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Jonna Lee (singer) Jonna Emily Lee (born 3 October 1981) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, record producer and visual director. Lee is the creator and artist of audiovisual online project iamamiwhoami who since 2009 have released their audiovisual series online, gat ...

.'' Jonna Lee (born November 6, 1963) is an American

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and film

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Career

Born Jonna Lee Pangburn in Glendale, California, Lee graduated from

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in Burbank, California in 1981, After high school, she moved to Hollywood and maintained an acting career through the 1980s after being an extra in the film '' Zapped'', including '' Murder, She Wrote'', and playing a lead role in her film debut, acting opposite

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in the 1984 film '' Making The Grade''. In 1985, Lee also co-starred as the teenage daughter Gina in the TV series ''

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'', which ran on CBS for eight episodes. The series was rebroadcast in

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on the

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, and Lee appeared in informative spots about ''Otherworld'' and also appeared as the

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correspondent on the SciFi channel's '' Inside Space''. In 1988, Lee starred in the made-for-television movie '' Shattered Innocence'', which was loosely based on the life, career, and eventual suicide of adult film actress

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. In 1999, she retired from acting and moved back to Burbank, where she currently resides while working as an artist/

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Personal life

Lee has been married to one of her childhood sweethearts since June 21, 1995. The couple have two children. According to her Facebook page, she was the 1994 valedictorian at

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and graduated Claremont Graduate University in 1996. She was the president of War Angel, Inc. in Burbank, California but that corporation has dissolved.

Filmography

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Chained Heat ''Chained Heat'' (alternate title: ''Das Frauenlager'' in West Germany) is a 1983 American-German exploitation film in the women-in-prison genre. It was co-written and directed by Paul Nicholas (as Paul Nicolas) for Jensen Farley Pictures.

'' (1983) * '' Making the Grade (1984) * ''

Sam's Son ''Sam's Son'' is a 1984 American semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Michael Landon loosely based on his early life and is also the only feature film made by him. The film stars Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Timoth ...

'' (1984) * ''

Lovelines ''Lovelines'' is the posthumous thirteenth studio album by American music duo Carpenters, the second Carpenters album released after the death of Karen Carpenter. It was released in 1989 and is a compilation album assembled by Richard Carpenter ...

'' (1984) * ''

The Midnight Hour ''The Midnight Hour'' is a 1985 American made-for-television comedy horror film directed by Jack Bender and starring Shari Belafonte-Harper, LeVar Burton, Peter DeLuise, and Dedee Pfeiffer. Its plot focuses on a small New England town that ...

'' (1985) * '' Monster in the Closet'' (1986) * ''Turnaround'' (1987)

Television

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T.J. Hooker ''T. J. Hooker'' is an American police drama television program starring William Shatner in the title role as a 15-year veteran police sergeant. The series premiered as a mid-season replacement on March 13, 1982, on ABC and ran on the network un ...

'' (1 episode, 1983) * ''

Lottery! ''Lottery!'' is an American anthologic drama that premiered on ABC on September 9, 1983. The series aired for one season of 17 episodes and starred Ben Murphy as Patrick Sean Flaherty, and Marshall Colt as Eric Rush. ''Lottery!'' centered on ...

'' (1 episode, 1983) * '' Quarterback Princess'' (1983) * '' Another World'' (Unknown episodes, 1983) * ''

'' (8 episodes, 1985) * ''

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'' (1 episode, 1985) * ''

'' (1985) * ''

Hardcastle and McCormick ''Hardcastle and McCormick'' is an American action crime drama television series that aired on ABC from September 18, 1983, through May 5, 1986. The series stars Brian Keith as Judge Milton C. Hardcastle and Daniel Hugh Kelly as ex-con and rac ...

'' (1 episode, 1985) * ''

Airwolf ''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series that centers on a high-technology military helicopter, code-named ''Airwolf'', and its crew. The show follows them as they undertake various exotic missions, many involving e ...

'' (1 episode, 1986) * ''

Growing Pains ''Growing Pains'' is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the ...

'' (1 episode, 1986) * ''

The New Mike Hammer ''Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer'' (later titled ''The New Mike Hammer''), with Stacy Keach in the title role, is an American crime drama television series that originally aired on CBS from January 28, 1984, to May 13, 1987. The series consist ...

'' (1 episode, 1987) * ''

Family Ties ''Family Ties'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC for seven seasons, premiering on September 22, 1982, and concluding on May 14, 1989. The series, created by Gary David Goldberg, reflected the move in the United States ...

'' (1 episode, 1987) * ''

Silver Spoons ''Silver Spoons'' is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982, to May 11, 1986, and in first-run syndication from September 27, 1986, to May 30, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the f ...

'' (1 episode, 1987) * ''

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'' (1 episode, 1988) * '' Shattered Innocence'' (1988) * '' Murder, She Wrote'' (2 episodes, 1987–1990)

References

External links

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Jonna Lee's
Official Art/Sculptor Website
Jonna Lee Pangburn
Facebook page {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jonna 1963 births 20th-century American actresses American film actresses American television actresses American soap opera actresses Actresses from California Living people Actresses from Glendale, California 21st-century American women