Updated: 4/15/2007

Name: Ann Jillian

Birth Name: Ann Jura Nauseda

Born:  January 29, 1950, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Claim to Fame:  She is best known for her early 1980s TV series, 'It's a Living', a sitcom that elevated Jillian to sex symbol status. She was last signed into this series and received last place billing.

Family Life:  Andy Murcia (March 1977 - present) 1 child
Son, Andrew Joseph Nauseda H. Murcia, born on
February 3, 1992.

Info: Ann has been acting since 1961 when she played "Little Bo Peep" in the Disney film, Babes In Toyland. She appeared in the Rosalind Russell- Natalie Wood 1962 movie version of Gypsy. She later became a regular on the 1960s sitcom Hazel and did voices for Scooby Doo and Sealab 2020 in the 70's.

Trivia: Speaks Lithuanian fluently.

Her parents fled from Lithuania on bicycles in 1944 during the second Soviet occupation.

Ann obtained a scholarship to the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, which gave her chance to study acting and music with some of the finest teachers in the country.

In 1979, was a huge hit on Broadway in "Sugar Babies" with Mickey Rooney and Ann Miller.

In 1985, at the age of 35, Ann was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a double mastectomy. She battled the disease courageously and successfully.
 
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.

Where is She Now:  Her TV and film credits have been sporadic since the late 1990s, as she decided to devote herself to raising her son Andrew Joseph and to promoting breast cancer issues. Today, she mostly works as a motivational speaker and also performs as a singer in corporate and symphony pops circles. Ann, husband and son reside in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles.

WRITE TO Ann: Ann Jillian PO Box 57739 Sherman Oaks, CA 91413 Official Website: www.annjillian.com Ann Jillian's Chili Recipe Click Here

CREDITS:
"Walker, Texas Ranger" .... Senator Angela Rhodes
- Winds of Change (2000) TV Episode .... Senator Angela Rhodes
"Touched by an Angel" .... Liz
- The Whole Truth and Nothing But... (1999) TV Episode .... Liz
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1997) (TV) .... Sarah
The Care and Handling of Roses (1996) (TV) .... Jean Townsend
Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996) (TV) .... Julie Longwell
It Was Him or Us (1995) (TV) .... Peggy Pomeroy
Fast Company (1995) (TV) .... Frances Matthews
The Disappearance of Vonnie (1994) (TV) .... Corrine Kaczmarek
Heart of a Child (1994) (TV) .... Alice Holc
MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994) (TV) .... Miranda Church
Labor of Love: The Arlette Schweitzer Story (1993) .... Arlette
Schweitzer
Mario and the Mob (1992) (TV) .... Alice
"Ann Jillian" (1989) TV Series .... Ann McNeil (unknown episodes)
Little White Lies (1989) (TV) .... Det. Elizabeth 'Liz' Donaldson
Original Sin (1989) (TV) .... Sharon
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV) .... Suzanne
Convicted: A Mother's Story (1987) (TV) .... Elizabeth (Billy)
Nickerson
Killer in the Mirror (1986) (TV) .... Samantha DeLorca/Karen Edwards
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) .... Red Queen
This Wife for Hire (1985) (TV) .... Valerie Roberts
"It's a Living" (1985) TV Series .... Cassie Cranston
"Ellis Island" (1984) (mini) TV Series .... Nellie Byfield
Girls of the White Orchid (1983) (TV) .... Marilyn
"Jennifer Slept Here" (1983) TV Series .... Jennifer Farrell
Mr. Mom (1983) .... Joan
Malibu (1983) (TV) .... Gail Hessian
Mae West (1982) (TV) .... Mae West
"Fantasy Island" .... Delphine McNab (1 episode, 1981)
- Delphine/The Unkillable (1981) TV Episode .... Delphine McNab
"The Love Boat" .... Rena Ward (2 episodes, 1980)
"It's a Living" (1980) TV Series .... Cassie Cranston (unknown
episodes)
"Kojak" .... Joanna (1 episode, 1974)
- Die Before They Wake (1974) TV Episode .... Joanna
"Sealab 2020" (1972) TV Series (voice) .... Gail
"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (1972) TV Series (unknown episodes)
Triangle (1970)
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1966)
- The Blue-Eyed Horse (1966) TV Episode
"Off We Go" (1966) TV Series .... Debbie Towbridge
"Vacation Playhouse" .... Bev Ferguson / ... (2 episodes, 1965-1966)
- Off We Go! (1966) TV Episode .... Debbie Towbridge
- Alec Tate (1965) TV Episode .... Bev Ferguson
"Hazel" (1961) TV Series .... Millie Ballard (unknown episodes,
1965-1966)
"Ben Casey" .... Penny Fletcher (1 episode, 1963)
- It Is Getting Dark... And We Are Lost (1963) TV .... Penny
Fletcher
"The Twilight Zone" .... Ilse (1 episode, 1963)
- Mute (1963) TV Episode (as Ann Jilliann) .... Ilse
"Disneyland" .... Porsche 'Rocky' Sylvester (2 episodes, 1962)
- Sammy, the Way-Out Seal: Part 2 (1962) .... Porsche 'Rocky'
Sylvester
- Sammy, the Way-Out Seal: Part 1 (1962) .... Porsche 'Rocky'
Sylvester
Gypsy (1962) (as Ann Jilliann) .... 'Dainty' June
"Wagon Train" .... Sandra Carlson (1 episode, 1962)
- The Hobie Redman Story (1962) TV Episode .... Sandra Carlson
Babes in Toyland (1961) .... Bo Peep
"Shirley Temple's Storybook" .... Little Girl (1 episode, 1960)
- Madeline (1960) TV Episode (as Ann Nauseda) .... Little Girl
"Leave It to Beaver" .... Little Girl (1 episode, 1960)
- Wally, the Businessman (1960) TV (as Anne Nauseda) .... Little
Girl

Soundtrack:
Gypsy (1962) (performer: "Let Me Entertain You", "If Momma Was
Married", "Broadway")
Babes in Toyland (1961) (performer: "Never Mind, Bo-Peep")
  

Click Here to Comment on Ann or any other Celebrity

Vote on TheyGay.com

View Other Where Are They Now Features

Click Here To Request A Person
For Where Are They Now

Hilarious Biff Song (Back to the Future) Watch It Now	Elvis - That's Alright Mama Watch It Now	Steve Irwin Tribute Watch It Now	Where Are The Two Corey's Watch It Now
Bobby Rydell - On Top of the World Watch It Now	Jessica Simpson's Breakdown Watch It Now	David Hasselhoff King of the Internet Watch It Now	Seinfeld - The Lost Episode Watch It Now
Check Out ALL the Celebrity Video Clips at EVTV1... Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Elvis, Jessica Simplson, Bono, Red Hot Chili Peppers... and more Click Here to get a complete listing

---