Up for auction “Melrose Place” Josie Bissett Hand Signed 8X10 Color Photo. This item is authenticated By Todd
Mueller Autographs and comes with their certificate of authenticity. ES-9952 Jolyn Christine Heutmaker (born
October 5, 1970), known professionally as Josie Bissett, is an
American actress. She is known for her role as Jane Mancini on the television series Melrose Place (1992–1999), and for her television
film appearances over the past three decades. A native of Seattle, Washington,
Bissett began her career in front of the camera at the age of 12 as a model in
print advertisements and television commercials. issett's acting debut was in
the 1989 Italian-American produced horror film Hitcher in the Dark. By
that time, she had adopted her mother's maiden name as her stage name, after
her original surname Heutmaker was found too difficult for agents to pronounce. In early 1990, Bissett played a recurring role
on the sitcom The Hogan Family for
two seasons. In 1992, she was cast as fashion designer Jane Andrews-Mancini on
the prime time soap opera Melrose Place. Bissett remained with the
series for five-and-a-half seasons until halfway through the 1996–97 season
when she suffered a real-life miscarriage. She then took some time off from the
series, but returned to the show in 1998 for its final season. In 2009–10,
Bissett made guest appearances in two episodes of The CW's updated version of Melrose Place,
reprising her role as Jane Andrews-Mancini. She has made appearances in such
projects as the telefilms The Fire Above and Dare to
Love on ABC, Deadly Vows on FOX, Baby
Monitor: Sound of Fear on USA, and I Do, They Don't on ABC Family. She has also made numerous guest-starring
appearances, such as a 2003 appearance on NBC's Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit. In 2008, she began a recurring role on the
ABC Family TV series The Secret Life
of the American Teenager. She starred in the Lifetime Television original
film The Other Woman, based on the novel by Joy Fielding and directed by Jason Priestley. It debuted on June 28, 2008. Bissett's feature
film debut was in 1991, in Oliver Stone's The Doors, as the girlfriend of Doors' guitarist Robby Krieger. Her subsequent films include the coming-of-age
comedy Book of Love and the psychological thriller Mikey.
Bissett has hosted television series on the topic of parenting, including Parenting
& Beyond, which offered parents creative solutions to everyday
problems. She also hosted the PBS educational special Teach
More, Love More which follows four families, each with a child in a
stage of early childhood development. She has appeared on several magazine
covers, including TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Shape's
Fit Pregnancy and New Woman. Bissett has been the face of
several national commercial campaigns, including Neutrogena's skin care line, Dr. Scholl's Pedicure Essentials, and Murad Skin Care. She has
also been the spokesperson of the 1997 Lee National Denim Day with the Lee
Company. This was to help raise money for the fight against breast cancer and
for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.She has co-edited two
books, Little Bits Of Wisdom and Making Memories, which
compile parenting stories and advice from parents around the world. She also
authored a children's book, Tickle Monster, released in April 2008.
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