Harley Jane Kozak

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caption = Harley Jane Kozak, September 7, 2005
birthdate = Birth date and age|1957|1|28|mf=y
birthplace = Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Harley Jane Kozak (January 28 1957) is an American actress and author.

Kozak was born Susan Jane Karen Kozak in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Dorothy (née Taraldsen), a university music teacher, and Joseph Aloysius Kozak, an attorney. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Harley-Jane-Kozak.html Harley Jane Kozak Biography (1957-) ] ] She was raised in Nebraska and attended New York University. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800146381/bio Harley Jane Kozak Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ]

Kozak starred in movies such as"The Favor", "Parenthood", "When Harry Met Sally...", "Arachnophobia", "All I Want for Christmas" and the soap operas "Texas" (from 1981 to 1982 as Brette Wheeler), "Guiding Light" (from 1983 to 1985 and a one day voice over in February 1990, as both Annabelle Sims Reardon and Annabelle's deceased mother, in 1983 flashbacks, Annie Sims) and "Santa Barbara" (from 1985 to 1987 and again in 1989, as former nun, Mary Duvall McCormick). Kozak was originally chosen to play Karen Sammler in the TV show "Once and Again". She filmed the pilot, but withdrew from the series when she became pregnant with her first child. The role went to Susanna Thompson.

Kozak has written three novels: "Dating Dead Men" (2004), "Dating Is Murder : A Novel" (2005), and "Dead Ex" (2007), all of which feature greeting card designer and amateur sleuth Wollie Shelley, a woman with very eccentric friends and family. All three are published by Doubleday, a division of Random House. "Dating Dead Men" obtained an Agatha Award for best first novel in 2004.

She lives in Topanga Canyon, California.

Bibliography

*ISBN 0-385-51018-7 "Dating Dead Men"
*ISBN 0-385-51034-9 "Dating Is Murder : A Novel"
*ISBN 0-385-51802-1 "Dead Ex"

References

External links

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