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{{Infobox person
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| name = Jena Engstrom
| name = Jena Engstrom
| image = Jena_Engstrom.png
| image = Jena Engstrom.png
| caption = Jena Engstrom as Betty in April 19, 1961 episode of [[Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet|The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]] titled "Selling Rick's Drums".
| caption = Jena Engstrom as Betty on the April 19, 1961 episode of ''[[Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet|The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' titled "Selling Rick's Drums"
| birth_name = Liana Jeanne Moon
| birth_name = <!-- Valid citation required for full name for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1942|6|30}}
| birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_place =
| height =
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| parents = Jean Engstrom
| parents = [[Jean Engstrom]]
| occupation = Former television actress
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = [[1960 in television|1960]] - [[1964 in television|1964]]
| years_active = [[1960 in television|1960]] - [[1964 in television|1964]]
}}
}}

'''Jena Engstrom ''' (born '''Liana Jeanne Moon''' on
June 30, 1942 in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]]) is an American former television actress. She appeared in more than three dozen episodes of various [[television series]] between 1960 and 1964.
'''Jena Engstrom ''' (born in [[Los Angeles, California]]) is an American former television actress. She appeared in more than three dozen episodes of various [[television series]] between 1960 and 1964.


==Career==
==Career==
Jena Engstrom<ref name=Jena /> began acting after graduating from high school<ref name=Name /> and first appeared on television in the 1960 episode "Adopted" of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[crime drama]], ''[[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]''. She appeared in some thirty-seven television programs<ref name=Jena /> before making her final appearance opposite guest star [[Robert Culp]] in the 1964 episode, "The Stallion", of [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]<ref name="Black Stallion" />''.
Jena Engstrom began acting after graduating from high school<ref name=Name /> and first appeared on television in the 1960 episode "Adopted" of the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] [[crime drama]], ''[[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]''. She appeared in 37 television programs{{Citation needed |date=July 2021}} before making her final appearance opposite guest star [[Robert Culp]] in the 1964 episode, "The Stallion", of [[NBC]]'s ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''.<ref name="Black Stallion" /> She played a girl who had a crush on Steve Douglas in an October 19, 1961 episode of ''[[My Three Sons]]''.


