Jennifer Runyon

Acting

Jennifer Runyon

Born 1960-04-01 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

​Jennifer Runyon was an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the slasher film To All a Goodnight (1980), and went on to have supporting roles in the comedies Up the Creek (1984) and Ghostbusters (1984). She was further known for guest appearances or secondary characters in various television series, as well as a couple of made-for-TV movies. Among these roles are Sally Frame on Another World (1981–1983), Gwendolyn Pierce on Charles in Charge (1984–1985), and replacing Susan Olsen as Cindy Brady in A Very Brady Christmas (1988). Runyon also had a small part in Ghostbusters (1984), alongside Bill Murray and she starred in Up the Creek that same year. She was a guest on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1991. In 1988, Jennifer played the lead in The In Crowd and was in the pilot of the TV series Quantum Leap. She also starred in the comedy 18 Again!. In 1990 she played a supporting role in the World War II parody A Man Called Sarge, produced by Gene Corman, brother of Roger Corman and father to her husband Todd Corman. Her last role was in Carnosaur (1993). Residing in San Clemente, California. In a 2014 interview, Runyon stated she was semiretired from acting, and instead working as a teacher; she also stated that she co-hosted her own cooking podcast. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jennifer Runyon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Ghostbusters poster
7.5

After losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.

Ghostbusters

1984

The Falcon and the Snowman poster
6.4

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

18 Again! poster
5.6

81-year-old millionaire Jack Watson switches bodies with his 18-year-old grandson David, leading the two to experience life on opposite ends of the age spectrum. But when David, trapped in Jack's aged body, ends up in a coma, his grandfather must use his meager knowledge of the youth to prevent his family from pulling the plug.

18 Again!

1988

Up the Creek poster
5.7

Bob McGraw is in his 12th year of college, goofing his way through life. Bob, Irwing, Gonzer and Max are the four losers forced and bribed to represent their university in an intercollegiate raft race. Forced and bribed into this role, they make some friends, the lovely Heather Merriweather, but mostly enemies, among others a whole team of marines, and preppy IVY-leaguers determined to win.

Up the Creek

1984

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster
6.9

The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

Carnosaur poster
4.2

After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.

Carnosaur

1993

Terror Tales poster
2.0

After being abducted by a psychopath, a husband is subjected to three horrific tales of terror while his family is held captive in an attached cargo trailer.

Terror Tales

2016

A Very Brady Christmas poster
6.2

Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a structural problem in one of the buildings he designed. As he is inspecting the problem, the building collapses, trapping him inside. As the whole family waits by the pile of rubble, they fear the worst. Will Dad be all right?

A Very Brady Christmas

1988

Killing Streets poster
5.4

A young Marine is kidnapped by terrorists in Lebanon. His twin brother, frustrated at his inability to get any kind of information from the government about his brother's plight, travels to Lebanon with a plan for his own rescue operation.

Killing Streets

1991

Master Ninja II poster
7.2

Lee Van Cleef and Timoty Van Patten are back in this "sequel" to their last "movie" about a ninja and his apprentice battling evil wherever they go. In reality, it's two episodes of failed TV show 'The Master' repackaged as a movie. Also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Master Ninja II

1984

The In Crowd poster
6.1

A young man of the rock and roll generation is in his senior year of high school. When one day he successfully gets on a popular teen dance television show he becomes a star. The plot follows him as he lives his new life in his new world. What he finds are adoring fans, jealous rivals, bitter friends left behind, and the girl of his dreams...his dance partner.

The In Crowd

1988

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story poster
7.4

The true story of treasure hunter Mel Fisher, who spent much of his life--and his fortune--hunting for sunken Spanish treasure galleons off the coast of Florida.

Dreams of Gold: The Mel Fisher Story

1986

Till Death Us Do Part poster
7.0

This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Charles Manson away.) On December 11, 1966, a murder occurs in a small neighborhood of El Sereno, CA. In the middle of the night, Henry Stockton is shot three times in the head and twice in the chest and then his house is set on fire. The murderer left no clues, baffling the police, until a year later when a young pregnant woman is found bludgeoned to death in a Jaguar. Strangely, these two murders are related. As the mystery unfolds a horrific tale of greed, lust and ambition are revealed.

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

Blue De Ville poster
9.0

Two girls cruise the country in a 1959 blue Cadillac DeVille. They originally had set out to find one's missing father (a career soldier who abandoned his family after service in Vietnam), but experience numerous misadventures along the way.

Blue De Ville

1986

To All a Goodnight poster
4.6

A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

To All a Goodnight

1980

A Man Called Sarge poster
3.0

In the midst of WWII, a group of half-witted soldiers lead by a slightly smarter sergeant, battle the Germans and especially Von Kraut in the desert.

A Man Called Sarge

1990

Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death poster
5.5

In this sequel, Bloodsucka Jones and his friends must battle zombies, weight gain, and tumbleweeds as they attempt to save the world from certain doom.

Bloodsucka Jones vs. The Creeping Death

2017

Flight of the Spruce Goose poster
8.0

A Pittsburgh miner kidnaps a model and drives her to Hollywood to see Howard Hughes' plane, the Spruce Goose.

Flight of the Spruce Goose

1986

Tagteam poster
6.6

Tricky Rick MacDonald and Billy The Body Youngblood are two of the best wrestlers in the country. They are told to take a dive by the wife of a promoter. If they don't, she will make sure they are blackballed from wrestling. When they don't do what she says, they are fired immediately. They try many jobs without any success. When they stop a grocery store robbery, they get the idea to be cops. So begins a new chapter in the life of this tag team. Bad guys, watch out!!!

Tagteam

1991

Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival poster
2.4

After a death in the family, siblings Angelica and James Zacherly travel to the small town of East Willard on Christmas Eve to pay their respects. They stay at a homely bed and breakfast where they learn the legend of Black Peter, Santa Claus' vengeful brother. But when they find the lost journal of Jeffrey Butler, they discover the town has its own sordid history - one more rooted in reality.

Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival

2015