Who is Elizabeth Hess?
Elizabeth Hess is a actress from Canada (age 73).
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- Elizabeth Hess
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- July 17, 1953
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- 73 years
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- Cancer
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- 🇨🇦 Canada
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- Actress
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Biography
Elizabeth Hess is 73 years old, an actress, from Canada.
Elizabeth Hess (born 17 July 1953 in Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American actress, playwright, director and arts educator. On TV, she is best known for playing the mother Janet Darling on the long-running American sitcom Clarissa Explains It All. She has also appeared on several episodes of Law & Order. Her acting resume also includes work on-and off-Broadway, regional theater, TV, independent films and award-winning solo works that have traveled the globe.
She played Renee in the Tony Award winning production of M. Butterfly. She received her training from The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and studied privately with acting coach Harold Guskin.
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