Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian (born Ann Jura Nauseda on January 29, 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American actress of Lithuanian extraction.

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Jillian has been acting since 1961. She appeared in the Rosalind Russell, Natalie Wood 1962 movie version of '. She later became a regular on the 1960s sitcom Hazel and did voice acting for Scooby Doo and Sealab 2020 in the 1970s.

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She is best known for her early 1980s TV series, It's a Living, a sitcom that elevated Jillian to sex symbol status. During her time on the series, she portrayed Mae West in a made-for-TV film, and actually quit It's a Living for a couple of years in order to star in a short-lived fantasy sitcom called Jennifer Slept Here before returning to her old show (which had been renamed Making a Living).

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Jillian married Andy Murcia, a former policeman, in 1977. In the mid-1980s, the 35-year-old actress made headlines when she was diagnosed with breast cancer and she became a vocal advocate for cancer research and prevention. Her own cancer was beaten following a double mastectomy and Jillian continued to act and also had a son in 1992. Her TV and film credits have been sporadic since the late 1990s, and today she mostly works as a motivational speaker.

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