Jean Kasem



Jean Kasem (born Jean Thompson on 15th November 1954)[1]  is an American actress.

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[hide]  *1 Biography  ==Biography[edit] == ===Early life[edit] === Jean Kasem was one of five children, with siblings Jeanette, Shirley, Joan and Tommy Thompson, of Irene Celia Thompson (1919-2008) and Herbert Owens Thompson Sr. (deceased).[2]  She lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before her civil-servant father moved the family to Guam in 1963 to help stop her recurring pneumonia.[3]  She attended the University of Guam at age 16, but after marrying a U.S. Navy lieutenant when she was 17, she left to work as a waitress and saleswoman on U.S. military bases throughout the Pacific Ocean to which her husband was posted. The marriage lasted six years.[3]  Kasem then moved to California and unsuccessfully attempted to find work in broadcast journalism. Frustrated, she joined an acting workshop and soon found roles on such TV series as Matt Houston, Fantasy Island and Alice.[3] ===Career[edit] === Kasem played the recurring role of Loretta Tortelli, the dimwitted wife of Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya) on Cheers and as a cast-member of the short-lived spinoff The Tortellis. She also had a brief appearance in Ghostbusters as one of Louis Tulley's party guests.[citation needed]  Kasem has also worked as voice actor for such animated television series as Darkwing Duck, 2 Stupid Dogs, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaggy_%26_Scooby-Doo_Get_a_Clue! Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!], Johnny Bravo, and Mother Goose and Grimm''.
 * 1.1 Early life
 * 1.2 Career
 * 1.3 Personal life
 * 2 References
 * 3 External links

She made guest appearances in several movies and television shows, including Growing Pains, Cybill, Hunter, 'Hollywood Squares, My Two Dads, Hope & Gloria and others.[citation needed]

She holds 12 patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, all pertaining to crib and canopy design, developed for her crib business, Little Miss Liberty Round Crib Company.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4] ===Personal life<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === <p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">She has been married to radio personality Casey Kasem since 1980 and they have one child together, Liberty Jean Kasem.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-time_5-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In 1989, Casey Kasem purchased a house built in 1954 and located at 138 North Mapleton Drive, previously owned by developer Abraham M. Lurie, as a birthday present for her.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ruthryon_6-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-meganwillett_7-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]  In 2013, he listed it for US$43 million.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ruthryon_6-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-meganwillett_7-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">In October 2013, Kerri Kasem, one of Casey Kasem's three children from his first marriage, said her father was suffering from Parkinson's disease.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kabc_8-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]  On October 1, Kerri Kasem, her siblings and Casey Kasem's brother protested outside Casey and Jean Kasem's home, saying Jean Kasem had been preventing contact with Casey Kasem for three months.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-kabc_8-1" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-tmz100113_9-0" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]  On October 7, Julie Kasem and her husband, Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, filed a conservatorship petition to place Casey Kasem under their care.