===Mother and daughter===
===Mother and daughter===


Jena Engstrom<ref name=Jena>{{cite web|title=Jena Engstrom|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1226269/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1|work=IMDb|accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref> is the daughter of actress [[Jean Engstrom]]<ref name=Jena /><ref name=Jean>{{cite web|title=Jean Engstrom|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257761/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_2|work=IMDb|accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=Mother-Daughter /> (1920-1997)<ref name=Jean /> whose television career (1955-1966)<ref name=Jean /><ref name=Mother-Daughter /> overlapped her daughter’s and whose career also included movie<ref name=Jean /> and regional stage appearances.<ref name=Mother-Daughter>{{cite news|last=Vernon|first=Terry|title=Tele]Vues: Mother-Daughter Team On TV|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51539&iid=News-CA-IN.1962_01_16-0028&rc=588,342,745,380;2258,300,2410,338;650,625,714,658;1156,1242,1220,1275;1413,1242,1477,1275;1494,1242,1623,1275;1091,1383,1170,1416;974,1421,1040,1454;1056,1421,1204,1454;294,2600,382,2633;461,4458,523,4491;350,5300,417,5333;1138,1846,1255,1879;1431,1412,1561,1445;1553,1483,1630,1516;1441,1621,1581,1654;1358,1725,1430,1758;1329,2104,1467,2137;731,4892,793,4925;809,4892,948,4925;592,4925,656,4958;672,4925,816,4958;1729,3900,1858,3971&pid=504414236&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Long Beach (California) Independent, Page C-12|date=16 January 1963}}</ref><ref name="Stage Actress">{{cite news|title=Stage Actress Stars In Graham Production|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51369&iid=News-TE-EL_PA_HE-1965_11_27-0003&rc=960,104,1031,133;216,733,280,762;2050,679,2131,708;1548,2583,1618,2612;1470,2729,1538,2758;2075,1342,2130,1371;2144,1342,2268,1371;2210,1400,2319,1429;2332,1400,2414,1429;1733,2063,1804,2092;1822,2063,1964,2092;2161,1867,2298,1896;2314,1867,2417,1896;2130,2113,2274,2142;2662,1917,2745,1946;2635,1979,2695,2008;858,3854,954,3883&pid=506326019&ssrc=&fn=Jean&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post, Section A, Page 3|date=27 November 1965}}</ref> Most on-line databases and this article have listed only two of the three TV shows in which they appeared together. The first of the two shows listed is the April 1961 episode of the [[CBS]] program [[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]] titled "Incident of the Lost Idol" in which they appeared as mother and daughter. They had only one brief scene together as the story was not about their relationship. The second show listed is the January 1962 episode “To Sell Another Human Being” of ABC's ''[[The New Breed (TV Series)|The New Breed]]'', starring [[Leslie Nielsen]],<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> in which mother Jean played a wealthy woman who with her husband (played by [[Richard Arlen]]) adopt a baby through an adoption mill. The police get involved when the baby's natural mother, played by daughter Jena, tries to get her baby back. The third television show in which they appeared together is an unidentified 30-minute religious program presented in 1961 in which they played mother and daughter. In this story a girl (Jena) has trouble relating to her parents until a session with teenagers at a church is recorded and the recording made available to the parents to listen to. Appearing in this show with Jean and Jena Engstrom are [[Robert Stevenson (actor and politician)|Robert Stevenson]] as Jena’s father and [[Richard Evans (actor)|Richard Evans]] as her boyfriend. This film, minus the opening and closing credits, has been posted on-line.<ref name=religious>{{cite web|title=F-9483|url=http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/10790|date=1961|accessdate=4 August 2014}}</ref>
Jena Engstrom is the daughter of actress [[Jean Engstrom]]{{Citation needed |date=July 2021}} whose television career (1955-1966)<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> overlapped her daughter's and whose career also included movie and regional stage appearances.<ref name=Mother-Daughter>{{cite news|last=Vernon|first=Terry|title=Tele]Vues: Mother-Daughter Team On TV|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51539&iid=News-CA-IN.1962_01_16-0028&rc=588,342,745,380;2258,300,2410,338;650,625,714,658;1156,1242,1220,1275;1413,1242,1477,1275;1494,1242,1623,1275;1091,1383,1170,1416;974,1421,1040,1454;1056,1421,1204,1454;294,2600,382,2633;461,4458,523,4491;350,5300,417,5333;1138,1846,1255,1879;1431,1412,1561,1445;1553,1483,1630,1516;1441,1621,1581,1654;1358,1725,1430,1758;1329,2104,1467,2137;731,4892,793,4925;809,4892,948,4925;592,4925,656,4958;672,4925,816,4958;1729,3900,1858,3971&pid=504414236&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Long Beach (California) Independent, Page C-12|date=16 January 1963}}</ref><ref name="Stage Actress">{{cite news|title=Stage Actress Stars In Graham Production|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51369&iid=News-TE-EL_PA_HE-1965_11_27-0003&rc=960,104,1031,133;216,733,280,762;2050,679,2131,708;1548,2583,1618,2612;1470,2729,1538,2758;2075,1342,2130,1371;2144,1342,2268,1371;2210,1400,2319,1429;2332,1400,2414,1429;1733,2063,1804,2092;1822,2063,1964,2092;2161,1867,2298,1896;2314,1867,2417,1896;2130,2113,2274,2142;2662,1917,2745,1946;2635,1979,2695,2008;858,3854,954,3883&pid=506326019&ssrc=&fn=Jean&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post, Section A, Page 3|date=27 November 1965}}</ref> Most on-line databases and this article have listed only two of the three TV shows in which they appeared together.
The first of the two shows listed is the April 1961 episode of the [[CBS]] program ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'' titled "Incident of the Lost Idol" in which they appeared as mother and daughter. They had only one brief scene together as the story was not about their relationship.
The second show listed is the January 1962 episode "To Sell Another Human Being" of ABC's ''[[The New Breed (TV Series)|The New Breed]]'', starring [[Leslie Nielsen]],<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> in which mother Jean played a wealthy woman who with her husband (played by [[Richard Arlen]]) adopt a baby through an adoption mill. The police get involved when the baby's natural mother, played by daughter Jena, tries to get her baby back.
The third television show in which they appeared together is an unidentified 30-minute religious program presented in 1961 in which they played mother and daughter. In this story a girl (Jena) has trouble relating to her parents until a session with teenagers at a church is recorded and the recording made available to the parents to listen to. Appearing in this show with Jean and Jena Engstrom are [[Robert Stevenson (actor and politician)|Robert Stevenson]] as Jena's father and [[Richard Evans (actor)|Richard Evans]] as her boyfriend. This film, minus the opening and closing credits, has been posted on-line.<ref name=religious>{{cite web|title=F-9483|url=http://www.historicfilms.com/tapes/10790|date=1961|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref>


===Western series===
===Western series===


Twenty-one of Jena Engstrom's thirty-seven roles were in television [[Western (genre)|westerns]]. Some of her best acting opportunities occurred in this [[genre]]. She appeared three times each on ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'', and ''[[Wagon Train]]'', as well as ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', twice each on ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', and ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'', and once each on ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]'', ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', ''[[Frontier Circus]]'', and ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'', as well as her final performance as an actress in ''The Virginian''.
Twenty-one of Engstrom's thirty-seven roles were in television [[Western (genre)|westerns]]. She appeared three times each on ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'', and ''[[Wagon Train]]'', as well as ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', twice each on ''[[Bonanza]]'', ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', and ''[[Laramie (TV series)|Laramie]]'', and once each on ''[[The Tall Man (TV series)|The Tall Man]]'', ''[[Death Valley Days]]'', ''[[Frontier Circus]]'', and ''[[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|Outlaws]]'', as well as her final performance as an actress in ''The Virginian''.


