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- Birth nameAnn Jura Nauseda
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Ann Jillian was born on January 29, 1950 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA as Ann Jura Nauseda to Lithuanian immigrant parents. Her career began as a child actress in the 1960s. She is possibly best known for her role as Cassie Cranston on the 1980s sitcom It's a Living (1980). She is also known for her work on Mae West (1982), Babes in Toyland (1961), and Gypsy (1962). She has been married to Andy Murcia since March 27, 1977. They have one child.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseAndy Murcia(March 27, 1977 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenAndrew Joseph Nauseda H. Murcia IV
- ParentsJoseph NausedaMargaret Nauseda
- Platinum blonde hair
- Sparkling blue eyes
- Deep sultry voice
- In 1985, at age 35, Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. She battled the disease courageously and successfully.
- Her parents fled from Lithuania on bicycles in 1944 during the second Soviet occupation.
- In 1990, "Good Housekeeping" magazine named Ann one of the most admired women of the world.
- Future husband (and then-policeman) Andy Murcia pretended to be gay when he and Ann first met, so she wouldn't think he was just another man trying to pick her up.
- Ann is a three-time Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe Award-winning actress (she won the Best Actress Golden Globe for her television movie The Ann Jillian Story (1988) which was the highest-rated television movie of the 1987-1988 season).
- (on growing up in the heady 1960s) "When I was a teenager, I was Little Miss Gloves... I couldn't say 'Hey, man' to save my life."
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