ABOUT
JAYNE
KENNEDY
For millions of American women who came of age in the 1960s and 70s, Jayne Kennedy was more than The "It Girl." A cherished role model for all women, and African American women in particular, Jayne Kennedy was an inspiration. An ICON.
Jayne had the image that women conjured when they thought of a woman whose real life appeared to be of what Hollywood movies were made.
With beauty destined for wealth and fame, her career and private life were seemingly perfect – straight out of a bestseller romance novel!
Beginning her Hollywood debut in 1971, she first appeared as a dancer on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.
She then performed with Bob Hope’s Bases Around the World Christmas Tour in Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Japan, Cuba & Spain, followed by three years as a singer/dancer on the Dean Martin Show.
Starring in primetime television and film encompassed three decades for Jayne.
However, on any given Sunday from 1978-1980, millions of American households to the tune of a then record setting 27+ share remember Jayne Kennedy for her groundbreaking tenure as co-anchor on the previously all-male desk of the most popular network sports show in television history: the Emmy Award Winning CBS's The NFL Today.
As one of the first female sports broadcasters, she destroyed the myth that women could not make it in the world of sports broadcasting, blasting the doors wide open for women in sports for generations to come...
