O-Lan Jones
Born (1950-05-23) May 23, 1950
Los Angeles, California, US
EducationNew Dramatists
Occupation(s)Actress, composer, producer
Years active1967–present
Spouses
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(m. 1969; div. 1984)​
    Halldor Enard
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    (m. 2003)​
    Children1

    O-Lan Jones (born May 23, 1950) is an American actress, composer, and theater producer, best known as Rose on Harts of the West (1993-1994).

    Early and personal life

    Jones was born in Los Angeles, California. Her first name comes from the Chinese heroine of the novel The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck. Her father left the family when she was a child. Her mother Scarlett Johnson, a self-described "free spirit", moved their family for a year to a remote Mayan village in the Yucatán jungle when Jones was 15.[1] In 1966 they moved to Greenwich Village, New York City, where Jones began her acting career. It was there that Johnson married comedian and actor Johnny Dark, while Jones was dating Dark's best friend, playwright Sam Shepard. Shepard wrote the role of "Oolan" for Jones in his 1967 play Forensic & The Navigators.

    In 1969, Jones and Shepard were married. She went on to star in a number of his plays, including Suicide in B♭ and Angel City.[2] Jones gave birth to their son Jesse Mojo Shepard in 1971. They divorced in 1984 when he left her for actress Jessica Lange.

    Jones is an alumna of New Dramatists.[3] In addition to her acting, she is a writer, musician, composer and lyricist. She is the artistic director of Overtone Industries, a company she founded in 1980 dedicated to creating and developing new works for opera and musical theater.[4] In 2003 she married her longtime boyfriend Halldor Enard.[5]

    Selected filmography

    Year Title Role Notes
    1978 A Death in Canaan Carla Pitts Television film
    Credited as Olan Shephard
    1980 Die Laughing Judge Credited as Olan Shephard
    1982 Deadly Drifter Nixie / Dinah Credited as O-Lan Shepard
    1982 Shoot the Moon Counter Girl Credited as O-Lan Shepard
    1983 The Right Stuff Pretty Girl Credited as O-Lan Shepard
    1988 Married to the Mob Phyllis
    1988 Miracle Mile Waitress
    1988 Wildfire Mrs. Johnson
    1989 Lonesome Dove Sally Skull Credited as Olan Jones
    1989 How I Got into College Sally O'Connor
    1990 Edward Scissorhands Esmeralda
    1990 Pacific Heights Hotel Maid Patricia
    1992 Seinfeld Waitress Episode: "The Bubble Boy"
    1992 Beethoven Biker Woman
    1993 Shelf Life Tina
    1993–1994 Harts of the West Rose McLaughlin
    1994 Natural Born Killers Mabel
    1996 The X-Files Rebecca Waite Episode: "Sanguinarium"
    1996 Mars Attacks! Sue-Ann Norris
    1998 The Truman Show Bar Waitress
    2000 American Virgin Kim
    2000 Attention Shoppers Meg
    2001 Diagnosis: Murder Chantelle Boudreau Episode: "Bachelor Fathers"
    2002 American Girl Hildegarde
    2013 Syrup Clinic Receptionist
    2015 Community Garrett's Mom Episode: "Wedding Videography"
    2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Shelly

    References

    1. ↑ "Inventing a World, One Note at a Time". Los Angeles Times. March 18, 2001.
    2. ↑ "Theatre". olanjones.com.
    3. ↑ "Alumni". Alumni Playwrights. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
    4. ↑ "About". overtoneindustries.org.
    5. ↑ "Bio". o-lanjones.com.
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