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What is your full name?
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Mary Jess Walton James |
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What is your birth date?
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Feb 18 |
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Where were you born?
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Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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Do you have any nicknames?
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My husband calls me “Diva” when I’m having
a Jill moment. |
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What is your height and weight?
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5’ 7” and 130 lbs |
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Do you have any siblings?
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One sister, Maggie |
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Do you have any pets?
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A female Doberman named
Gemini, a male mutt named Bull and a
Cat named
Figaro |
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What is your favorite food?
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Filet Mignon with Bernaise sauce
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What are your favorite TV Shows?
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The West Wing, Ally McBeal, Sex in
the City and The X-Files |
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Who inspires you personally?
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People with the courage to be who they are
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Who inspires you professionally?
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Daniel Day Lewis, Anthony Hopkins, Jody
Foster, Oprah Winfrey |
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What do you do in your spare time off
the set? (Hobbies, etc) |
Read, Pilates, Movies, Chess
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What is your greatest strength?
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My belief in abundance and my capacity for
joy
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What is your greatest weakness?
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Occasionally falling back into old habits
of thought
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What would be your wish for people looking
to start to get into the business? |
That they dream it til the dream becomes
familiar and real |
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What do you enjoy most of the business
industry?
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The fun of acting. |
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Who are your favorite authors? |
Michael Connelly, Robert Parker, Martha Grimes, Ruth Rendell.
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What would you say would be your most embarrassing moment?
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The time my jaw
locked in the open position while I was performing in a stage
play in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. I was about 19 years old.
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What are your favorite books?
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English detective stories and Police procedurals |
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What would be your worst experience?
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My dog was accidentally poisoned and we had to watch him die.
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Many years from now what would you most like to be remembered
for? |
Being a great wife, a loving mother and a loyal friend.
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Who are your favorite actors?
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Daniel Day Lewis and Anthony Hopkins and others |
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Who are your favorite actresses?
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Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep and others |
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What would be your favorite quote?
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“To thine own self be true" |
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What is your worst pet peeve?
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Those little cards they stick in magazines that won’t let you
flip thru the pages. |
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Who are your favorite directors?
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Elia Kazan, Robert Altman and others |
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What kind of music to do you listen to?
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Every kind imaginable. |
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What do you think about when you think of
your fans? |
They are the reason I’m an actress , to communicate feelings to
them, joy, tears and laughter. |
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How did you like working on capitol and
what was your most memorable experience? |
I loved Capitol. Kelly Harper was a great character and my most
memorable moment was when Trey and Kelly got together finally on
that stormy night.
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How do you like working at Y&R?
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These years on Y&R have been the happiest of my life.
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What are your favorite sports?
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Swimming and Horseback riding. I ride English style. Dressage.
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How do you keep your hour glass figure?
How do you stay in shape? |
I do Pilates twice a week with a trainer. For the last few years
I have been ‘food-combining” and trying to stay away from sugar.
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What is your most challenging scene at
Y&R?
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Whenever I have to cry. It’s not too hard when it happens
naturally but when they write it in I feel pressure.
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What was your most memorable scene at
Y&R? |
When I announced to Katherine’s entire party that her house was
really mine.
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What is your favorite chocolate?
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Reese’s peanut butter cups |
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Do you have children?
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One son, 19, Cole and one Daughter,24, Allison |
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Are you married? |
Yes, for 20 years to a wonderful man, John W. James |
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Favorite colors? |
Carnelian red and bluish-purple |
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What social issue is most important to
you?
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Freedom in all things |
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How was it that you came to realize that
you wanted to become an actress? |
It was all I ever wanted to do. |
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How do you manage to keep a straight face
when doing a scene, when the average person would break out in
laughter?? |
I try to get lost in the reality of the scene.
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How does an actor perfect crying on cue?
Is it something
you have to practice or does it come naturally?
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I have tried
for years to perfect it. The secret is concentration.
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Which storyline had the biggest emotional
impact? |
When my
son Billy came home and didn’t love me. |
