many other
cities, in Massachusetts where her father lived, Connecticut where her
mother lived, and New York, where her extended family resided. During
her childhood she spent time going back and forth between relatives
during the summer. Douglas said that her parents were heavily
influenced by the 1970s hippie cultureâ€"her father especially by the
movie Easy Rider. They had a loose parenting style and did not
pressure her to go to college. Comedy albums were really big in her
family. The family would put on dramatic interpretations and
performances.
Illeana Douglas, is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and
producer. She has been in a 2001 episode of Six Feet Under â€" for
which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination as Outstanding Guest
Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama
Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association â€"
and in the TV series Action opposite Jay Mohr â€" for which she won a
Satellite Award for Best Actress â€" Television Series Musical or
Comedy. As of 2015[update], she can be seen on Turner Classic Movies
where she hosts specials focused on unheralded women directors from
film history.Douglas was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, the daughter
of Joan Douglas (née Georgescu), a schoolteacher, and Gregory
Hesselberg, a painter. Douglas's father was the son of Hollywood actor
Melvyn Douglas and his wife, the artist Rosalind Hightower. Douglas
had two older brothers, the late Stefan Gregor Hesselberg, a
technician in the histology laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology who also trained racehorses in Verona, Italy, and Erik
Hesselberg, a journalist.Douglas grew up in Connecticut, in the Old
Saybrook area, and has said that she was also raised in many other
cities, in Massachusetts where her father lived, Connecticut where her
mother lived, and New York, where her extended family resided. During
her childhood she spent time going back and forth between relatives
during the summer. Douglas said that her parents were heavily
influenced by the 1970s hippie cultureâ€"her father especially by the
movie Easy Rider. They had a loose parenting style and did not
pressure her to go to college. Comedy albums were really big in her
family. The family would put on dramatic interpretations and
performances.
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