Talk:Jean Smart

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[edit] Date of birth

I removed the date of birth because it can't be credibly verified. Most web sites agree that J.S. was born on September 13th. Although one site I saw had it listed as being January 1st. The part that they disagree on most is her birthyear. Most have it listed as 1959, while others say 1951, 1952, and 1957. If she was born in 1959 and if her official web site is correct in reporting that she earned her Bachelor's degree in 1975 that would make her quite smart! (har har)

Dismas

In regards to her date of birth, all sites state 1959, even Entertainment Tonight goes by that date, however, she graduated from Ballard High School in 1969 and college in 1975. I do have a 1969 Ballard High School yearbook. A Seattle local program has featured her stating her graduation year.

What does the Ballard High yearbook say? Is she in the senior class for 1969? If that is correct then her birth year is most probably wrong because to graduate from high school at the age of 10 (eight years sooner than most people) is astounding to say the least. Dismas|^(talk) 15:19, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I've updated her birth year/category to 1951. USA Weekend recently researched this after a reader who went to high school with Smart wrote to them. They confirmed "Many sources list her birth year as 1959, but Ballard confirms Smart graduated in 1969. She was born Sept. 13, 1951." I've included both print and web references for this since the web reference (which anyone here can view to confirm their story) has not yet been archived and its url may change. Santress 05:16, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for citing those references! Dismas|^(talk) 06:11, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

You're welcome! I see Imdb updated their site shortly after us. :-) Santress 09:56, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it is a fact she graduated in 1969 and was born in 1951. I asked her today because of the discussion on this page. Also, there is a pic of Jean on the Martha Logan page for 24, but I am unfimiliar with properly adding it to the regular Jean Smart page.