Janet Zarish (born April 21, 1954) is an American actress known for her work in television, movies and the theatre. She is Associate Arts Professor and Head of Acting of the Graduate Acting Program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She received her B.F.A. at The Juilliard School under John Houseman.Tisch School faculty page
Career Zarish has appeared on and Off-Broadway, starring in Other People's Money at the Minetta Lane Theater and Miss Julie at the Roundabout Theatre. She appeared in soap operas as Natalie Bannon on As the World Turns in the early 1980s, and as Lee Halpern on One Life to Live from 1986 to 1988, and again from 2008 to 2009. She has also guest starred on Law & Order, Forever, New York Undercover, Seinfeld, Mad About You, and Blue Bloods.Soaps.com Bio Zarish acted in a Seinfeld episode, "The Alternate Side,"; it was selected as one of Seinfeld's top ten episodes by Rolling Stone.Master of Their Domain: 10 Great 'Seinfeld' Episodes In film, she played supporting roles in Mystic PizzaMystic Pizza - cast list and The Next Big Thing.The Next Big Thing - cast list She directed "Measure For Measure" off-Broadway at The Duke Theater.
Personal life Zarish was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 21, 1954. She was married to actor Mark Blum until his death on March 25, 2020.
References
External links
Janet Zarish at the Internet Theatre Database