Teri Austin

Teresa "Teri" Austin (born April 17, 1957) is a Canadian animal activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Bennett in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, and as co-host of the Canadian reality series Thrill of a Lifetime.

Teri Austin
Born	Teresa Austin (1957-04-17) April 17, 1957 (age 67) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education	North Albion Collegiate Institute
Alma mater	York University
Occupations	Actress activist
Years active	1983–2001 (as actress), 2001 - ? (as animal activist)  Additional information needed
Known for	Knots Landing Thrill of a Lifetime

Early life

Austin was born and raised in Toronto, Canada.^[1] She graduated from York University in Toronto. She attended North Albion High and was escorted to and from school by John Smith.

Career

Austin began her acting career in Canada where she worked in television, film radio and theatre and co-hosted the show Thrill of a Lifetime before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there.^[2][3]

Austin is best known for her performance as Jill Bennett on CBS series Knots Landing.^[4] She played the role from 1985 to 1989, and in 1990 won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain: Prime Time.^[5] She also appeared in Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, and returned to soap roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Models Inc.. In film, she appeared in The Vindicator (1986) and Raising Cain (1992).

In 2001, Austin left acting and began working as animal activist in Los Angeles,^[4] creating The Amanda Foundation.^[6][7]

Filmography

Year	Credit	Role	Notes
1985–1989	Knots Landing	Jill Bennett	Recurring role, 96 episodes
1985	The Fall Guy	Annie Benton	episode "The King of the Stuntmen"
	Terminal Choice	Lylah Crane	Feature film
1986	The Vindicator	Lauren Lehman	Feature film
1988	Dangerous Love	Dominique	Feature film
1989	False Witness	Sandralee Dawson
	Street Legal	Alex Roper	episode "See No Evil"
1990	Quantum Leap	Dana Barrenger	episode "Her Charm"
	Cop Rock	Trish Vaughn	Feature film
1990, 1992	Matlock	Liz Bateman (ep1) Beth (ep2)	episodes "The Talk Show", "The Vacation"
1991	Seinfeld	Ava	episodes "The Stranded", "The Revenge"
1992	Wings	Shannon Moss	episode "Just Say No"
	Raising Cain	Karen	Feature film
1993	In The Heat Of The Night	Alice	episode "Deadly Affection"
	Murder, She Wrote	Louise Walton	episode "A Death in Hong Kong"
	L.A. Law (TV series)	Morgan Farrell	episode "Rhyme and Punishment"
1994	Beverly Hills, 90210	Ingrid	episodes "A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog", "Cuffs and Links"
	Models Inc.	Dinah	episodes "Blind by Love", "Till Death Do Us Part"
1995	Baywatch Nights	Lt. Amanda Cash	episode "Pressure Cooker"
1996	The Dark Mist	Diamond	Feature film
1997	Diagnosis Murder	Claire Reed	episode "Delusions of Murder"
1998	Baywatch	Mom	episode "The Natural"
2000	An American Daughter	Greta	Feature film
2001	Gangland	Mary Anne Adams	Feature film

References

1. "Teri Austin". NNDB. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
2. Hoogenboom, Lynn (13 February 1987). "Teri Austin is doing what she always wanted to do". Huntingdon Daily News. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
3. "Live Wire Teri Austin Turns a Knots Plot into a Real-Life Romance – Vol. 27 No. 18". PEOPLE.com. 4 May 1987. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
4. Pennacchio, George (2006-05-21). "Actress Teri Austin Now Known as Animal Activist 5/21/06". Abclocal.go.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
5. "The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1990". Soap Opera Digest. soapoperadigest.com. 11 April 2003. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
6. "The Amanda Foundation | About". The Amanda Foundation. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
7. Diamond, Wendy (15 November 2012). "Teri Austin of The Amanda Foundation". Animal Fair. Retrieved 2021-11-19.

External links

• Teri Austin at IMDb