Jami Gertz

SQUARE PEGS, (top,l-r)John Caliri, Claudette Wells, and Jami Gertz,(center,l-r) Tracy Nelson, John Femia, and Merritt Butrick, (front,l-r) Amy Linker, and Sarah Jessica Parker, 1982-83

Brown-eyed, would-be Brat Packer Jami Gertz was discovered in a nationwide talent search by Norman Lear and she studied drama at N.Y.U. She got a tiny part in Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love in 1981, making her film debut along with Tom Cruise. The next year she starred on the high school TV series Square Pegs along with Sarah Jessica Parker, and made several guest appearance... Read More