Jeanmarie Simpson

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name = Jeanmarie Simpson


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caption = Jeanmarie Simpson in Bel Air, June 2007
birthname = Jeannemarie Simpson
birthdate = Birth date and age|1959|11|20
birthplace = Ray, Arizona
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occupation = American peace activist and theatre/film artist.
yearsactive = 1972-Present

Jeanmarie Simpson (born November 20, 1959 in Ray, Arizona) is an American peace activist and theatre/film artist.

Early life

The daughter of Maria Luisa Jugo, a Venezuelan-American and Donald Leroy Simpson, an American mining engineer, Jeanmarie Simpson was raised in rural Arizona. Her family's move to Toronto, Canada in 1970 led to her theatre training. [ http://asinglewomanmovie.com/jeanmarie-simpson-crew.html]

Career

She is founding artistic director of the Nevada Shakespeare Company. She starred in the "film version" of her play, "A Single Woman", based on the life of first US Congresswoman and lifelong pacifist, Jeannette Rankin. [http://asinglewomanmovie.com]

Activism

Jeanmarie Simpson is a Lifetime Member of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, sitting on the National Board of the US Section as of June, 2006. She has been a pacifist and human rights/peace activist since 1984, when she observed the disparity between the wealthy and socio-economically challenged members of society while working as a Special Projects Coordinator for Consolidated Agencies of Human Service in Hawthorne, Nevada. [http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=33060]

Children and Family

A mother of three (Domenic Stockton born May 12, 1979, Paul Stockton born June 21, 1981 and Emily Harbaugh born July 24 1985) and a grandmother (Casey Joel Stockton born November 1, 2006), Jeanmarie Simpson is one of six siblings. Simpson is the cousin of film artist Kamala Lopez. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2336080/]

Current Activities

In August of 2006, Simpson moved from Reno, Nevada, where she had spent most of the previous 28 years, to Los Angeles, California. She writes a weekly column for the online entertainment and culture site, "Buzzine.com". [http://www.buzzine.com/author/jeanmariesimpson/]

References

External links

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* [http://nevada-shakespeare.org/jeanmariesimpson.html Jeanmarie Simpson on the Nevada Shakespeare Company site]