Actress Jessie Jones Passes On

Actress Jessie Jones, who guest starred on shows from Newhart to Murphy Brown, died on March 20, 2026, at the age of 75 following a long illness. 

Jessie Jones was born on August 21, 1950 in the Texas Panhandle. She attended the University of Texas and began her acting career at a local theatre in Austin. She met Nicholas Hope, who cast her in a play. She moved to New York City to act in the theatre, and then went to Hollywood.

Jessie Jones made her television debut in an episode of Hooperman . In the late Eighties, she guest starred on the shows Newhart, Night Court, Murphy Brown, Designing Women, and Perfect Strangers. In the Nineties, she guest starred on the shows Who's the Boss?, Fudge, Grace Under Fire, The Crew, Caroline in the City, Weird Science, Melrose Place, Unhappily Ever After, and You're the One. She appeared in the movies Switch (1991) and Ed and His Dead Mother (1993). In the Naughts, she appeared on the shows Judging Amy and Cold Case. 

Jessie Jones also wrote plays with Jamie Wooten and Nicholas Hope, including The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, Christmas Belles, and Dearly Beloved. She also wrote episodes of the shows Teacher's Pet and For Your Love. The movie Kingdom Come (2001) was based on the Jones Hope Wooten play Dearly Departed