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Janine Turner was born on December 6, 1962 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her birth
name is Janine Gauntt.
When Janine was 17, she was spotted while standing in a supermarket checkout
line by TV producer Leonard Katzman, who asked her to read for a small part on
"Dallas".
Two years later she was cast as espionage agent Laura Templeton on TV's "General
Hospital", a role that required her to dye her coffee-brown hair blonde.
Janine's film debut was in "Young Doctors in Love" (1982), a spoof of daytime
dramas that co-starred several other soap regulars. In 1990, Janine was cast as
Alaskan mail pilot Maggie O'Connell on the quirky prime-time series "Northern
Exposure", a role that made her a major star. She continued to essay the part
until the series' demise in 1995.
Janine's more recent assignments have included a standard damsel-in-distress
turn in "Cliffhanger" (1993) co-starring Sylvester Stallone and a series of
automobile advertisements, each as graceful and classy as Janine herself.
Janine Turner is living with her daughter, Juliette Loraine, on her ranch in
Dallas, Texas.
Misspellings & aliases:
Janin, Jenine, Jannine, Janeene, Janeen, Jenin, Janene, Turrner, Thurner,
Turnner, Thurnner, Thurrner, Toerner, Turnere, Tuhrner.