In “The Education of Sarah Jane” episode of [[Have Gun, Will Travel]], Engstrom appeared as Sarah Jane opposite guest star [[Duane Eddy]] in a story of the youngest members of feuding clans that have been killing one another for generations. For Paladin ([[Richard Boone]]) his task is to bring an end to the madness. In the “Milly” episode of ''Gunsmoke'', she played Milly Glover, an impoverished teenager hoping to break herself and her younger brother ([[Billy Hughes (actor)|Billy Hughes]]) from their abusive and alcoholic father ([[Malcolm Atterbury]]). She tries to escape poverty through marriage to an older man, but the three men ([[James Griffith]], [[Don Dubbins]], and Harry Swoger) to whom she proposes reject her. She plots revenge. In the episode “Chester’s Indian”, Engstrom plays Callie Dill, the repressed daughter of a storekeeper ([[Karl Swenson]]) who is helping a wrongfully detained [[Cheyenne people|Cheyenne]] brave ([[Eddie Little Sky]]) trying to return to his village. When Chester ([[Dennis Weaver]]) shoots and wounds the brave, Callie implores Chester to nurse him back to health. In 1962, in one of her three appearances on ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', she had the title role of "The Child-Woman" in an episode also guest-starring [[Cesar Romero]] where in the storyline she plays a teenager willfully in the clutches of a domineering saloonkeeper. In 1961, she portrayed Laurie Manson in "The Incident of the Lost Idol". She retired from acting in 1964, not long after appearing on ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and in an episode of ''[[Perry Mason]]'' in which she plays Vera Janel in "The Case of the Illicit Illusion". Her final television appearance was on ''The Virginian'' in an episode broadcast in September 1964, "The Black Stallion". In that episode Engstrom portrays a rancher’s daughter in love with an alcoholic veterinarian (Robert Culp), who has been drafted by ''The Virginian'' co-star [[Randy Boone]] to care for an abused stallion.
In "The Education of Sarah Jane" episode of ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'', Engstrom appeared as Sarah Jane. In the "Milly" episode of ''[[Gunsmoke]]'', she played Milly Glover. In the episode "Chester’s Indian", Engstrom plays Callie Dill. In 1962, in one of her three appearances on ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', she had the title role of "The Child-Woman" in an episode. In 1961, she portrayed Laurie Manson in "The Incident of the Lost Idol". She retired from acting in 1964, not long after appearing on ''[[Wagon Train]]'' and in an episode of ''[[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'' in which she plays Vera Janel in "The Case of the Illicit Illusion". Her final television appearance was on ''The Virginian'' in an episode broadcast in September 1964, "The Black Stallion".


===Illness===
===Illness===


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Engstrom left acting in 1964, possibly because of health considerations. In 1963, she was cast in what was to have been a recurring role of Jennie in the series ''[[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters]]'', starring [[Kurt Russell]],<ref name="O'Herlihy">{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Fred H.|title=O'Herlihy Signs For Top Role In Series|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6788&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_PO.6788_1963_04_04_0035&rc=2342,108,2451,137;500,1512,539,1545;659,2483,739,2512;912,1892,965,1921;2254,1354,2310,1383;2325,1354,2452,1383;2334,2042,2477,2071&pid=505024547&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Bridgeport Post, Page 35|date=4 April 1963}}</ref> but had to give up the role because of illness and was replaced by [[Donna Anderson]].<ref name=Anderson>{{cite news|last=Scheuer|first=Steven H.|title=TV Mailbag|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7950&iid=NEWS-IN-HA_TI.1963_10_18-0033&rc=4610,121,4736,179;1979,633,2135,670;3076,1092,3163,1129;3185,1092,3380,1129&pid=505235489&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Hammond (Indiana) Times, Page C-4|date=18 October 1963}}</ref><ref name=Recovers>{{cite news|title=Jena Engstrom Recovers|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51411&iid=News-TE-EX.1963_11_24-0095&rc=83,1438,195,1488;83,1517,297,1567;157,1625,218,1650;234,1625,387,1650;288,1738,343,1763;2414,2808,2485,2833&pid=505274463&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 5|date=24 November 1963}}</ref>
Jena Engstrom left acting in 1964, possibly because of health considerations. In 1963, she was cast in what was to have been a recurring role of Jennie in the series ''[[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|The
⚫
Travels of Jaimie McPheeters]]'', starring [[Kurt Russell]],<ref name="O'Herlihy">{{cite news|last=Russell|first=Fred H.|title=O'Herlihy Signs For Top Role In Series|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=6788&iid=NEWS-CT-TH_BR_PO.6788_1963_04_04_0035&rc=2342,108,2451,137;500,1512,539,1545;659,2483,739,2512;912,1892,965,1921;2254,1354,2310,1383;2325,1354,2452,1383;2334,2042,2477,2071&pid=505024547&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Bridgeport Post, Page 35|date=4 April 1963}}</ref> but had to give up the role because of illness and was replaced by [[Donna Anderson]].<ref name=Anderson>{{cite news|last=Scheuer|first=Steven H.|title=TV Mailbag|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7950&iid=NEWS-IN-HA_TI.1963_10_18-0033&rc=4610,121,4736,179;1979,633,2135,670;3076,1092,3163,1129;3185,1092,3380,1129&pid=505235489&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Hammond (Indiana) Times, Page C-4|date=18 October 1963}}</ref><ref name=Recovers>{{cite news|title=Jena Engstrom Recovers|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51411&iid=News-TE-EX.1963_11_24-0095&rc=83,1438,195,1488;83,1517,297,1567;157,1625,218,1650;234,1625,387,1650;288,1738,343,1763;2414,2808,2485,2833&pid=505274463&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 5|date=24 November 1963}}</ref>


In June 1964, she was replaced again because of ill health by Davey Davison in the episode "Children of Calamity" of [[Richard Crenna]]'s CBS drama series, ''[[Slattery's People]]''.<ref name=Sub>{{cite news|title=Sub for Engstrom|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/469843762.html?dids=469843762:469843762&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+19%2C+1964&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Sub+for+Engstrom&pqatl=google|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Los Angeles (California) Times, Page D15|date=19 June 1964}}</ref>
In June 1964, she was replaced again because of ill health by Davey Davison in the episode "Children of Calamity" of [[Richard Crenna]]'s CBS drama series, ''[[Slattery's People]]''.<ref name=Sub>{{cite news|title=Sub for Engstrom|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/469843762.html?dids=469843762:469843762&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+19%2C+1964&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Sub+for+Engstrom&pqatl=google|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=The Los Angeles (California) Times, Page D15|date=19 June 1964}}</ref>


