Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her roles as Nita on Big Love (2006–2009), Janet Heffernan on The King of Queens (2001–2007), Dixie on My Sister Sam (1986–1988), She has been married to actor Nicholas Ullett since 1986; they have 2 children.
TBAThe Remedy as Maria
TBAA Good Death as Gertrude
2025Good American Family (5 Episodes) as Almeda
2024Shangri-La as Daphne Becker
2022We Are Gathered Here Today as Faye Stone
2021Joanne Is Dead as Unknown
2020Killing Eleanor as Eleanor Magnus
2020Poor Greg Drowning as Unknown
2020Perry Mason (3 Episodes) as June Pitlick
2020Never Have I Ever (1 Episode) as Dr. Keyes
2019Transparent: Musicale Finale as Bryna
2018A Million Little Things (2 Episodes) as Enid
2018Duck Butter as Nathalie
2018Station 19 (1 Episode) as Judith
2018The Resident (1 Episode) as Shirley Harris
20189-1-1 (1 Episode) as Nora
2017The Good Doctor (1 Episode) as Ruby
2017Atypical (2, 2 Episode) as Older Woman, Lillian
2017Emily as Unknown
2016American Housewife (1 Episode) as Mrs. Smith
2016Pushing Dead as Dan's Mother (voice)
2016Recovery Road (1 Episode) as Jane Stewart
2015You Cast A Spell On Me as Great Grandmother
2015Martha as Martha
2014Transparent (1 Episode) as Bryna
2014BFFs as Suzie
2013As High as the Sky as Aunt Barbara (voice)
2012Sassy Pants as Grandma Pruitt
2012Emily Owens, M.D. (1 Episode) as Julia
2012Chicago Fire (1 Episode) as Ellie
2012The Mindy Project (17 Episodes) as Dot
2012The Sacred as Ms. Jenson
2011Hit List as Phil's Mother
2011Franklin & Bash (3 Episodes) as Nanette
2010Devil as Old Woman
2010How to Make Love to a Woman as Mrs. Conners
2010Rizzoli & Isles (2 Episodes) as Sister Winifred Callahan
2010Hot in Cleveland (1 Episode) as Helen
2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
2009Extract as Joel's Secretary
2009Drop Dead Diva (1 Episode) as Carla Shane
2008Childrens Hospital (1 Episode) as Georgene Lefkowits
2007The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey as Mrs. Hickey
2006Two Weeks as Julia
2006Big Love (5 Episodes) as Nita
2005Forty Shades of Blue as Celia
2005Ghost Whisperer (1 Episode) as Margaret Devine
2005Supernatural (1 Episode) as Julia Wilkinson
2005The Closer (1 Episode) as Karen Silva
2005Grey's Anatomy (1 Episode) as Nadia's Mother
2004House (1 Episode) as Fran
2004Boston Legal (1 Episode) as Judge Kimberly Ohlund
2003Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom as Extra
2003Mystic River as Esther Harris
2003Cold Case (1 Episode) as Frances Campbell
2003NCIS (1 Episode) as Alice Brodie
2003Matchstick Men as Mrs. Schaffer
2003Nip/Tuck (1 Episode) as Unknown
2002Nancy Drew as Hannah Green
2002The Court (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Reba (1 Episode) as Unknown
2001Six Feet Under (1 Episode) as Garland Duncan
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Sandra Walkey
2000The Truth About Jane as Beth
2000Strong Medicine (1 Episode) as Nancy
20001961 as Marge Carpenter
2000If These Walls Could Talk 2 as Marge Carpenter
1999Roswell (2 Episodes) as Ida Crawford
1999The Color of Courage as Dorothy Renfrew
1998The King of Queens (14 Episodes) as Janet Heffernan
1998Costello (4 Episodes) as Lottie Murphy
1998An Unexpected Life as Harriet Rothman
1998Pumpkin Man as Mrs. Shadboldt
1997Wishmaster as Wendy Derleth
1997Smart Guy (1 Episode) as Unknown
1997The Practice (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996An Unexpected Family as Harriet Rothman
1996Dangerous Minds (4 Episodes) as Jean Warner
1996Life's Work (5 Episodes) as Unknown
1996E! True Hollywood Story (1 Episode) as Unknown
1996A Case for Life as Judge Barnes
1996Terminal as Margaret Desmond
1995The Drew Carey Show (1 Episode) as Judge White
1995A Mother's Prayer as Val
1994ER (2 Episodes) as Rhonda Sterling
1994Chicago Hope (1 Episode) as Unknown
1994Party of Five (1 Episode) as Sylvia Wringler
1994Angie as Kathy
1993NYPD Blue (1 Episode) as Mrs. Follender
1993At Home with the Webbers as Mrs. Nelson
1991Cast a Deadly Spell as Amber Peru
1991Career Opportunities as Dotty Dodge
1991The Less Than Perfect Daughter as Irene Harmon
1990Beverly Hills, 90210 (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as Carol Janssen
1989Live-In (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1988Murphy Brown (1 Episode) as Lisa
1988The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick as Lisa
1986My Sister Sam (44 Episodes) as Dixie Randazzo
1986L.A. Law (1 Episode) as Dr. Sarah Evans
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Unknown
1983Another Woman's Child as Peggy
1982St. Elsewhere (1 Episode) as Unknown
1982Remington Steele (1 Episode) as Amy Fogelson / Agnes Fowley
1981Bret Maverick (1 Episode) as Unknown
1981Simon & Simon (1 Episode) as Unknown
1980Blinded by the Light as Rose
1980Secrets of Midland Heights (10 Episodes) as Unknown
1980The Last Song as Deb Pierce
1980The Women's Room as Mrs. Martinelli
1980The Last Married Couple in America as Dancing Lady at First Party
1979Letters from Frank as Patty Miller
1979Trapper John, M.D. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1979The Facts of Life (13 Episodes) as Miss Emily Mahoney
1979Blind Ambition (4 Episodes) as Liz Garfield
1979Highcliffe Manor (6 Episodes) as Rebecca
1979Tales of the Unexpected (1 Episode) as Pearson's Wife
1979Mrs. Columbo (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978A Fire in the Sky as Ann Webster
1978Black Beauty (5 Episodes) as Ruth Manly
1977The Hunted Lady as Carol Arizzio
1977CHiPs (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1977Good Against Evil as The Woman
1976Quincy, M.E. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1976Charlie's Angels (1 Episode) as Bloody Mary
1976The Return of the World's Greatest Detective as Dr. Joan Watson
1976Brinks: The Great Robbery as Maggie Hefner
1975Starsky & Hutch (1 Episode) as Unknown
1975Rock-a-Die Baby as Shelley
1975Barney Miller (1, 1 Episode) as Sgt. Holly Scofield, Teresa Schnable
1974The Rockford Files (1 Episode) as Operator
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Ann Murray
1973Police Story (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1972ABC Afterschool Special (1 Episode) as Irene Harmon
1972The Streets of San Francisco (1 Episode) as Unknown