Like many people, I first became acquainted with Jennifer O’Neill via the 1971 coming-of-age film Summer of ’42 where she plays Dorothy, the older woman with whom teenager Hermie (Gary Grimes ...

Jennifer O'Neill is a Brazilian-born American author, model, and former actress. She was born on February 20, 1948, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and moved to the United States as an infant.