===Confused credits===
===Confused credits===


The acting credits of mother Jean and daughter Jena were confused at the time they were active in the business resulting in mixed credits in newspapers and problems with pay checks.<ref name=Name>{{cite news|title=The Name's Almost the Same for Jean and Jena Engstrom|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51411&iid=News-TE-EX.1963_01_13-0079&rc=622,75,686,100;388,696,446,717;1974,2946,2148,3025;2192,2946,2540,3025;851,3125,913,3150;571,3379,631,3404;1106,3296,1191,3321;1101,3388,1171,3413;1514,3246,1571,3271;1533,3275,1655,3300;1556,3309,1616,3334;1846,3284,1902,3309&pid=504935503&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 10|date=13 January 1963}}</ref> For a long time the credits were confused on many Internet databases, and while some errors still exist, many have been corrected.
The acting credits of mother Jean and daughter Jena were confused at the time they were active in the business resulting in mixed credits in newspapers and problems with pay checks.<ref name=Name>{{cite news|title=The Name's Almost the Same for Jean and Jena Engstrom|url=http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=51411&iid=News-TE-EX.1963_01_13-0079&rc=622,75,686,100;388,696,446,717;1974,2946,2148,3025;2192,2946,2540,3025;851,3125,913,3150;571,3379,631,3404;1106,3296,1191,3321;1101,3388,1171,3413;1514,3246,1571,3271;1533,3275,1655,3300;1556,3309,1616,3334;1846,3284,1902,3309&pid=504935503&ssrc=&fn=Jena&ln=Engstrom&st=g|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 10|date=13 January 1963}}</ref> For a long time the credits were confused on many Internet databases, and while some errors still exist, many have been corrected.{{Citation needed |date=March 2022}}


===DVDs===
===DVDs===
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Several of the television series listed below have been released by their studios on DVDs that are available for sale or for rent.
Several of the television series listed below have been released by their studios on DVDs that are available for sale or for rent.


=== Television Roles ===
===Television Roles<ref name=Jena /><ref name=CTVA>{{cite web|title=The Classic TV Archive|url=http://ctva.biz/index.htm|work=CTVA|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="TV Guide">{{cite web|title=TV Guide|url=http://www.tvguide.com/|work=TV Guide|accessdate=17 January 2013}}</ref> ===


