She reprised the role in the miniseries The Path to 9/11, which aired September 10–11, 2006. In 2003, Jerald portrayed Condoleezza Rice in DC 9/11: Time of Crisis, a TV movie about the September 11 attacks in 2001. She received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2003 alongside her 24 co-stars. Jerald believed it was the first role to test her acting ability, claiming the majority of her previous characters were 'easy-going.' She appeared in all but two of the first season episodes and multiple episodes of the second and third seasons. Jerald's most-recognized role came in 2001 when she appeared in the Kiefer Sutherland-led Fox series, 24, playing Sherry Palmer, the wife of Senator David Palmer. Jerald also guest starred on Frasier, The Practice, Touched by an Angel and The X-Files. She then appeared as Roscoe Dellums in the Emmy Award–winning TV movie The Color of Friendship. She also had a recurring guest role on ER as Lynette Evans from 1998 to 1999. In 1997 she played Laura Simon in the film Absolute Power. įollowing Larry Sanders, Jerald appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine playing freighter captain Kasidy Yates, the love interest for the series's main character Benjamin Sisko, a recurring role which she played from 1995 to the show's end in 1999.

She appeared as Lavinia in television film Class of '61 and portrayed Lorraine in What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993). Throughout the 1990s, Jerald guest starred in several television series, including Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Grace Under Fire, Cosby and Family Law. She continued playing Beverly until the show ended in 1998. Two years later, she earned an NAACP Image Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. For her work on Larry Sanders, Jerald received a CableACE Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series in 1996. In 1992, Jerald landed the role of unflappable personal assistant, Beverly Barnes, on The Larry Sanders Show. She portrayed Virginia 'Vicki' Harper on short-lived sitcom Homeroom in 1989. She appeared in General Hospital in 1986 and Do the Right Thing in 1989. Her first major role on television was Vivian Conway in The Paper Chase from 1984 to 1986. She made her screen debut on an episode of American Playhouse in 1983. Jerald began her career with small guest roles. Johnson trained at the Juilliard School, where her classmates in 1982 included Megan Gallagher, Jack Kenny, Jack Stehlin, and Lorraine Toussaint. She first attended Western High School before transferring to Park School of Baltimore. Johnson aspired to be an actress as a child. Penny Johnson was born 14 March 1961 in Baltimore, Maryland, one of seven siblings. Claire Finn on the Fox/ Hulu science-fiction series The Orville, and voiced Sarafina in the films The Lion King and Mufasa: The Lion King. She played Beverly Barnes on the HBO comedy series The Larry Sanders Show, Kasidy Yates on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sherry Palmer on the Fox series 24, Captain Victoria 'Iron' Gates on the ABC comedy-drama series Castle, and Dr. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.Penny Johnson Jerald (born March 14, 1961) is an American actress.

Fletcher was married to Jerry Bick in 1959 and the couple divorced in 1977. Most recently, she appeared in the Netflix comedy series “Girl Boss” and on the series “Shameless.”įletcher is survived by her two sons, John and Andrew Bick her sister, Roberta Ray and a granddaughter. In 2020, Fletcher’s role inspired a spinoff, the Ryan Murphy TV series “Ratched.”įletcher also had a continuing role in the “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” series and played Helen Rosemond in the 1999 film “Cruel Intentions,” among many other film and TV credits.

5 on the list compiled by the American Film Institute, behind the likes of Hannibal Lecter and the Wicked Witch of the West. Her role became regarded as one of film history’s greatest villains, No. The film swept the top five Oscars for 1975 - for Best Picture, director Milos Forman, adapted screenplay, actor Nicholson and actress Fletcher. You are seeing my dream come true,” she told them.

“I want to say thank you for teaching me to have a dream. In her Oscar speech, Fletcher sweetly thanked her “Cuckoo’s Nest” colleagues and then, using sign language, acknowledged her deaf parents watching at home. “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” starred Jack Nicholson as a new patient at a mental institution, where Mildred Ratched - played by Fletcher - reigns as an authoritarian, controlling nurse. Fletcher’s Oscar came for her second movie after a long break from acting to raise her children.

Deep space nine actress dies