Jennifer Runyon
Born: 1960-04-01 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2026-03-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
Jennifer Runyon was an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight (1980), and went on to have supporting roles in the comedies Up the Creek (1984) and Ghostbusters (1984). She was further known for guest appearances or secondary characters in various television series, as well as a couple of made-for-TV movies. Among these roles are Sally Frame on Another World (1981–1983), Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge (1984–1985), and replacing Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas (1988). Runyon also had a small part in Ghostbusters (1984), alongside Bill Murray and she starred in Up the Creek that same year. She was a guest on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1991. In 1988, Jennifer played the lead in The In Crowd and was in the pilot of the TV series Quantum Leap. She also starred in the comedy 18 Again!. In 1990 she played a supporting role in the World War II parody A Man Called Sarge, produced by Gene Corman, brother of Roger Corman and father to her husband Todd Corman. Her last role was in Carnosaur (1993). Residing in San Clemente, California. In a 2014 interview, Runyon stated she was semiretired from acting, and instead working as a teacher; she also stated that she co-hosted her own cooking podcast. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Runyon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2020
- Reunited Apart as Self
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
2017
- Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death as Nurse Zarkov
2016
- Terror Tales as Melanie (segment "Epidemic")
2015
- Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival as Carol Brickmann
1993
- Carnosaur as Ann 'Thrush'
1992
- Vinnie & Bobby as Hillary
- Till Death Us Do Part as Judy Davis
1991
- Killing Streets as Sandra Ross
- Tagteam as Rita Valentine
1990
- Beverly Hills, 90210 as Christine
- A Man Called Sarge as Fifi LaRue
1989
- Quantum Leap as Peggy Stratton
- Booker as Linda Fowler
1988
- Dear John as Karen
- 18 Again! as Robin Morrison
- The In Crowd as Vicky
- A Very Brady Christmas as Cindy Brady
1987
- The Highwayman as Amanda Merrick
1986
- Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story as Angel Fisher
- Blue De Ville as J.C. Swift
- Flight of the Spruce Goose as Terry
1985
- The Falcon and the Snowman as Carole
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Kelly Barrett
- Who's the Boss?
- Charles in Charge as Gwendolyn Pierce
- Ghostbusters as Female Student
- The Master as Alicia Clayton
- Up the Creek as Heather Merriweather
- Master Ninja II as Alicia Clayton
1981
1980
- Magnum, P.I. as Christine Maxfield Bentley
- To All a Goodnight as Nancy