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Home/People/Jennifer Runyon
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Born
Apr 1, 1960Died: Mar 6, 2026
Lived 65 years
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

20
Movies
14
TV Shows
Also Known As
Jennifer Runyon Corman
IMDb Profile

Jennifer Runyon

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.
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

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2020
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Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death

as Nurse Zarkov
2017
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Terror Tales

as Melanie (segment "Epidemic")
2016
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Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival

as Carol Brickmann
2015
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Carnosaur

as Ann 'Thrush'
1993
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Till Death Us Do Part

as Judy Davis
1992
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Killing Streets

as Sandra Ross
1991
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Tagteam

as Rita Valentine
1991
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A Man Called Sarge

as Fifi LaRue
1990
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A Very Brady Christmas

as Cindy Brady
1988
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18 Again!

as Robin Morrison
1988
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The In Crowd

as Vicky
1988
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Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

as Angel Fisher
1986
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Flight of the Spruce Goose

as Terry
1986
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Blue De Ville

as J.C. Swift
1986
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The Falcon and the Snowman

as Carole
1985
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Ghostbusters

as Female Student
1984
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Up the Creek

as Heather Merriweather
1984
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Master Ninja II

as Alicia Clayton
1984
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To All a Goodnight

as Nancy
1980