Note: "Episode" column: 2.9 indicates Season 2, Episode 9, etc.
Note: "Episode" column: 2.9 indicates Season 2, Episode 9, etc.
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! AIR DATE !! SHOW !! EPISODE !! EPISODE TITLE !! CHARACTER !! NOTES !! DVD
! AIR DATE<ref name="TV Guide">{{cite web|title=TV Guide|url=http://www.tvguide.com/|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> !! SHOW !! EPISODE !! EPISODE TITLE !! CHARACTER !! NOTES !! DVD
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| Nov. 25, 1960 || [[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]] || 2.9 || "Adopted"<ref>
| Nov. 25, 1960 || ''[[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]'' || 2.9 || "Adopted"<ref>
{{cite AV media
{{cite AV media
| people = "Adopted" (1960)
| people = "Adopted" (1960)
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|| Ann Martin || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. ||
|| Ann Martin || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. ||
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| Feb. 5, 1961 || [[Shirley Temple Theatre]] || 2.19 || "The Fawn"<ref name="Shirley Temple -- The Fawn">{{cite news|title=The Shirley Temple Show: "The Fawn"|url=http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=51548&path=1961.2.5.59&sid=&gskw=Shirley+Temple|accessdate=18 January 2013|newspaper=Pasadena (California) Independent Star-News: TV Week}}</ref> || Kathy || ||
| Feb. 5, 1961 || ''[[Shirley Temple Theatre]]'' || 2.19 || "The Fawn"<ref name="Shirley Temple -- The Fawn">{{cite news|title=The Shirley Temple Show: "The Fawn"|url=http://search.ancestry.com/Browse/view.aspx?dbid=51548&path=1961.2.5.59&sid=&gskw=Shirley+Temple|access-date=18 January 2013|newspaper=Pasadena (California) Independent Star-News: TV Week}}</ref> || Kathy || ||
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| Feb. 25, 1961 || [[Have Gun, Will Travel]] || 4.23 || "Fatal Flaw" <ref name="Fatal Flaw">{{cite AV media
| Feb. 25, 1961 || ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' || 4.23 || "Fatal Flaw" <ref name="Fatal Flaw">{{cite AV media
| people = Fatal Flaw (1961)
| people = Fatal Flaw (1961)
| title = Have Gun - Will Travel: The Fourth Season: Volume Two
| title = Have Gun - Will Travel: The Fourth Season: Volume Two
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|| Cassandra Langford || 1st of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Cassandra Langford || 1st of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Mar. 14, 1961 || [[The Red Skelton Hour]] || 10.17 || "Freddy and the Baby"<ref>
| Mar. 14, 1961 || ''[[The Red Skelton Hour]]'' || 10.17 || "Freddy and the Baby"<ref>
{{cite AV media
{{cite AV media
| people = "Freddy and the Baby" (1961)
| people = "Freddy and the Baby" (1961)
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|| Young Woman (Baby's Mother) || || Yes
|| Young Woman (Baby's Mother) || || Yes
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| Apr. 19, 1961 || [[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]] || 9.30 || "Selling Rick's Drums"<ref>
| Apr. 19, 1961 || ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' || 9.30 || "Selling Rick's Drums"<ref>
{{cite AV media
{{cite AV media
| people = "Selling Rick's Drums" 1961)
| people = "Selling Rick's Drums" 1961)
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|| Betty Hamilton || || Yes
|| Betty Hamilton || || Yes
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| Apr. 28, 1961 || [[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]] || 3.24 || "Incident of the Lost Idol"<ref>
| Apr. 28, 1961 || [[Rawhide (TV series)|''Rawhide'']] || 3.24 || "Incident of the Lost Idol"<ref>
{{cite AV media
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|| Laurie Manson || 1st of 3 appearances on this show. Mother Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode. || Yes
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| Jun. 11, 1961 || [[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|The Asphalt Jungle]] || 1.11 || "The Kidnapping"<ref name="Asphalt Jungle -- Kidnapping">{{cite web|title=The Classic TV Archive - US Crime Series: "The Kidnapping"|url=http://ctva.biz/US/Crime/AsphaltJungle.htm|work=CTVA|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Karen Meriden || ||
| Jun. 11, 1961 || [[The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)|''The Asphalt Jungle'']] || 1.11 || "The Kidnapping" || Karen Meriden || ||
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| Sep. 23, 1961 || [[Have Gun, Will Travel]] || 5.2 || "The Education of Sarah Jane"<ref>
| Sep. 23, 1961 || ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' || 5.2 || "The Education of Sarah Jane"<ref>
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|| Sarah Jane Darrow || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Sarah Jane Darrow || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Oct. 1, 1961 || [[Bonanza]] || 3.2 || "Springtime"<ref>
| Oct. 1, 1961 ||''[[Bonanza]]''|| 3.2 || "Springtime"<ref>
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|| Ann || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Ann || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Oct. 12, 1961 || [[My Three Sons]] || 2.3 || "The Crush"<ref>
| Oct. 12, 1961 || ''[[My Three Sons]]'' || 2.3 || "The Crush"<ref>
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|| Mary Beth Jackson || || Yes
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| Oct. 14, 1961 || [[The Tall Man (TV series)]] || 2.6 || "An Item for Auction"<ref>
| Oct. 14, 1961 || [[The Tall Man (TV series)|''The Tall Man'']] || 2.6 || "An Item for Auction"<ref>
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|| Mary Susan Naylack || || Yes
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| Oct. 23, 1961 || [[Death Valley Days]] || 10.7 || "Storm Over Truckee"<ref name="Death Valley Days -- Storm Over Truckee">{{cite web|title=Episode Detail: Storm Over Truckee - Death Valley Days|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/death-valley-days-1961/episode-5-season-10/storm-over-truckee/200859|work=TV Guide|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Maggie Woolf || Billed as Jenna Engstrom. ||
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| Oct. 30, 1961 || [[The Everglades]] || 1.4 || "Primer for Pioneers" <ref>
| Oct. 30, 1961 || ''[[The Everglades (TV series)|The Everglades]]'' || 1.4 || "Primer for Pioneers" <ref>
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|| Memory Jacks || The series is listed as "Everglades!" in the opening credits. ||
|| Memory Jacks || The series is listed as "Everglades!" in the opening credits. ||
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| Nov. 1, 1961 || [[Wagon Train]] || 5.6 || "The Jenna Douglas Story"<ref>
| Nov. 1, 1961 || ''[[Wagon Train]]'' || 5.6 || "The Jenna Douglas Story"<ref>
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|| Sue Thompson || || Yes
|| Sue Thompson || || Yes
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| Nov. 2, 1961 || [[Outlaws (1960 TV series)]] || 2.5 || "The Night Riders"<ref>
| Nov. 2, 1961 || [[Outlaws (1960 TV series)|''Outlaws'']] || 2.5 || "The Night Riders"<ref>
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|| Louise Nichols || ||
|| Louise Nichols || ||
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| Nov. 25, 1961 || [[Gunsmoke]] || 7.9 || "Milly"<ref>
| Nov. 25, 1961 ||''[[Gunsmoke]]''|| 7.9 || "Milly"<ref>
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|| Milly Glover || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Milly Glover || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Dec. 26, 1961 || [[Laramie (TV series)]] || 3.13 || "The Lawless Seven" <ref>
| Dec. 26, 1961 || [[Laramie (TV series)|''Laramie'']] || 3.13 || "The Lawless Seven" <ref>
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|| Ginny Hawks || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Ginny Hawks || 1st of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Jan. 16, 1962 || [[The New Breed (TV Series)]]|| 1.16 || "To Sell Another Human Being"<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> || || Mother Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode. ||
| Jan. 16, 1962 || [[The New Breed (TV Series)|''The New Breed'']]|| 1.16 || "To Sell Another Human Being"<ref name=Mother-Daughter /> || || Mother Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode. ||
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| Mar. 2, 1962 || [[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]|| 3.20 || "Night Boat" <ref>
| Mar. 2, 1962 || ''[[The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor]]''|| 3.20 || "Night Boat" <ref>
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|| Frances || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. ||
|| Frances || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. ||
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| Mar. 14, 1962 || [[Wagon Train]] || 5.24 || "The Amos Billings Story"<ref>
