Jaclyn Bernstein (born August 15, 1978) is an American writer and poet. Her work has been published in the Brattle Street Review.
She gained prominence in the 1980s as a child actress, with roles on The Golden Girls, Family Ties, 227, Highway to Heaven, For Keeps? and The Rain Children, a Pacific Bell mini-series of advertising campaign commercials featured in Dumb and Dumber.
Acting career She began working at age three and appeared in over 100 commercials as a child. Bernstein made her television debut in St. Elsewhere followed by an episode of The Twilight Zone. As a child performer she worked with Jerry Lewis, Morgan Freeman, Patty Duke, Nell Carter, Michael J. Fox, Raquel Welch, Marion Ross, Denzel Washington, Howie Mandel, Cindy William, Lesley Ann Warren, Michael Landon, Molly Ringwald, David Steinberg, Wes Craven, Gary David Goldberg, Christina Pickles, and Conchata Ferrell. She won a Young Artist Award in 1987 for her role in A Fight For Jenny.
Filmography
Writing Credits +YearTitleNotes2019Frontline of HumanityWriter
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1986Poltergeist II: The Other SideYoung Diane1988For KeepsMary Bobrucz1988Journey to the Center of the EarthSara1993Family PrayersJulie1994Dumb and DumberLucy2017The StorkTerri
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1985St. ElsewhereBettyEpisode: "Cheers"1985, 1986The Twilight ZoneMegan McDowell / Debbie Cunningham2 episodes1986Highway to HeavenMyraEpisode: "Heaven on Earth"1986A Fight for JennyJennifer WilkesTelevision film1986WebsterCindy / Trick or Treater2 episodes1986FameThe Older YoungsterEpisode: "All I Want for Christmas"1987Fight for LifeFelice AbramsTelevision film1987CBS Summer PlayhouseDeniseEpisode: "The Time of Their Lives"1987Right to DieLynnTelevision film1987WerewolfAnnaEpisode: "All Hallow's Eve"1987The Golden GirlsLindaEpisode: "Letter to Gorbachev"1988Buck JamesMelinda BranniganEpisode: "To Everything a Season"1988Police Story: BurnoutChristinaTelevision film1988A Very Brady ChristmasJessica Logan1989227EmilyEpisode: "Babes in the Woods"1989Family TiesMarlaEpisode: "Simon Says"1989The People Next DoorAurora Kellogg10 episodes1990The BradysJessica Logan4 episodes1990, 1991Empty NestNancy / Amanda2 episodes1991You Take the KidsEpisode: "Bad Boy"1991The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirGirl at PartyEpisode: "Just Infatuation"1991Coconut DownsSara Van BurenTelevision film1991Brooklyn BridgeStudentEpisode: "War of the Worlds"1992Step by StepPattyEpisode: "The Boys in the Band"1993BlossomElizabethEpisode: "Blossom in Paris: Part 1"
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