Jennifer Beals Parents: Meet Alfred Beals & Jeanne Anderson

Jennifer Beals is the daughter of Alfred Beals and Jeanne Anderson. Her mother was an elementary school teacher and her father owned grocery stores.

Beal’s father was African-American while her mother is Irish American. Beal’s dad passed on when she was 9 years old, after which she spent a summer at Cheley Colorado Camps in Estes Park, Colorado.

Beals’s mother remarried after the death of her father. She married Edward Cohen in 1981.

Jennifer Beals got her first job at the age of 13 at an ice cream store, using her height to convince her boss she was 16.

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Beals had a leading role in 2006’s The Grudge 2, sequel to the hit horror film of two years earlier. Belas portrayed UCLA Bruins gymnastics Head Coach Valorie Kondos Field, in the Full Out movie about Ariana Berlin.

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