--- name: "Jill Eikenberry" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jill-eikenberry" fi1m_id: "jill-eikenberry" imdb_id: "nm0251708" tmdb_id: 44712 wikidata_id: "Q442193" roles: ["Actor"] born: "21 January 1947" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-04T17:12:06.839584+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jill Eikenberry ## Identity Jill Eikenberry - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jill-eikenberry - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jill-eikenberry - **IMDb ID:** nm0251708 - **TMDB ID:** 44712 - **Wikidata ID:** Q442193 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Eikenberry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44712 Actor. Born 21 January 1947 in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 21 January 1947, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. - **Active:** 1978–1981 - **Also known as:** Jill Susan Eikenberry - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 82 (1), 1980s 72 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Eikenberry, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q442193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251708/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/44712 ## Streaming the US now - **The Roku Channel:** [*Arthur*](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) (72) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jill Eikenberry is an American actress who has worked in film, television and theatre. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, she studied anthropology at Barnard College before training at the Yale School of Drama. She began her career on stage in the early 1970s and made her feature-film debut in the late 1970s. Eikenberry is known for playing Susan Johnson in the 1981 comedy *Arthur* and for her long-running role as lawyer Ann Kelsey in the NBC series *L.A. Law* (1986–94). For the latter she received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 1989. She received an Obie Award in 1986 for her performances in the Off-Broadway plays *Lemon Sky* and *Life Under Water*. Eikenberry has been married to actor Michael Tucker since 1973; the couple appeared together on *L.A. Law*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Arthur* (1981), Fi1m 72, as Susan Johnson — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) - *An Unmarried Woman* (1978), Fi1m 82, as Claire — [page](https://film.one/film/an-unmarried-woman.md) ## Complete filmography (64) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Phyllis Pierson - *Chantilly Bridge* (2023), as Val - *Evening News* (2019), as Gloria - *In Reality* (2018), as Aunt Doreen - *Elly And Henry* (2017), as Female Narrator - *The Good Fight* (2017), series, as Sharon Booth - *Keep in Touch* (2015), as Barbara - *Young Adult* (2011), as Hedda Gary - *Something Borrowed* (2011), as Bridget Thaler - *Body of Proof* (2011), series, as Lillian Parkson - *Suburban Girl* (2007), as Marlene Eisenberg - *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Susan Doran - *Manna from Heaven* (2002), as Dottie - *L.A. Law: The Movie* (2002), as Ann Kelsey - *Roughing It* (2002), as Livy Clemens - *Roughing It* (2002), series, as Livy Clemens - *Stop at Nothing* (2001), Actor - *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Councilwoman Evelyn Barrett - *Judging Amy* (1999), series, as Sheila Townsend - *Batman Beyond* (1999), series, as Carter's Mom (voice) - *Gone in a Heartbeat* (1996), as Jan Hale - *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor - *My Very Best Friend* (1996), as Barbara - *Dare to Love* (1995), as Alicia Wells - *The Other Woman* (1995), as Tessa - *Rugged Gold* (1994), as Martha Martin - *Without Consent* (1994), as Michelle Mills - *On Hope* (1994), Actor - *Parallel Lives* (1994), as Lula Sparks - *Tracey Ullman Takes on New York* (1993), as Jessica Stern - *Chantilly Lace* (1993), as Val - *A Town Torn Apart* (1992), as Ellen Kreiger - *Living a Lie* (1991), as Joanne · Co-Producer - *An Inconvenient Woman* (1991), series, as Pauline Mendelson - *Runaway Heart* (1990), as Bunny - *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Irene Matson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) - *Cast the First Stone* (1989), as Diane Martin - *My Boyfriend's Back* (1989), as Debbie McGuire - *Mickey's 60th Birthday* (1988), as Mia Loud - *A Stoning in Fulham County* (1988), as Susan - *A Family Again* (1988), as Clare Foster - *Family Sins* (1987), as Kate Williams - *Assault and Matrimony* (1987), as Sylvia - *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Ann Kelsey - *L.A. Law: Pilot* (1986), as Ann Kelsey - *The Manhattan Project* (1986), as Elizabeth Stephens - *Kane & Abel* (1985), series, as Susan Lester - *Sessions* (1983), as Maggie - *Arthur* (1981), as Susan Johnson — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md) - *Nurse* (1981), series, Actor - *Hill Street Blues* (1981), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/hill-street-blues.md) - *Hide in Plain Sight* (1980), as Alisa Hacklin - *Swan Song* (1980), as Anna - *Orphan Train* (1979), as Emma Symms - *Rich Kids* (1979), as Juilliard Student - *Uncommon Women and Others* (1979), as Kate Quin - *Butch and Sundance: The Early Days* (1979), as Mary - *An Unmarried Woman* (1978), as Claire — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/an-unmarried-woman.md) - *Rush It* (1978), as Merrill - *A Night Full of Rain* (1978), Actor - *Between the Lines* (1977), as Lynn - *The Deadliest Season* (1977), as Carole Eskanazi - *They've Killed President Lincoln!* (1971), as Anne Surratt - *Great Performances* (1971), series, as Kate Quin ## Gallery - ![Jill Eikenberry (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/1246174/gallery-ebe30a7c8330.webp) Jill Eikenberry (2023) — VerilySubsisting, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/JillEikenberry.webp?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![P.B.S. July fourth celebration Washington D.C. 1998 (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/1246174/gallery-39d1557a9e6b.jpg) P.B.S. July fourth celebration Washington D.C. 1998 (2019) — John Mathew Smith & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Jill_Eikenberry_1998.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jill Eikenberry](https://film.one/media/person/1246174/gallery-90e28b170fdc.jpg) Jill Eikenberry — Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Jill_Eikenberry_at_the_41st_Emmy_Awards_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![1989 Emmy Awards NOTE: Permission granted to copy, publish, broadcast or post any of my photos, but please credit "photo by Alan Light" if you can. Thanks. 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