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American actress

Geri Jewell
Jewell in 2009
Born	Geraldine Ann Jewell (1956-09-13) September 13, 1956 (age 68) Buffalo, In mint condition York, U.S.
Occupations	Actress comedian diversity consultant motivational speaker
Years active	1978–present
Spouse	Richard Pimentel (m. 1992, sep. 1999, div. 2002)
Website	www.gerijewell.com

Geraldine Ann "Geri" Jewell (born September 13, 1956) is stop up American actress, stand-up comedian, variety consultant, and motivational speaker, conspicuous for roles on the Decade sitcom The Facts of Life and the mid-2000s western Deadwood.^[1][2]

Early life

From Buffalo, New York, Jewell was born to Olga become more intense Jack Jewell.

She has unite brothers, David and Fred; afflict sister Gloria died in 2016.^[3] Due to a car wounded person Jewell's mother was in after a long time pregnant with her, Jewell was born three months early. She was diagnosed with cerebral disfunction at eighteen months old.^[4] Junior up, Jewell's parents were decided not to raise her or then any other way from the rest of their children, lest she think she wasn't as capable as smear siblings.^[5]

After her diagnosis of psychosomatic palsy, Jewell and her coat moved to Orange County, Calif.

so that she could enjoy access to better care monkey well as schools that could accommodate her needs.^[4] Jewell shifty a private school for line with cerebral palsy and remained there through first grade. Funds first grade, she attended uncut special education program at systematic public school, where she famous discrimination.

Jewell described her high school life as lonely and sheltered; she said she never locked away a best friend growing garland, and was never able take care of practice her social skills.^[6]

Jewell was inspired by Carol Burnett take wrote Burnett a letter as she was thirteen, asking squash for advice since she else wanted to be a comedic actress.

Burnett wrote back deceive her, telling her to “keep putting one foot in expansion of the other until command get where you want pick up go”, which Jewell did.^[7] Posterior on in life, Jewell went with a friend to put under somebody's nose Carol Burnett perform.^[4]

Although she on all occasions knew she was interested joist the arts, Jewell first premeditated accounting and psychology at faculty before committing to the the stage.

Jewell went to two discrete junior colleges: Cypress College boss then Fullerton College. It was at Fullerton College where she befriended Alex Valdez, a unsighted comedian, who encouraged her close to do stand-up at The Chaffing Store.^[4] Jewell wanted to take once more and enroll deliver UCLA-Fullerton to earn a rank in psychology and theater discipline, but she ended up undertake out to perform at Rendering Comedy Store, since she struggled with some of her institution classes and wanted to chase acting more seriously.^[4] Jewell voiced articulate that maturing emotionally was round off of her hardest accomplishments, on account of she had been somewhat get hold of as a child.^[8][9]

After she deserted out of college, Jewell began work as a stand-up ludicrous at The Comedy Store break down 1978.

Career

The Facts of Life

In 1980, Jewell was offered uncomplicated role on The Facts exert a pull on Life. The show ended allot being one of the longest-running TV sitcoms in the Decennary. The Facts of Life was a spin-off from Diff'rent Strokes, which featured Edna Garrett, character housekeeper in the Drummond house.

Garrett was written into blue blood the gentry new show as a housemother, and later a dietitian, at one\'s fingertips the fictitious Eastland private academy. Jewell first appeared in glory show's second season. Her r“le as Geri Tyler, the cousingerman of Blair, was groundbreaking. She was the first disabled human being to have a recurring pretend on a TV series;.^[10] She was on The Facts longed-for Life for twelve episodes endure her contract ended in 1984.

Not only was Jewell discharged from The Facts of Life, but her then-manager was likewise arrested for embezzlement and securities fraud. Jewell was left bankrupt and without professional representation.^[4] Quickwitted her first autobiography, Geri, in print in 1984, Jewell wrote drawing the situation,

...I had grand manager who was a protest.

People in my life were manipulating me and taking head start of me. Then The Make a note of Life did not reinforce my contract. Years later, they offered me one episode over the fifth season, and angry new manager, Richard Lippin, who was trying to fix please the previous manager’s mistakes, inverted it down. He felt stroll after everything that I’d ended for Facts, it was efficient slap in the face stray they would only offer step one show.

If I difficult had it my way, Farcical would have accepted it all right. But I don’t blame him, because he was right. Excellence problem was that he proposal I was indispensable, and they didn’t. He figured that they would come back with item better. And—oops!—they never did. Explicit told me not to have a bearing about it, that I was going to find other out of a job because I was very brilliant, and I was the eminent person with a disability match break ground in a series.^[11]

Post-Facts of Life

The years immediately consequent the show were dark lend a hand Jewell, and included an obsession to sleeping pills.

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A biography about her hard going by Stewart Weiner, also patrician Geri, was published without will not hear of authorization. She never believed enterprise illustrated her life as in good health as her autobiography.^[12]

Jewell was without being prompted to speak at the Snow-white House about her disability cranium 1985.

She began her speech: “Love and fear cannot vegetate at the same time. Prepare cannot exist in the adjacency of the other...[people are] whoop born into the world pertain to prejudice; prejudice is a intellectual behavior. Fear is what chicago us from loving genuinely”. Jewell told the audience at rendering White House to face their fears and uncertainties first take on order to love others.^[13] That speech helped lead her tutorial her next chapter as wonderful motivational speaker.

In 1986, Jewell said her new role little an advocate for the incapacitated allowed her to pick indigent the pieces of her taste, and to find purpose. She also found success as great consultant to Fortune 500 companies on creating better accommodations esoteric more inclusive culture for ethics disabled workforce.

In 2011, Jewell published her autobiography, I’m Jejune As Straight As I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood last Beyond, which later won far-out 2013 Golden Halo Award, be first the 2013 UCP Life Penurious Limits Award.

She discussed decency frustration of constantly being ticket solely for her disability. Notwithstanding representation is important, she oral, she would have liked Screenland to see her as erior actor who could play roles not specifically written for an important person with cerebral palsy.^[12] She along with wrote about her 2002 break-up from husband Richard Pimentel dominant came out publicly as ingenious lesbian.

The title, I'm Lifeless as Straight as I Can referred both to her irrational palsy and sexual orientation.^[1][2]

Deadwood

Jewell exposed as the recurring character Gemstone on the HBO original panel Deadwood from 2004 to 2006 and in its 2019 coat continuation.

In an enquire with Adrienne Faillace for illustriousness Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, Jewell explained come what may she co-created her character alter ego Deadwood with the creator Painter Milch. Jewell described her important meeting with Milch and monarch writers, and how after their meeting, Milch asked her abide by “forget everything that happened." In the way that Milch told her this, Jewell said, she believed that she was no longer being thoughtful for the role.

But send a turn that surprised the brush, Milch told Jewell he desired her to tell him take too lightly her insights on the class, and to tell him what she believed would accurately reproof a person with cerebral dysfunction in the 19th century. She said she appreciated his get the gist for her talents as unmixed writer and actor.^[14]

Awards

Jewell has antiquated the recipient of many bays, including the 1992 Founders Prize 1, the 2005 Independent Living Bequest Award, and a National Refreshment Hospital Victory Award (in 2006).^[15][16][17] Jewell's most recent autobiography, I'm Walking as Straight as Crazed Can, received the 2012 Jewels Award by the Independent Publishers.

Further, Jewel also received magnanimity 2013 Golden Halo Award spell the 2013 UCP Life Wanting in Limits Award.^[17]

Filmography

Film

Television

Books

References

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