Harley Jane Kozak
Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , USA ; actually: Susan Jane Kozak ) is an American film and theater actress and author .
biography
Kozak is the youngest of eight siblings; she has three older sisters and four older brothers. Her father died in 1958 when Kozak was just one year old. Her mother was forced to leave Wilkes-Barre with the family to settle first in North Dakota and later in Nebraska ( Lincoln ), where Kozak spent most of her childhood. Even as a child, Kozak gave himself the stage name Harley based on the well-known Harley-Davidson motorcycle and was already on stage at the age of five.
After graduating from Lincoln East High School in 1975, Kozak moved to New York City , where she attended NYU School of the Arts . In order to stay afloat financially, she worked as a waitress in a restaurant in Greenwich Village .
In 1981 she made her film debut in an episode of the short-lived television series Texas , and then starred in the soap opera California Clan from 1985 to 1986 (and briefly in 1989) . Her film character Mary Duvall McCormack died an unusual serial death - struck by the falling C on a hotel billboard.
In the 1990s Kozak could be won over for some independent films and low-budget productions. Her two best-known films include the horror film Arachnophobia, produced in 1990, and the drama Titanic, staged in two parts in 1996 .
In 2000, Kozak retired from acting into private life. After a short-lived first marriage to Van Santvoord from 1982 to 1983, she married Gregory Aldisert on November 29, 1997. The couple now have three children together, daughter Audrey (born March 9, 2000) and the twins Lorenzo and Giana (born May 30, 2002). You live in California today .
In 2004 Kozak made her debut as a book author in the USA with the crime thriller Dating Dead Man , as well as the work Dating is Murder: A Novel published in 2005 .
Filmography
Movies
- 1983: The House on Sorority Row
- 1989: Harry and Sally (When Harry met Sally ...)
- 1989: A Mad Family (Parenthood)
- 1990: Arachnophobia
- 1991: Armadillo Bears - A Totally Chaotic Bunch (Necessary Roughness)
- 1991: Boomer The Taking of Beverly Hills
- 1991: I Want for Christmas (All I want for Christmas)
- 1994: The Favor - Help, my wife is in love! (The Favor)
- 1996: Titanic
- 1996: Dark Planet
- 2015: I Spit on Your Grave 3
Series
- 1983–1985: The guiding light (Springfield Story)
- 1985–1986: California Clan (Santa Barbara)
- 1988-1989: Knightwatch
- 1993–1994: Go West ("Harts of the west" in the original)
- 1997: Stargate SG-1 as Sara O'Neill
Novels
- 2004: "Dating Dead Men" (German title: My first corpse )
- 2005: "Dating is Murder" (German title: Blondes live dangerously )
Awards
- 2004: Agatha Award in the Best First Novel category for My First Corpse
- 2005: Anthony Award in the Best First Novel category for My First Corpse
Web links
- Literature by and about Harley Jane Kozak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Harley Jane Kozak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kozak, Harley Jane |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kozak, Susan Jane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American film and theater actress and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania , USA |