Jane Badler

. 31 December _

Jane Badler

(62th anniversary)

31 December 1953 

Brooklyn, New York, USA 

5' 4½" (1,64 m)

Jane Badler, the American and Australian actress best known for her role as the evil reptilian Visitor leader "Diana" in the NBC mini-series V (1983), its sequel "V: The Final Battle" (1984), and the subsequent TV series V (1984).

Was born on the last day of 1953 in Brooklyn, New York. She spent her teen years in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she attended Central High School. Jane won the Miss New Hampshire title and competed at the 1972 Miss America Pageant before going on to study drama at the Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

In 1977, Jane gained her first major role on the TV soap opera One Life to Live (1968), where she played "Melinda Cramer Janssen" until 1981, returning briefly to reprise the role in 1983. She also starred on the venerable soap opera The Doctors (1963). Jane's other TV roles included a stint on Falcon Crest (1981) as "Meredith Braxton" from 1986 to 1987 and as "Agent Shannon Reed" for the revival of the series Mission: Impossible(1988), which was shot in Australia. She also guest-starred on many TV series.

Jane relocated to Australia after filming Mission: Impossible (1988) Down Under, marrying businessman Stephen Haines. They have two sons, Sam and Harry. Her Australian TV roles include Cluedo (1992) (the British and Australian name of the board game known as "Clue" in the United States). She also had a guest-starring role in La saga de los McGregor (1993). In the 1990s, she launched a stage career and cabaret act, including the one-woman show "The Love Goddess: Rita Hayworth". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood

Spouse 

Stephen Haines (23 December 1990 - present) (2 children) 

Michael Rachlin (? - ?) (divorced) 

Trivia 

Arrived in Australia in 1989 to take part in the Australian production of Mission: Impossible (1988).

Former Miss New Hampshire. Competed at the 1972 Miss America Pageant

Attended Northwestern University from 1971 to 1975.

Attended Central High School, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Sang in clubs on the weekends while attending college.

Sons with Stephen Haines: Samuel David Haines (born in July 1991) and Harrison George Haines (born on December 4, 1992).

Along with Marc Singer, she is one of only two actors to appear in both V (1984) and V(2009).

Making a welcome return to U.S. TV audiences, reprising her role as "Diana", leader of "The Visitors" on V (2009). [January 2011]

Jane was nominated for 'Best Female Artist' in the 2011 Age EG Awards for her album "Tears again".

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