| Mar. 14, 1962 || ''[[Wagon Train]]'' || 5.24 || "The Amos Billings Story"<ref>
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|| Loan || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Loan || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Mar. 17, 1962 || [[Have Gun, Will Travel]] || 5.26 || "Alice" <ref>
| Mar. 17, 1962 || ''[[Have Gun, Will Travel]]'' || 5.26 || "Alice" <ref>
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|| Maya Ferguson || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. ||Yes
|| Maya Ferguson || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. ||Yes
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| Mar. 23, 1962 || [[Rawhide (TV series)]] || 4.24 || "The Child-Woman"<ref>
| Mar. 23, 1962 || [[Rawhide (TV series)|''Rawhide'']] || 4.24 || "The Child-Woman"<ref>
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|| Posie Mushgrove || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Posie Mushgrove || 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Apr. 5, 1962 || [[Frontier Circus]] || 1.20 || "Mighty Like Rogues"<ref>
| Apr. 5, 1962 || ''[[Frontier Circus]]'' || 1.20 || "Mighty Like Rogues"<ref>
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|| Betsy Ross Jukes || || Yes
|| Betsy Ross Jukes || || Yes
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| May 12, 1962 || [[Gunsmoke]] || 7.32 || "Chester's Indian" <ref>
| May 12, 1962 ||''[[Gunsmoke]]''|| 7.32 || "Chester's Indian" <ref>
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|| Callie Dill || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Callie Dill || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Oct. 26, 1962 || [[Rawhide (TV series)]] || 5.5 || "Incident of the Four Horsemen"<ref>
| Oct. 26, 1962 || [[Rawhide (TV series)|''Rawhide'']] || 5.5 || "Incident of the Four Horsemen"<ref>
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|| Amy Galt || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Amy Galt || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Nov. 5,1962 || [[Stoney Burke (TV series)]] || 1.6 || "A Matter of Pride"<ref>
| Nov. 5,1962 || [[Stoney Burke (TV series)|''Stoney Burke'']] || 1.6 || "A Matter of Pride"<ref>
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|| Meryle Hill || || Yes
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| Nov. 13, 1962 || [[Laramie (TV series)]] || 4.7 || "The Sunday Shoot"<ref>
| Nov. 13, 1962 || [[Laramie (TV series)|''Laramie'']] || 4.7 || "The Sunday Shoot"<ref>
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|| Nancy Tilford || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Nancy Tilford || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Dec. 2, 1962 || [[Bonanza]] || 4.10 || "The Deadly Ones"<ref>
| Dec. 2, 1962 ||''[[Bonanza]]''|| 4.10 || "The Deadly Ones"<ref>
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|| Molly Reed || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
|| Molly Reed || 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Jan. 11, 1963 || [[Route 66 (TV series)]] || 3.16 || "You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti" <ref>
| Jan. 11, 1963 || [[Route 66 (TV series)|''Route 66'']] || 3.16 || "You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti" <ref>
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|| Elva Dupree || || Yes
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| Feb. 7, 1963 || [[Dr. Kildare]] || 2.18 || "Good Luck Charm"<ref name="Dr. Kildare -- Gloria Swanson">{{cite news|title=Gloria Swanson with Kildare|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19630207&id=qbgqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pGUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2337,1526232|accessdate=18 January 2013|newspaper=Google.News: Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune, Page 39|date=7 February 1963}}</ref> || Marcia Laverly || || Yes
| Feb. 7, 1963 || ''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]'' || 2.18 || "Good Luck Charm"<ref name="Dr. Kildare -- Gloria Swanson">{{cite news|title=Gloria Swanson with Kildare|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19630207&id=qbgqAAAAIBAJ&pg=2337,1526232|access-date=18 January 2013|newspaper=Google.News: Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune, Page 39|date=7 February 1963}}</ref> || Marcia Laverly || || Yes
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| Apr. 17, 1963 || [[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour (U.S. TV series)]] || 1.27 || "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" || Marian Snyder || || Yes
| Apr. 17, 1963 || [[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|''The Eleventh Hour'']] || 1.27 || "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" || Marian Snyder || || Yes
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| May 23, 1963 || [[The Doctors and the Nurses]] || 1.30 || "Bitter Pill"<ref name="The Nurses">{{cite news|title=Mothers-To-Be Warned Abouth Pill Taking|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19630523&id=2kYqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8U4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=7016,3002450|accessdate=18 January 2013|newspaper= [[Pittsburgh Press]], P 67|date=23 May 1963}}</ref> || Jean Wheeler || The show was called [[The Nurses (CBS TV series)]] during the first season. ||
| May 23, 1963 || ''[[The Doctors and the Nurses]]'' || 1.30 || "Bitter Pill"<ref name="The Nurses">{{cite news|title=Mothers-To-Be Warned Abouth Pill Taking|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19630523&id=2kYqAAAAIBAJ&pg=7016,3002450|access-date=18 January 2013|newspaper= [[Pittsburgh Press]], P 67|date=23 May 1963}}</ref> || Jean Wheeler || The show was called [[The Nurses (CBS TV series)|''The Nurses'']] during the first season. ||
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| Sep 15, 1963 || [[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)]] || 1.1 || "The Day of Leaving"<ref name="Jaimie McPheeters">{{cite web|title=Episode Detail: The Day of Leaving -- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-travels-of-jaimie-mcpheeters-1963/episode-1-season-1/the-day-of-the-leaving/205145|work=TV Guide|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Jennie || Jena Engstrom was replaced after this pilot episode because of illness ||
| Sep 15, 1963 || [[The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV series)|''The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters'']] || 1.1 || "The Day of Leaving"<ref name="Jaimie McPheeters">{{cite web|title=Episode Detail: The Day of Leaving -- The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-travels-of-jaimie-mcpheeters-1963/episode-1-season-1/the-day-of-the-leaving/205145|work=TV Guide|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Jennie || Jena Engstrom was replaced after this pilot episode because of illness ||
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| Feb. 7, 1964 || [[77 Sunset Strip]] || 6.20 || "Queen of the Cats"<ref name="77 Sunset Strip">{{cite web|title=Episode Detail: The Queen of Cats -- 77 Sunset Strip|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/77-sunset-strip-1964/episode-20-season-6/queen-of-the-cats/199572|work=TV Guide|accessdate=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Marian Armstrong || Final episode of this series.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051247/ 77 Sunset Strip] ||
| Feb. 7, 1964 || ''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' || 6.20 || "Queen of the Cats"<ref name="77 Sunset Strip">{{cite web|title=Episode Detail: The Queen of Cats -- 77 Sunset Strip|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/77-sunset-strip-1964/episode-20-season-6/queen-of-the-cats/199572|work=TV Guide|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> || Marian Armstrong || Final episode of this series.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051247/ 77 Sunset Strip] ||
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| Mar. 30, 1964 || [[Wagon Train]] || 7.20 || "The Santiago Quesada Story"<ref>
| Mar. 30, 1964 || ''[[Wagon Train]]'' || 7.20 || "The Santiago Quesada Story"<ref>
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|| Kim Case || 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. || Yes
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| Apr. 9, 1964 || [[Perry Mason (TV series)]] || 7.25 || "The Case of the Ilicit Illusion"<ref>
| Apr. 9, 1964 || [[Perry Mason (1957 TV series)|''Perry Mason'']] || 7.25 || "The Case of the Ilicit Illusion"<ref>
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|| Vera Janel|| || Yes
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| Sep. 30, 1964 || [[The Virginian (TV series)]] || 3.3 || "The Black Stallion"<ref name="Black Stallion">
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Jena Engstrom
Jena Engstrom as Betty on the April 19, 1961 episode of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet titled "Selling Rick's Drums"
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1960 - 1964
ParentJean Engstrom

