Wendy Kilbourne
- Actress
Kilbourne was only eighteen when she has appeared in television for the
first time. It was March 1983, when she guest appeared in one of the
Matt Houston (1982) episodes. She reprised that role once again, next year (it's
unknown if she has done some commercials earlier or not). In the same
year she played in the TV movie Calendar Girl Murders (1984). But her most
popular was her her next role, which was Constance Flynn/Hazard from
the "North and South" trilogy. In 1985, she met her future husband
James Read. It was on the set of North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). They played a married couple.
They continued their affair during making North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986) and finally got married two years later. They live in Santa Barbara, California and have two children son Jackson (born 1990) and daughter Sydney (born 1995). They also had a stillborn daughter Willa who died in 1994. They remain in touch with other co-stars from "North and South" - Genie Francis and Jonathan Frakes (also married).
Since "North and South" times Kilbourne has played in plenty of TV movies and a couple of TV series. None of them, though, has allowed her to become a big Hollywood star. While working as an actress, she had volunteered to work with a 6-year-old foster child. Over the next 12 years, she watched as he was moved 27 times. His experience ultimately inspired her to quit acting and pursue a career as an advocate for foster youth.
Building on her undergraduate degree in early childhood education, Wendy completed law school and is a licensed attorney in Santa Barbara, California with over twenty years of experience in foster care, education, and non-profit law, as well as organizational and management consulting. Her daughter Sydney followed in her footsteps by becoming an attorney in Seattle, Washington. Her son Jackson also lives in Seattle earning a living as a doctor. He has a child of his own, making Wendy a grandmother.
They continued their affair during making North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986) and finally got married two years later. They live in Santa Barbara, California and have two children son Jackson (born 1990) and daughter Sydney (born 1995). They also had a stillborn daughter Willa who died in 1994. They remain in touch with other co-stars from "North and South" - Genie Francis and Jonathan Frakes (also married).
Since "North and South" times Kilbourne has played in plenty of TV movies and a couple of TV series. None of them, though, has allowed her to become a big Hollywood star. While working as an actress, she had volunteered to work with a 6-year-old foster child. Over the next 12 years, she watched as he was moved 27 times. His experience ultimately inspired her to quit acting and pursue a career as an advocate for foster youth.
Building on her undergraduate degree in early childhood education, Wendy completed law school and is a licensed attorney in Santa Barbara, California with over twenty years of experience in foster care, education, and non-profit law, as well as organizational and management consulting. Her daughter Sydney followed in her footsteps by becoming an attorney in Seattle, Washington. Her son Jackson also lives in Seattle earning a living as a doctor. He has a child of his own, making Wendy a grandmother.