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Jodi Long Biography (1954-)

Original name, Jodi Leung; born January 7, 1954, in New York, NY; daughter ofLawrence K. (a vaudevillian and golf professional) and Kimiye (a vaudevillian; maiden name, Tsunemitsu) Leung. Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists Talent, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067-6022.

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

January 7, 1954

New York, New York

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Broadway debut) Hop Daughter, Nowhere to Go But Up, Winter GardenTheatre, New York City, 1962
• Rossignol, Marat/Sade, Changing Space Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Blue, Strippers, Everyman Theatre, New York City, 1977
• Monica Chin Lee, The Verandah, Gene Frankel Theatre Workshop, thenNew Dramatists Theatre, both New York City, 1978
• Ophelia, Hamlet, Everyman Theatre, 1978
• Blossom Springfield, Fathers and Sons, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, 1978
• Company, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1978-1979
• Selina, Loose Ends, Arena Stage, then Circle in the Square, New York City, 1979-1980
• Sumi, Monkey Music, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1980
• Bacchae woman, The Bacchae, Circle in the Square, 1980
• Joanne, Family Devotions, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, 1981
• Commentator, Rowher, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, 1982
• Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1982
• Becky Lou, The Tooth of Crime, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY, thenLa Mama Experimental Theatre Club, New York City, 1983
• Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, 1983
• Alice, I'm Getting My Act Together And ... , Cincinnati Playhousein the Park, Cincinnati, OH, 1983
• Cherie, Bus Stop, Byrdcliff Theatre, Woodstock, NY, 1983
• Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1984-1985
• Helena, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Staret ... The Directors Company, New York City, 1984-1985
• Zuma, The Dream of Kitamura, Theater of the Open Eye, New York City, 1985
• The Painful Adventures of Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Hartford StageCompany, Hartford, CT, 1986-1987
• Anna, Nothing Sacred, Hartford Stage Company, 1988-1989
• Judy Adams, The Wash, Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City, thenCity Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, 1990
• Nam-Jun Vuong, Getting Away with Murder, Broadhurst Theatre, New York City, 1996
• Sonja, Red, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1999
• Madame Liang, Flower Drum Song, workshop production, 2000
• Penny Nercessian/Betina Brevoort, Old Money, Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001
• Appeared as Billie Dawn, Born Yesterday; Helena, Midsummer Night's Dream, Apple Corps Theatre; Montgomery, Mirrors Remembered, New York Stage and Film Theatre; and Marina, Pericles, Hartford Stage; also appeared in Dear Kenneth Blake, Ensemble Studio Theatre; and Golden Child, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre.
• Major Tours
• 1000 Airlines on the Roof, U.S., European, and Australian cities,1988
• Toured as Suzy Q, Flower Drum Song.
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Betsy Okamoto, Rollover, Warner Bros., 1981
• Reporter, Splash, Buena Vista, 1984
• Cocktail waitress, The Bedroom Window, Delaurentiis EntertainmentGroup, 1987
• Wendy Yoshimura, Patty Hearst (also known as Patty), Zenith, 1988
• Mui, Sour Sweet, Film Four, 1988
• First reporter at Democratic convention, Born on the Fourth of July, Universal, 1989
• Television reporter, "Oedipus Wrecks," New York Stories, 1989
• Dream woman, The Exorcist III (also known as The Exorcist III:Legion and William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist III), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
• Alice, 1990
• Yakimoto Yakimura, The Pickle, 1993
• Wendy Wong, Amos and Andrew, 1993
• Nikko's mom, Robocop 3, 1993
• Kim Lee, Striking Distance, 1993
• Helen, Murder in Mind, Hallmark Entertainment, 1997
• Corey Chang, His and Hers, Alliance Independent Films, 1997
• Father Gladden's fan, Celebrity, Miramax, 1998
• Also appeared in Special Delivery.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Madame Ybarra, Cafe Americain, NBC, 1993-1994
• Katherine Kim, All-American Girl, ABC, 1994-1995
• Also appeared as Joanne, The Cosby Show.
• Movies
• Jade Precious Stone, Jade Snow, 1976
• Gail, "Nurse," CBS Movie of the Week, CBS, 1980
• Sangreaves, Vestige of Honor, CBS, 1990
• Bank teller, How to Murder a Millionaire, CBS, 1990
• Linda Chong, Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland, ABC, 1993
• Episodic
• "China Rain," The Equalizer, 1985
• "Three Little Spies," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, 1986
• "April Fool's Day," Roseanne, ABC, 1990
• Eileen Arata, "Trial and Error," Designing Women, 1992
• Joan, "Retribution," Michael Hayes, CBS, 1997
• Joan, "Mob Mentality," Michael Hayes, CBS, 1998
• Judge Judy, 1998
• "Devotion," Michael Hayes, CBS, 1998
• Patty Aston, "The Cheating Curve," Sex and the City, HBO, 1999
• "Decisions," Family Law, CBS, 1999
• Rhonda, "Destiny in a Bottle," Chicken Soup for the Soul, PAX, 2000
• Other
• Mrs. Yamata, How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days, 1983

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Interview, December, 1988, p. 31