Jewell, Geri

Geri Jewell
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Name	Jewell, Geri Gender: F
Birthname	Geraldine Ann Jewell
born on	13 September 1956 at 08:34 (= 08:34 AM )
Place	Buffalo, New York, 42n53, 78w53
Timezone	EDT h4w (is daylight saving time)
Data source	Bio/autobiography Rodden Rating B Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	20°41' 07°21 Asc. 09°23'

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Biography

American comedian, actress, motivational speaker, and disability and diversity consultant.

Her role on the television program The Facts of Life (from 1980 to 1984) made her the first person with a disability to have a regular role on a prime time series, as well as the first actor with cerebral palsy to be featured on a TV series. Jewell appeared as the recurring character "Jewel" on the HBO original series Deadwood from 2004 to 2006.

The title of her 2011 autobiography "I'm Walking as Straight as I Can" refers to both her cerebral palsy and lesbianism.

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Relationships

• associate relationship with Whelchel, Lisa (born 29 May 1963). Notes: co-stars on "The Facts of Life"

Events

• Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 2011 (Autobiography)

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes her in "I'm Walking as Straight as I Can: Transcending Disability in Hollywood and Beyond" by Geri Jewell and Ted Nichelson (ECW Press, 2011): "In 1956 . . . My mother was rushed to the Sisters Hospital in Buffalo . . . On the morning of September 13 at 8:34 a.m., I came into the world with a faint heartbeat..."

Categories

• Passions : Sexuality : Lesbian

• Vocation : Education : Public speaker

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress

• Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy

• Vocation : Healing Fields : Other Healing Fields (Disability and diversity consultant)

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer