Jayne Kennedy

About

Jayne Kennedy Overton (née Harrison; born October 27, 1951) is an American television personality, actress, model, corporate spokeswoman, producer, writer, public speaker, philanthropist, and sports broadcaster.

Jayne Kennedy was born Jayne Gill Harrison in Washington, D.C., one of six children. Her parents Herbert and Virginia Harrison taught their children to “aim high, give God most of the credit, suffer disappointments silently, and avoid maliciousness.” Kennedy was raised in Wickliffe, Ohio. In high school, she was on the cheerleading squad, was a member of the National Honor Society, was vice-president of the sophomore class, and president of the junior class.
A year after graduating from high school, Harrison met Leon Isaac Kennedy, a DJ and a struggling writer/actor. They married in 1971. Motown singer/songwriter Smokey Robinson served as best man at their wedding. They divorced in 1982.
In May 1985, Kennedy married actor Bill Overton in Bermuda. The wedding was small, and the parents of both Kennedy and Overton attended. The couple has four children: Overton’s daughter Cheyenne (b. 1982) and their three daughters Savannah Re (b. November 20, 1985), Kopper…