Jena Engstrom (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American former television actress. She appeared in more than three dozen episodes of various television series between 1960 and 1964.

Career

Jena Engstrom began acting after graduating from high school[1] and first appeared on television in the 1960 episode "Adopted" of the ABC crime drama, The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor. She appeared in 37 television programs[citation needed] before making her final appearance opposite guest star Robert Culp in the 1964 episode, "The Stallion", of NBC's The Virginian.[2] She played a girl who had a crush on Steve Douglas in an October 19, 1961 episode of My Three Sons.

Mother and daughter

Jena Engstrom is the daughter of actress Jean Engstrom[citation needed] whose television career (1955-1966)[3] overlapped her daughter's and whose career also included movie and regional stage appearances.[3][4] Most on-line databases and this article have listed only two of the three TV shows in which they appeared together.

The first of the two shows listed is the April 1961 episode of the CBS program Rawhide titled "Incident of the Lost Idol" in which they appeared as mother and daughter. They had only one brief scene together as the story was not about their relationship.

The second show listed is the January 1962 episode "To Sell Another Human Being" of ABC's The New Breed, starring Leslie Nielsen,[3] in which mother Jean played a wealthy woman who with her husband (played by Richard Arlen) adopt a baby through an adoption mill. The police get involved when the baby's natural mother, played by daughter Jena, tries to get her baby back.

The third television show in which they appeared together is an unidentified 30-minute religious program presented in 1961 in which they played mother and daughter. In this story a girl (Jena) has trouble relating to her parents until a session with teenagers at a church is recorded and the recording made available to the parents to listen to. Appearing in this show with Jean and Jena Engstrom are Robert Stevenson as Jena's father and Richard Evans as her boyfriend. This film, minus the opening and closing credits, has been posted on-line.[5]

Western series

Twenty-one of Engstrom's thirty-seven roles were in television westerns. She appeared three times each on Have Gun, Will Travel, and Wagon Train, as well as Rawhide, twice each on Bonanza, Gunsmoke, and Laramie, and once each on The Tall Man, Death Valley Days, Frontier Circus, and Outlaws, as well as her final performance as an actress in The Virginian.

In "The Education of Sarah Jane" episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, Engstrom appeared as Sarah Jane. In the "Milly" episode of Gunsmoke, she played Milly Glover. In the episode "Chester’s Indian", Engstrom plays Callie Dill. In 1962, in one of her three appearances on Rawhide, she had the title role of "The Child-Woman" in an episode. In 1961, she portrayed Laurie Manson in "The Incident of the Lost Idol". She retired from acting in 1964, not long after appearing on Wagon Train and in an episode of Perry Mason in which she plays Vera Janel in "The Case of the Illicit Illusion". Her final television appearance was on The Virginian in an episode broadcast in September 1964, "The Black Stallion".

