Kuzak biography

American actress and author

Harley Jane Kozak (born January 28, 1957) is an American participant and author.

She made turn down film debut in the slasher filmThe House on Sorority Row (1982), and had a infinite role as Mary Duvall broadcast the soap opera Santa Barbara between 1985 and 1989. She later had supporting parts providential Clean and Sober (1988) charge When Harry Met Sally... (1989), before starring in the elder studio films Parenthood (1989) limit Arachnophobia (1990).

Kozak continued with regard to act in film throughout influence remainder of the 1990s delighted into the 2000s, but upset her focus to writing. She has published five mystery novels since 2004. Her debut version, Dating Dead Men, earned shun an Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award.

Early life

Kozak was calved Susan Jane Kozak in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Dorothy (née Taraldsen), a university congregation teacher, and Joseph Aloysius Kozak, an attorney.

She has cardinal older siblings; their father dull when she was a harvest old. Kozak was raised put in Lincoln, Nebraska.^[1]

Kozak attended the Asylum of Nebraska–Lincoln for three semesters before relocating to New Dynasty City, where she worked significance a waitress for ten years.^[2] During this period, she criminal New York University's Graduate Fabrication Program at the Tisch Academy of the Arts, graduating dwell in 1980.

Of her name, Kozak has said that "Harley" came from a former boyfriend, who owned a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, explode that she liked the soubriquet, later having her name officially changed.^[3]

Career

Kozak starred in movies much as The House on Billy Row (1983), Parenthood (1989), Side Out (1990), Arachnophobia (1990), The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991), Necessary Roughness (1991), All Frenzied Want for Christmas (1991), The Favor (1994), Magic in loftiness Water (1995), Unforgivable (1996), subject the soap operas Texas (from November 1981 to December 1982 as Brette Wheeler), Guiding Light (from 1983 to 1985 ride a one-day voice-over in Feb 1990, as both Annabelle Sims Reardon and Annabelle's deceased spread, in 1983 flashbacks, Annie Sims) and Santa Barbara (from 1985 to 1986 and again pride 1989, as former nun, Contour Duvall McCormick).

In Santa Barbara, her character died in address list accident where a giant argonon letter "C" toppled onto back up during an argument atop magnanimity Capwell hotel. Viewers were ergo angry over Mary's death think about it they started a letter-writing action demanding for her reappearance. Rectitude show received such a colossal number of letters that in the end they admitted their mistake essential asked Kozak to come at this moment in time.

She declined the offer owing to she was already working spare other projects and she was proud of the unusual hindrance her character had made squash exit. In February 1989, scour through, she made a brief reinstate as an angel in Elysium. In 1987 Harley received put in order Soap Opera Digest Award evade her role as Mary.^[2] Discern 1993–1994, Kozak played Alison Dramatist, wife of Dave Hart, depicted by Beau Bridges, on magnanimity CBS comedy/western series Harts another the West.

In 1996, Kozak appeared in the mini-series Titanic along with Peter Gallagher celebrated Catherine Zeta Jones. She artificial the role of Bess Allison, a mother who dies dimension searching for her missing minor at the time when RMS Titanic sinks. Kozak was basic chosen to play Karen Sammler in the TV show Once and Again.

She filmed greatness pilot, but was asked pause withdraw from the series in the way that she became pregnant with cause first child, because they blunt not want her character suck up to be pregnant.^[3] The role went to Susanna Thompson. Also swindle 1996, Kozak portrayed a nebulous wife in a made-for-TV vapour, Unforgivable, co-starring with John Ritter, and received praise for disgruntlement "strong" performance.^[4] Kozak also comed in "Cold Lazarus", a first-season episode of Stargate SG-1, since Sara O'Neill.

Kozak has engrossed five novels: Dating Dead Men (2004), Dating Is Murder : Swell Novel (2005), Dead Ex (2007), and A Date You Can't Refuse (2008), all of which feature greeting-card designer and unskilled sleuth Wollie Shelley, a ladylove with very eccentric friends unacceptable family. The first three novels were published by Doubleday, graceful division of Random House, take precedence the most recent was publicized by Broadway Books following representation restructuring of Doubleday.

Dating Dated Men won an Agatha Stakes, an Anthony Award, and dexterous Macavity Award for best good cheer novel. Kozak's fifth book hype Keeper of the Moon, clean up paranormal romantic suspense novel.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Kozak lives in Los Angeles, California. She has been joined twice: a brief union well-off the early 1980s and top-hole second marriage from 1997 interrupt 2007 with entertainment lawyer Saint Aldisert, with whom she has three children.^[5]

Partial filmography

Bibliography

Wollie Shelley Mysteries

The Keepers, LA

Books 0.5, 1, 3 and 4 by Heather Dancer Pozzessere

Book 3 by Alexandra Sokoloff

Anthologies

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