Glynnis O'Connor 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, the short-lived TV series Sons and Daughters, and the films Ode to Billy Joe and Jeremy, all of which co-starred Robby Benson She also co-starred in "Baby Blue Marine" with Jan-Michael Vincent.
O'Connor was born in New Rochelle, New York, and is the daughter of stage, film and TV actress, Lenka Peterson, and film producer, Daniel O'Connor. She appeared in the 1976 John Travolta - Diana Hyland tearjerker made-for-television film The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. In 1984, Ms. O'Connor starred as Leola Mae Harmon in the made-for-TV movie Why Me?, a tearjerker about an Air Force nurse who underwent facial reconstruction surgery where her labia were transplanted to her lips.
In 1986, O'Connor appeared in the NBC made-for-tv movie The Deliberate Stranger with Mark Harmon. From the late 1990s through 2004, she 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 appeared in the film Our Last Days as Children.
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