Her final curtain fell, and nobody was ready.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Harmon, the Broadway force you knew without<\/p>\n
knowing her name, is gone at 82\u2014and the story of what she carried on her shoulders for decades will break you.<\/p>\n
She was never the loudest name on the marquee, yet Jennifer Harmon\u2019s presence shaped generations of theatergoers.<\/p>\n
From Pasadena to Broadway, she moved with a quiet ferocity, building a career that stretched across 21 productions and countless television roles.<\/p>\n
Her work on soaps like How to Survive a Marriage and One Life to Live<\/p>\n
brought her into living rooms daily, but it was under the stage lights that she seemed most at home.<\/p>\n
Harmon stood ready in the shadows for stars like Stockard Channing, Judi Dench, and Jessica Lange, the trusted understudy who had to be brilliant on a moment\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n
That takes courage few ever see and even fewer applaud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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