Jean Kasem

About Jean Kasem

Who is it?: Actress, Soundtrack
Birth Year: 1955
Birth Place:  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
Alma mater: University of Guam
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1982–present
Spouse(s): Casey Kasem (m. 1980; d. 2014)
Children: 1 child 3 stepchildren including Kerri Kasem

Jean Kasem

Jean Kasem was born on 1955 in  Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, is Actress, Soundtrack. Jean Kasem was born in 1954 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA as Jean Thompson. She is an actress, known for Ghost Busters (1984), G vs E (1999) and Matt Houston (1982). She was previously married to Casey Kasem.
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Biography/Timeline

1919

Jean Thompson was one of five children born to Irene Celia Thompson (1919-2008) and Herbert Owens Thompson Sr. (deceased). She is of Norwegian heritage on her mother's side. She lived in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before her civil-servant father moved the family to Guam in 1963. She attended the University of Guam at age 16, but after marrying a U.S. Navy lieutenant when she was 17, she left to work as a waitress and saleswoman on U.S. military bases throughout the Pacific Ocean to which her husband was posted. The marriage lasted six years. She moved to California and unsuccessfully attempted to find work in broadcast journalism. Frustrated, she joined an acting workshop and soon found roles on such TV series as Matt Houston, Fantasy Island and Alice.

1980

She was married to radio personality Casey Kasem from 1980 until his death in 2014, and they had one child together, Liberty Jean Kasem.

1989

In 1989, Casey Kasem purchased a house built in 1954, previously owned by developer Abraham M. Lurie, as a birthday present for her.

2013

On October 1, 2013, Kerri Kasem, her siblings and their uncle, Casey's brother, protested outside Casey and Jean Kasem's home, saying Jean Kasem had been preventing contact with Casey Kasem for three months. Six days later, Julie Kasem and her husband, Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, filed a conservatorship petition to place Casey Kasem under their care. The court denied their petition.

2014

Casey Kasem died on June 15, 2014, aged 82. His widow was given her husband's body for funeral arrangements.

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