Jennifer Warren

Jennifer Warren (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress and film director. Warren was born in the Greenwich Village section of New York City, the daughter of Paula Bauersmith, an actress, and Barnet M. Warren, a dentist. Her uncle was Yiddish theatre actor and director Jacob Ben-Ami. Warren graduated from Elisabeth Irwin High School. Warren married producer Roger Gimbel in 1976. They have a son, Barney, a writer and editor. Gimbel died on April 26, 2011. She made her Broadway debut in 1972 in 6 Rms Riv Vu, for which she won the Theatre World Award. She also appeared in the short-lived P. S. Your Cat Is Dead!. Warren's film credits include Slap Shot (as the frustrated wife of hockey c…