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Jill Eikenberry (born January 21, 1947) is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is best known for her role as lawyer Ann Kelsey in ''L.A. Law'' (1986–1994). She has won an Obie Award, been nominated five times for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globes, winning one, and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award in 2011. ==Life and career== Eikenberry was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and was raised in Madison, Wisconsin and St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri. She began studies in anthropology at Barnard College but in her second year she auditioned for and was accepted into the Yale School of Drama. She met Michael Tucker at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where they appeared together in ''The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail'' (1970) and ''Moonchildren'' (1971), the latter of which transferred to Broadway in 1972. She married Tucker in 1973 and they settled in New York City. She has a son, Max, and a stepdaughter, actress Allison Tucker (by Michael's first marriage). Her first role in film was a minor role in the television movie, ''They've Killed President Lincoln'' (1971). Among her early feature films was ''Between the Lines'' (1977), directed by Joan Micklin Silver. She and Michael Tucker had small roles in Lina Wertmüller's 1978 success ''A Night Full of Rain,'' and she also appeared in ''An Unmarried Woman'' starring Jill Clayburgh the same year. Throughout the 1970s, Eikenberry's main focus was on theater. She made her Broadway debut in 1974 in ''All Over Town'', and later appeared Off-Broadway in ''Uncommon Women and Others'', which was later filmed for American public television.〔(Hollywood.com )〕 She also starred in the musical ''Onward Victoria'' (1980), which closed on opening night. The 1980s saw a number of television films to her credit, and a major film success, Dudley Moore's star vehicle ''Arthur'' (1981). In 1986, she and Michael Tucker scored a major success by each securing major parts in the successful television series ''L.A. Law''. They were given the roles by producer Steven Bochco, who had been impressed by the pair when he used them for two episodes on his earlier hit ''Hill Street Blues''. Jill and Michael moved to Hollywood at this time, and it was in this period that Jill discovered she had breast cancer, which was successfully treated over the next two years. The event was significant in her life. In 1989, she co-produced a documentary for NBC television called ''Destined to Live'', which featured interviews with cancer survivors like herself, including Nancy Reagan. She remains an activist for breast cancer research and early detection. Eikenberry continued to appear in television movies over the next decade, while continuing her role on ''L.A. Law''. With the financial success accruing from their ''L.A. Law'' work, Jill and Michael produced a number of television movies as vehicles in which they appeared together. They include ''Assault and Matrimony'' (1987), ''The Secret Life of Archie's Wife'' (1990), ''A Town Torn Apart'' (1992) and ''Gone in a Heartbeat'' (1996). Since ''L.A. Laws run ended in 1994, her film and television appearances have been sporadic. One of her more recent roles was in the comedy ''Manna from Heaven'' (2003), in which she appeared with Cloris Leachman and Shirley Jones. She has sung on stage and in films, and in recent years, she and her husband have written a number of songs. They currently reside in New York and Umbria.〔 After meeting artist Emile Norman, Eikenberry and Tucker purchased land from him to become his neighbors in Big Sur, California. Becoming friends with him, they produced a 2008 PBS documentary, ''Emile Norman: By His Own Design.'' Eikenberry was also a guest star ''Numb3rs'' in 2008, ''Law & Order'' in 2009 and ''Body of Proof'' (Episode: "Broken Home") in 2011. She played a role in the comedy film ''Something Borrowed'', which was released in May, 2011. In March, 2015 Eikenberry co-starred with Tucker in ''The M Spot'', a play written by Tucker and presented at the ''New Jersey Repertory Company''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jill Eikenberry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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