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Jayne Kennedy (born Jayne Harrison on November 27,
1951 in Wickliffe, Ohio) is an United
States|American actress, model and
Sportscaster|sportscaster.

Jayne was crowned Miss Ohio 1970 (she was the
first African American woman to win the title),
and was one of the 10 semi-finalists in the 1970
Miss USA pagent. It was rare for a African
American woman at that time to be in the contest.
While starting her modeling career, she meet Leon
Issac Kennedy, who was a Disc jockey|DJ and a
struggling actor/writer. They fell in love and
married in the 1970. Motown's Smokey Robinson
served as Best man|best man at the wedding.  They
moved to California to pursue careers in acting. 
During the 1970's she had over 10 notable TV guest
appearances, and roles in seven movies. In 1978
she was one of the first women to infiltrate the
male-dominated world of sports announcing with a
role on The NFL Today.

In the early 1980's she produced exercise videos;
however she was later was diagnosed with
Endometriosis. She and Kennedy were divorced in
1982; she married actor Bill Overton in 1985. In
spite of the prior problem with endometriosis,
they have three daughters, Savannah Re (b., Nov.
20, 1985), Kopper Joi (b., May 17, 1989), and
Zaire Ollyea (b., Sept. 15, 1995).

She has graced the cover of Ebony (magazine)|Ebony
and Jet (magazine)|Jet magazines numerous of
times. In July 1981 she became the first African
American actress to grace the cover of Playboy
magazine.

In the late 1970s, Kennedy had the dubious
distinction of being one of the first celebrities
to endure a "home sex video" scandal (see:
Celebrity sex tape) when a tape of a private
encounter made its way to the public. Fortunately
for Kennedy, due to VCRs not yet being widespread,
circulation of the tape was restricted to a
relatively small audience.

== External link ==
* imdb name|id=0448092|name=Jayne Kennedy


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