Jeanne first landed a recurring role on a CBC sitcom called "TOBY" in 1968. At 19, after playing a mixed bag of characters on various Canadian and US productions, she headed for New York City to study at the celebrated Herbert Berghoff Studio. A year later, she returned and entered the Theatre program at York University in Toronto.
Afterward, Jeanne went to Paris and studied mime with Marcel Marceau’s teacher, the great Etienne Decroux. In a strange turn of events, she found herself living in Newfoundland circa 1975, the only professional mime artist in the province! Not wanting to risk the chance of starving in a garret, (to say nothing of the fact that mimes weren’t in great demand at the time), she landed a gig with CBC radio reporting on arts and entertainment, regionally and for the network.
Three years later, Jeanne again returned to Toronto, this time to work for CHUM Radio, producing daily lifestyle and entertainment features. That was 1978, the year CHUM bought Citytv. The TV station was eager to produce a music magazine show, and Jeanne was brought on board to co-star in the ground-breaking, award-winning show, The NewMusic. (The NewMusic won an Iris Award in 1984). The next year she became entertainment anchor and reporter for the station’s popular news show CityPulse while continuing her duties at the NewMusic.
When MuchMusic was launched in 1984, Jeanne was there, anchoring Rockflash segments. In 1985, growing a little weary of the intense diet of rock ‘n’ roll, she jumped at the chance to host FT-FashionTelevision which is now Citytv’s most widely syndicated show, with viewers across Canada and in over 100 countries around the world. In the U.S., FT-FashionTelevision is shown on E!, a national basic cable channel. In 1988, Citytv launched FT’s companion show MT-MovieTelevision, (also syndicated across Canada and in over 30 Pan-Asian countries on Star TV) with Jeanne at the helm.
Never one to rest too long, Jeanne regularly provides magazines with
feature stories writing for such publications as Mirabella, Chatelaine,
Modern Woman and Marquee, and has her own monthly column in
the Canadian fashion magazine FLARE. She also writes a weekly
syndicated column for Southam and hosts Fashion Radio, a daily feature
heard on stations across Canada. In 1995, Jeanne acted as editorial
director and helped launch INTERNET MCI’s new "@fashion" programme.
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