See also
1 Allison Brooks JANNEY1,2 (1959- ) [13623]. Born 19 Nov 1959, Dayton, OH.2
From Wikipedia.
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an American actress, best known for her role as C.J. Cregg on the television series The West Wing.
Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio, the daughter of Macy Brooks (née Putnam), a former actress and homemaker, and Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr., a real estate developer and jazz musician.[1][2] She has an older brother, Jay, and a younger brother, Hal.[3] She attended The Miami Valley School in Dayton, where she was named a distinguished alumna in 2004, and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. She then attended Kenyon College. At Kenyon, Janney studied under another Kenyon alum, Paul Newman.[citation needed] She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[citation needed] She attended The Neighborhood Playhouse the same years as actor Dylan McDermott.[citation needed]
Janney's first roles on television were as comedic foils on soap operas: she first played Vi Kaminski for a short time on As the World Turns, following up with a two-year stint as one of the Spaulding maids, Ginger on Guiding Light. In the spring of 1994, she appeared in the season finale of Law & Order, as a reluctant witness against a member of the Russian mob.
Janney has appeared in a number of films with roles of various sizes, including the 1990s films American Beauty, The Object of My Affection, Big Night, The Impostors, Drop Dead Gorgeous, The Ice Storm, Primary Colors, 10 Things I Hate About You, and Private Parts, and the 2000s films Nurse Betty, The Hours, The Chumscrubber, How to Deal, Winter Solstice and a considerable role in the animated movie, Finding Nemo, voicing Peach, the starfish. In 2006, Janney carried notable roles in the movies Margaret and Over the Hedge, an animated comedy.
In 1999, she was cast in the role of presidential press secretary C.J. Cregg on the television drama The West Wing, for which she eventually won four Emmy Awards. Two of the Emmys were for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series in 2000 and 2001, and two were for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Drama Series in the years 2002 and 2004.[citation needed] She was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in the 2003 and 2006 Primetime Emmys.[citation needed] Janney also won two Screen Actor's Guild awards for Best Actress in a dramatic series, in 2001 and 2002, for her portrayal of C.J Cregg.[citation needed] The cast of The West Wing won the Screen Actor's Guild award for Best Ensemble in a dramatic series the same two years.[citation needed] Additional accolades for Janney's work in The West Wing include four Golden Globe award nominations, and a nomination in 2002 for American Film Institute's Actor of the Year.[citation needed].
2 Jervis Spencer JANNEY , Jr.3,4 ( - ) [13614]. Marr Macy Brooks PUTNAM 2 Mar 1957, Hewlett, Long Island, NY.4
4 Jervis Spencer JANNEY3,5,6 (1908-1973) [13612]. Born 5 Oct 1908, MD.3 Died 27 Oct 1973, Westminster, London, England.3
5 Elizabeth Lowe Hill SMITH5,6,7 (1909-2000) [13610]. Born 10 Feb 1909, Dayton, OH.7,8,9 Died 10 Aug 2000.5,9
Princeton Scholarships and Fellowships - Endowed Undergraduate Scholarships shows that Elizabeth Lowe Janney established in 1976 a scholarship in her husband's name, Jervis Spencer Janney, class of 1930.
New York Passenger List shows a birthdate of February 17 instead of February 10 reported in her SSDI.
10 Francis Hill SMITH7,10 (1879- ) [13605]. Born 3 Jun 1879.7
Birth year shown 1877 and 1879.
11 Elizabeth LOWE5,7,11 (1877-1950) [13608]. Born 18 Feb 1877, Montgomery County, OH.5,11 Died 11 Sep 1950, Montgomery County, OH.5 Buried Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, OH.5
3 Macy Brooks PUTNAM4 ( - ) [13620].
| 1 | "Obituary of Henry Lpwe "Hal" Janney in the Pioneer Press (Minneapolis/St. Paul), February 17, 2011". |
| 2 | "Wikipedia biography of Allison Brooks Janney". |
| 3 | "Department of State document, reports of the Death of American Citizen, Jervis Janne". |
| 4 | "Wedding announcement of Jervis Janney Jr. and Macy Brooks Putnam in the New York Times March 3, 1957". |
| 5 | "Find-A-Grave record for Elizabeth Lowe Hill Smith". |
| 6 | "Princeton Scholarships and Fellowships - Endowed Undergraduate Scholarships". |
| 7 | "1920 OH, Montgomery, Van Buren census". |
| 8 | "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957". |
| 9 | "Social Security Death Index". |
| 10 | "1880 MA, Suffolk, Boston census". |
| 11 | "Biography of Houston Lowe in the Yale, Sheffield Scientific School Biographical Record". |