Elizabeth Hess

Actor, TV Actor

1953 –

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Who is Elizabeth Hess?

Elizabeth Hess is a Canadian actress best known for playing mother Janet Darling on the long-running American sitcom Clarissa Explains It All. She has also appeared on an episode of Law & Order. Currently, she is teaching acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and at Fordham University at Lincoln Center.

Her resume includes regional theater, as well as works on- and off- Broadway. She played Renee in a Tony Award winning production of M. Butterfly. She studied at a number of schools, including the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She is currently a faculty member at the National Theater Institute at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center.

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Born
Jul 17, 1953
Ontario
Also known as
  • Elizabeth Caitlin Hess
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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