Connection
Jayne Kennedy is a Actor American born on 27 october 1951
Jayne Kennedy (née Harrison; October 27, 1951) is an American actress, beauty pageant titleholder, and sportscaster. She won a 1982 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award for her performance in the 1981's film Body and Soul co-starring alongside her then-husband Leon Issac Kennedy.
Source : Wikidata
Jayne Kennedy
Jayne Kennedy (née Harrison; October 27, 1951) is an American actress, beauty pageant titleholder, and sportscaster. She won a 1982 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture award for her performance in the 1981's film Body and Soul co-starring alongside her then-husband Leon Issac Kennedy.
Biography
While starting her pageantry career, she met Leon Isaac Kennedy, who was a DJ and a struggling actor/writer. They married in 1970. Motown's Smokey Robinson served as best man at the wedding. They divorced in 1982. In 1985 she married actor Bill Overton. They have four children: his daughter Cheyenne (1982) and their three daughters Savannah Re (b. November 20, 1985), Kopper Joi (b. May 17, 1989) and Zaire Ollyea (b. September 15, 1995).Usually with
Filmography of Jayne Kennedy (6 films)
Actress
Add to a movie list
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Roger Corman, Colleen Camp, John Landis, Sid Haig, R. Lee Ermey, Joe Dante
Roles Self
Rating72%
Des femmes plantureuses, des monstres mutants et des agents secrets nains… On trouvait tout cela dans les films de genre philippins des années 70 et 80. Envahissant les drive-ins du monde entier, les Philippines sont devenues un eldorado pour les réalisateurs de films dits « d'exploitation », alliant une main d'œuvre bon marché, un cadre exotique et une règlementation inexistante en matière de santé et de sécurité. Ce documentaire retrace l'histoire d'un genre sans scrupules, sans scénarios, sans frontières et - plus souvent que jamais - sans vêtements…
Body and Soul (1981)
, 1h49Directed by George Bowers
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors Jayne Kennedy, Perry Lang, Michael Vincenzo Gazzo, Kim Hamilton, Peter Lawford, Ola Ray
Roles Julie Winters
Rating46%
Le champion Léon ne veut pas devenir boxeur, mais pour sauver sa petite sœur qui nécessite des traitements médicaux, il décide de participer au titre pour financer les soins.
Ms .45 (1981)
, 1h20Directed by Abel Ferrara
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Erotic films, Rape and revenge films, Political films, Auto-justice
Actors Zoë Lund, Abel Ferrara, Jack Thibeau, Jayne Kennedy, Kathleen Gati
Roles Seamstress
Rating67%
While walking home from work, Thana, a mute seamstress in New York City's Garment District, is raped at gunpoint in an alley by a mysterious, masked attacker. She survives and makes her way back to her apartment, where she encounters a burglar and is raped a second time. Thana, her name an allusion to Greek god of death Thanatos, hits this second assailant with a small sculpture then bludgeons him to death with an iron, and carries his body to the bathtub. She goes to work the next day, and after encountering working with an iron, watching her boss Albert rip a shirt off a mannequin, she goes into shock, which worries her co-workers. However, when she looks at the trashbin at her office, she decides to dismember the burglar's corpse and throw the parts away in various locations of the city.
The Muthers (1976)
Directed by Cirio H. Santiago
Origin Philippines
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Rosanne Katon, Trina Parks, Jayne Kennedy, Ken Metcalfe
Roles Serena
Rating49%
Une bande de femmes pirates va sauver secrètement la soeur de leur leader dans un camp de prisonniers sur une plantation de café.
Let's Do It Again (1975)
, 1h50Directed by Sidney Poitier
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Calvin Lockhart, John Amos, Ossie Davis, Jimmie Walker
Roles Girl at Factory
Rating66%
Set in Atlanta, it follows Clyde Williams (Poitier) and Billy Foster (Cosby) as a pair of blue-collar workers who are trying to raise funds for the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. They decide to rig a boxing match in New Orleans. They use hypnotism to convince underdog boxer Bootney Farnsworth (Jimmie Walker) that he is a highly skilled prize fighter. He fights and defeats the champion, 40th Street Black (Rodolphus Lee Hayden). Williams and Foster clean up after betting Farnsworth. The pair return home, and all is fine until the gangsters who lost money betting on the other guy figure out the scam and come to Atlanta, to get the pair to do it again...or be killed.
Group Marriage (1973)
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Claudia Jennings, Milt Kamen, Pepe Serna, Jayne Kennedy, Andrew Rubin
Roles Judy
Rating52%
Chris (Aimée Eccles) is not getting along with boyfriend Sandor (Solomon Sturges) and has an affair with parole officer Dennis (Jeff Pomerantz). Dennis invites the couple to dinner with his ex-girlfriend Jan (Victoria Vetri). At a picnic on the beach, Jan meets lifeguard Phil (Zack Taylor), who later sleeps with Chris and moves in with the other five. Phil brings in a person, lawyer Elaine (Claudia Jennings). The "group marriage" of the six of them attracts media attention.