Illness

Engstrom left acting in 1964, possibly because of health considerations. In 1963, she was cast in what was to have been a recurring role of Jennie in the series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, starring Kurt Russell,[6] but had to give up the role because of illness and was replaced by Donna Anderson.[7][8]

In June 1964, she was replaced again because of ill health by Davey Davison in the episode "Children of Calamity" of Richard Crenna's CBS drama series, Slattery's People.[9]

Confused credits

The acting credits of mother Jean and daughter Jena were confused at the time they were active in the business resulting in mixed credits in newspapers and problems with pay checks.[1] For a long time the credits were confused on many Internet databases, and while some errors still exist, many have been corrected.[citation needed]

DVDs

Several of the television series listed below have been released by their studios on DVDs that are available for sale or for rent.

Television Roles

Note: "Episode" column: 2.9 indicates Season 2, Episode 9, etc.

AIR DATE[10] SHOW EPISODE EPISODE TITLE CHARACTER NOTES DVD
Nov. 25, 1960 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor 2.9 "Adopted"[11] Ann Martin 1st of 2 appearances on this show.
Feb. 5, 1961 Shirley Temple Theatre 2.19 "The Fawn"[12] Kathy
Feb. 25, 1961 Have Gun, Will Travel 4.23 "Fatal Flaw" [13] Cassandra Langford 1st of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Mar. 14, 1961 The Red Skelton Hour 10.17 "Freddy and the Baby"[14] Young Woman (Baby's Mother) Yes
Apr. 19, 1961 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet 9.30 "Selling Rick's Drums"[15] Betty Hamilton Yes
Apr. 28, 1961 Rawhide 3.24 "Incident of the Lost Idol"[16] Laurie Manson 1st of 3 appearances on this show. Mother Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode. Yes
Jun. 11, 1961 The Asphalt Jungle 1.11 "The Kidnapping" Karen Meriden
Sep. 23, 1961 Have Gun, Will Travel 5.2 "The Education of Sarah Jane"[17] Sarah Jane Darrow 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Oct. 1, 1961 Bonanza 3.2 "Springtime"[18] Ann 1st of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Oct. 12, 1961 My Three Sons 2.3 "The Crush"[19] Mary Beth Jackson Yes
Oct. 14, 1961 The Tall Man 2.6 "An Item for Auction"[20] Mary Susan Naylack Yes
Oct. 23, 1961 Death Valley Days 10.7 "Storm Over Truckee"[21] Maggie Woolf Billed as Jenna Engstrom.
Oct. 30, 1961 The Everglades 1.4 "Primer for Pioneers" [22] Memory Jacks The series is listed as "Everglades!" in the opening credits.
Nov. 1, 1961 Wagon Train 5.6 "The Jenna Douglas Story"[23] Sue Thompson Yes
Nov. 2, 1961 Outlaws 2.5 "The Night Riders"[24] Louise Nichols
Nov. 25, 1961 Gunsmoke 7.9 "Milly"[25] Milly Glover 1st of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Dec. 26, 1961 Laramie 3.13 "The Lawless Seven" [26] Ginny Hawks 1st of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Jan. 16, 1962 The New Breed 1.16 "To Sell Another Human Being"[3] Mother Jean Engstrom also appears in this episode.
Mar. 2, 1962 The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor 3.20 "Night Boat" [27] Frances 2nd of 2 appearances on this show.
Mar. 14, 1962 Wagon Train 5.24 "The Amos Billings Story"[28] Loan 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Mar. 17, 1962 Have Gun, Will Travel 5.26 "Alice" [29] Maya Ferguson 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Mar. 23, 1962 Rawhide 4.24 "The Child-Woman"[30] Posie Mushgrove 2nd of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Apr. 5, 1962 Frontier Circus 1.20 "Mighty Like Rogues"[31] Betsy Ross Jukes Yes
May 12, 1962 Gunsmoke 7.32 "Chester's Indian" [32] Callie Dill 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Oct. 26, 1962 Rawhide 5.5 "Incident of the Four Horsemen"[33] Amy Galt 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Nov. 5,1962 Stoney Burke 1.6 "A Matter of Pride"[34] Meryle Hill Yes
Nov. 13, 1962 Laramie 4.7 "The Sunday Shoot"[35] Nancy Tilford 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Dec. 2, 1962 Bonanza 4.10 "The Deadly Ones"[36] Molly Reed 2nd of 2 appearances on this show. Yes
Jan. 11, 1963 Route 66 3.16 "You Can't Pick Cotton in Tahiti" [37] Elva Dupree Yes
Feb. 7, 1963 Dr. Kildare 2.18 "Good Luck Charm"[38] Marcia Laverly Yes
Apr. 17, 1963 The Eleventh Hour 1.27 "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" Marian Snyder Yes
May 23, 1963 The Doctors and the Nurses 1.30 "Bitter Pill"[39] Jean Wheeler The show was called The Nurses during the first season.
Sep 15, 1963 The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 1.1 "The Day of Leaving"[40] Jennie Jena Engstrom was replaced after this pilot episode because of illness
Feb. 7, 1964 77 Sunset Strip 6.20 "Queen of the Cats"[41] Marian Armstrong Final episode of this series.77 Sunset Strip
Mar. 30, 1964 Wagon Train 7.20 "The Santiago Quesada Story"[42] Kim Case 3rd of 3 appearances on this show. Yes
Apr. 9, 1964 Perry Mason 7.25 "The Case of the Ilicit Illusion"[43] Vera Janel Yes
Sep. 30, 1964 The Virginian 3.3 "The Black Stallion"[2] Jodie Wingate Episode also called "The Stallion" Yes

References

  1. ^ a b "The Name's Almost the Same for Jean and Jena Engstrom". San Antonio (Texas) Express and News, Page 10. January 13, 1963. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
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