Jennifer Rhodes (born Janice Wilson, August , ) is an American actress
whose career spans four decades.The daughter of Bennie and Clara
Wilson, she was born and grew up in Rosiclare, Illinois and became
interested in theater while attending Southern Illinois University and
moved to New York City soon after graduating. She studied acting and
began getting cast for theatre roles. After marrying Jordan Rhodes she
eventually moved to Los Angeles where she stopped acting for a while
because she felt, as a stage actress, she didn't know very much about
acting for television or movie roles. She eventually auditioned
successfully for commercials roles, later moving on to television and
film.Her first credited role was in the s television series The High
Chaparral as the character Tanea. In , she played a press secretary on
a made-for-TV movie about Jackie Kennedy.[citation needed] In she
appeared in the New World Pictures film Heathers as Winona Ryder's
mother. Her television resume proved to be quite extensive as she
appeared on the following select series: Fame, Matlock, Little House
on the Prairie, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Knots Landing, Designing
Women, Full House, Red Shoe Diaries, Party of Five, ER, Wings, Murphy
Brown, rd Rock from the Sun, Family Matters, Friends, Popular, The
Agency and Boston Public - just to name a few. She also appeared on
the Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck.She may be best known as
Penny "Grams" Halliwell on The WB series Charmed, where she starred as
the ghost of the Charmed Ones's grandmother and the tough-as-nails
matriarch of the Halliwell clan. Although not a regular, she was the
only actress to have guest-starred in all eight seasons of the series.
Her recurring role as "Grams" is her second regular series
though,[citation needed] her first being Nightingales as the character
Effie Gardner.:
whose career spans four decades.The daughter of Bennie and Clara
Wilson, she was born and grew up in Rosiclare, Illinois and became
interested in theater while attending Southern Illinois University and
moved to New York City soon after graduating. She studied acting and
began getting cast for theatre roles. After marrying Jordan Rhodes she
eventually moved to Los Angeles where she stopped acting for a while
because she felt, as a stage actress, she didn't know very much about
acting for television or movie roles. She eventually auditioned
successfully for commercials roles, later moving on to television and
film.Her first credited role was in the s television series The High
Chaparral as the character Tanea. In , she played a press secretary on
a made-for-TV movie about Jackie Kennedy.[citation needed] In she
appeared in the New World Pictures film Heathers as Winona Ryder's
mother. Her television resume proved to be quite extensive as she
appeared on the following select series: Fame, Matlock, Little House
on the Prairie, L.A. Law, Quantum Leap, Knots Landing, Designing
Women, Full House, Red Shoe Diaries, Party of Five, ER, Wings, Murphy
Brown, rd Rock from the Sun, Family Matters, Friends, Popular, The
Agency and Boston Public - just to name a few. She also appeared on
the Disney Channel's The Suite Life on Deck.She may be best known as
Penny "Grams" Halliwell on The WB series Charmed, where she starred as
the ghost of the Charmed Ones's grandmother and the tough-as-nails
matriarch of the Halliwell clan. Although not a regular, she was the
only actress to have guest-starred in all eight seasons of the series.
Her recurring role as "Grams" is her second regular series
though,[citation needed] her first being Nightingales as the character
Effie Gardner.:
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