Jennifer Dundas, credited as Jennie Dundas in her early work, is an American entrepreneur and actress. Perhaps best known for her role in ''
The First Wives Club'' as Chris Paradis, the lesbian daughter of Annie Paradis, played by
Diane Keaton
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, Dundas began her career as a child; in 1984, she had played the precocious daughter of Keaton's titular character in ''
Mrs. Soffel''. After being discovered at the age of 9 in her hometown of Boston, Massachusetts, Dundas starred on and off-Broadway and in films for decades.
Biography
Dundas was born in Boston and attended
Brown University
Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...
.
Jules Feiffer
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discovered her when, at age 9, she performed in a play at a summer camp. She also portrayed a young Gloria Vanderbilt in ''
Little Gloria... Happy at Last''.
Films in which Dundas has appeared include ''
Puccini for Beginners'', ''
Legal Eagles'', ''
The Beniker Gang'' and ''
The Hotel New Hampshire''. She has guest starred in TV shows such as ''
Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'', ''
Desperate Housewives'' and ''
Law and Order: Criminal Intent.''
On stage, Dundas has performed in the
New York Theatre, including the play ''
Arcadia''. She won an
Obie (
Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres, but larger than off-off-Broadway theatres, which seat fewer tha ...
) Award for her performance in ''
Good as New'' by
Peter Hedges.
Jennifer Dundas Bio
Filmbug In 2004, she portrayed Laura in '' The Glass Menagerie'' at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Jennifer Dundas
at Internet Off-Broadway Database
Living people
Actresses from Boston
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
American film actresses
American stage actresses
Obie Award recipients
American television actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
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