Ann Jilliann


Actor

About

Also Known As
Ann Jura Nauseda
Birth Place
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Born
January 29, 1950

Biography

Likable platinum blonde who made a name for herself as the vivacious bombshell opposite Mickey Rooney in the Broadway musical revue "Sugar Babies" (1979). A former child performer who made her film debut as Bo Peep in "Babes in Toyland" (1961) and was featured as the young June Havoc ("Dainty June") in the 1962 film musical "Gypsy," Jillian starred on the TV series "It's a Living" (1980-...

Family & Companions

Andrew L Murcia
Husband
Personal manager, former Chicago police sergeant. Born c. 1941; married c. 1976; previously married; has daughter Denise (born c. 1963) by his first wife.

Biography

Likable platinum blonde who made a name for herself as the vivacious bombshell opposite Mickey Rooney in the Broadway musical revue "Sugar Babies" (1979). A former child performer who made her film debut as Bo Peep in "Babes in Toyland" (1961) and was featured as the young June Havoc ("Dainty June") in the 1962 film musical "Gypsy," Jillian starred on the TV series "It's a Living" (1980-82; 1985-86, as "Making a Living") and "Jennifer Slept Here" (1983-84). She played sexual pioneer and comedienne "Mae West" in a 1982 TV film biography and portrayed herself in the autobiographical "The Ann Jillian Story" (1988), which dealt frankly with her battle against breast cancer.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

I'll Be Home For Christmas (1997)
Sarah Gladstone
Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996)
The Care and Handling of Roses (1996)
Jean Townsend
It Was Him Or Us (1995)
Fast Company (1995)
MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)
The Disappearance of Vonnie (1994)
Heart of a Child (1994)
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993)
Mario and the Mob (1992)
Original Sin (1989)
Little White Lies (1989)
The Ann Jillian Story (1988)
Herself
Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987)
Billie Nickerson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987)
Killer In The Mirror (1986)
This Wife For Hire (1985)
Mr. Mom (1983)
Death Ride to Osaka (1983)
Mae West (1982)
Gypsy (1962)
"Dainty" June
Babes in Toyland (1961)
Bo Peep

Music (Feature Film)

The Ann Jillian Story (1988)
Song Performer

Cast (Special)

Walt Disney World Happy Easter Parade (1998)
Host
Miss America: Beyond the Crown (1994)
Host
A Sea World/Busch Gardens Summer Celebration (1993)
Miss America: Their Untold Stories (1993)
Host
Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years (1993)
Star-athon '92: A Weekend with the Stars (1992)
Real Life Heroes (1991)
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia (1991)
Bob Hope's Yellow Ribbon Party (1991)
Sea World Summer Night Magic (1990)
1990 King Orange Jamboree Parade (1990)
Ole! It's Bob Hope's Acapulco Spring Fling of Comedy and Music (1990)
Fifteenth Annual Circus of the Stars (1990)
The Television Academy Hall of Fame (1990)
Performer
Ooh-La-La -- It's Bob Hope's Fun Birthday Spectacular From Paris' Bicentennial (1989)
The Hollywood Christmas Parade (1989)
Freedom Festival '89 (1989)
47th Annual Golden Globes (1989)
Performer
56th Annual King Orange Jamboree Parade (1989)
Host
Happy Birthday, Bob -- 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years With NBC (1988)
Kraft Salutes the Magic of David Copperfield IX: The Escape From Alcatraz (1987)
Rickles on the Loose (1986)
Bob Hope Lampoons the New TV Scene (1986)
The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast (1984)
Guest
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's USO Christmas in Beirut (1984)
Bob Hope Special: Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983)
Parade of Stars (1983)
Television's Greatest Commercials (1983)
Host
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope's All-Star Super Bowl Party (1983)
Guest
The Magic Planet (1983)
Circus of the Stars (1983)
The Rainbow Girl (1982)
Annie Jordan
Perry Como's Easter in Guadalajara (1982)
Texaco Star Theater: Opening Night (1982)
Doug Henning's World of Magic (1982)
Guest
Bob Hope Special: Bob Hope Laughs With the Movie Awards (1982)
Women Who Rate a "10" (1981)
Battle of the Network Stars X (1981)
Battle of the Network Stars XI (1981)
Battle of the Network Stars IX (1980)
The Dean Jones Show (1965)
Bev Ferguson

Music (Special)

Bob Hope: The First Ninety Years (1993)
Song Performer
Bob Hope's Yellow Ribbon Party (1991)
Song Performer
Bob Hope's Christmas Cheer from Saudi Arabia (1991)
Song Performer
Ole! It's Bob Hope's Acapulco Spring Fling of Comedy and Music (1990)
Song Performer
Sea World Summer Night Magic (1990)
Song Performer
Ooh-La-La -- It's Bob Hope's Fun Birthday Spectacular From Paris' Bicentennial (1989)
Song Performer
Freedom Festival '89 (1989)
Song Performer
The Rainbow Girl (1982)
Theme Song Performer ("The Rainbow Girl")

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Alice in Wonderland (1985)
Ellis Island (1984)
Nellie Byfield
Malibu (1983)
Gail Hessian

Music (TV Mini-Series)

Ellis Island (1984)
Song Performer

Life Events

1961

Film debut as Little Bo Peep in "Babes in Toyland"

1962

Played Dainty June (Havoc) in film musical, "Gypsy" at age 11

1963

Stage debut as Dainty June in "Gypsy" at Melodyland, Anaheim, California

1965

TV debut as Millie Ballard on series "Hazel"

1985

Underwent a bilateral modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer

1988

Starred as herself in the autobiographical TV-movie, "The Ann Jillian Story"

Family

Joseph Nauseda
Father
Machinist. Lithuanian.
Margaret Nauseda
Mother
Andrew Joseph Murcia
Son
Born February 3, 1992.

Companions

Andrew L Murcia
Husband
Personal manager, former Chicago police sergeant. Born c. 1941; married c. 1976; previously married; has daughter Denise (born c. 1963) by his first wife.

Bibliography