Glynnis O'Connor
Acting • Born 1955-11-19
Biography
Glynnis O'Connor (born November 19, 1955) is an American actress, perhaps best-known for her work in the mid-1970s, including her lead actress roles in the TV version of Our Town and the films Ode to Billy Joe and Jeremy, all of which co-starred Robby Benson. O'Connor was born in New York City, the daughter of stage, film and TV actress Lenka Peterson and Daniel O'Connor, a film producer. She appeared in the 1976 tearjerker, the John Travolta - Diana Hyland feature film, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. As of the late 1990s and continuing into 2004, she has had a recurring role as Anne Paulsen on Law & Order. In 2007, she starred in the independent feature film "P.J.", co-starring John Heard, Vincent Pastore and Robert Picardo, and is also appearing in the film Our Last Days as Children. One of O'Connor's four brothers is director Brian O'Connor. She is presently married to Douglas Stern and has two daughters, Lindsay and Hana Stern.
Filmography
56 credits
New Best Friend
Movie • 2002
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
Movie • 1976
Gina Biggs
Ode to Billy Joe
Movie • 1976
Bobbie Lee Hartley
Jeremy
Movie • 1973
Susan Rollins
Johnny Dangerously
Movie • 1984
Sally
Baby Blue Marine
Movie • 1976
Rose
The Deliberate Stranger
Movie • 1986
Cas Richter
Why Me?
Movie • 1984
Leola Mae Harmon
Melanie
Movie • 1982
Melanie Daniel
Kid Vengeance
Movie • 1976
Lisa Thurston
Night Crossing
Movie • 1982
Petra Wetzel
Those Lips, Those Eyes
Movie • 1980
Ramona
Our Town
Movie • 1977
Emily Webb
Too Good to Be True
Movie • 1988
Ruth Berent
Someone I Touched
Movie • 1975
Carrie
Sins of the Father
Movie • 1985
To Heal a Nation
Movie • 1988
Becky Scruggs
California Dreaming
Movie • 1979
Corky
Senior Year
Movie • 1974
Anita Cramer
Summer of Fear
Movie • 1996
Winnie
The Historian
Movie • 2014
Dean Jan Messer
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
Movie • 1984
Lois
Past the Bleachers
Movie • 1995
Harper Parish
Saint Maybe
Movie • 1998
Claudia Bedloe
My Kidnapper, My Love
Movie • 1980
GeeGee / Arlette Fairlain
Little Mo
Movie • 1978
Maureen Connolly
Angelica
Movie • 2017
Older Constance
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Movie • 1990
Molly Fitzsimons
P.J.
Movie • 2008
Evelyn
Death in Small Doses
Movie • 1995
Nancy Lyon
A Conspiracy of Love
Movie • 1987
Marcia Woldarski
Diane
Movie • 2019
Dottie
A Bread Factory, Part One: For the Sake of Gold
Movie • 2018
Jan
All Together Now
Movie • 1975
Carol Lindsay
Nightmare in the Daylight
Movie • 1992
Sloan Evans
The Trouble with Cali
Movie • 2012
Avie Bluejones
The White Lions
Movie • 1981
Jeannie McBride
Ellen Foster
Movie • 1997
Charlotte Nelson Hammond
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Movie • 2018
Jan
Police Story: Cop Killer
Movie • 1988
Lynn Lewis
The Fighter
Movie • 1983
Rindy Banks
Love Is Not Forever
Movie • 1974
Anita
Sand Dollar Cove
Movie • 2021
Nana
Getting It Over With
Movie • 1978
Ruthie
The Rookies
TV • 1972
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "The Storyteller")
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Raquel Kurtz
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Charlotte Foster
Harry O
TV • 1974
Sons and Daughters
TV • 1974
Anita Cramer
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Anne Paulsen
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Claudia Bedloe
Black Beauty
TV • 1978
Phyllis Carpenter
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Reverend Poole
Young Americans
TV • 2000
Donna Banks
The Deliberate Stranger
TV • 1986
Cas Richter