Jere Burns (born October 15, 1954) is a 70-years-old American actor who has been married and divorced thrice. His first marriage was to Melissa Keeler and it lasted from 1982 to 1996. He then got married to Kathleen Kinmont in 1997 and they divorced in 1999. Leslie Cohen is his third wife and the marriage lasted from 2008 to 2018. The actor has a total of four children: one with his third wife and three with his first.
Popular for his role in many movies and television series, the actor has two distinct features that stand him out: his dangerous facial look and smirk, and his loud, raspy voice. Like many successful actors, Jere has had numerous female fans and admirers. The handsome actor has also had his fair share of female romantic partners.
Jere Eugene Burns has been married to three women. His first marriage was to Melissa Keeler, during his early days of trying to break into the movie industry. After their divorce, he married Kathleen Kinmont and this turned out to be his shortest time with a wife. Next up was Leslie Cohen but in his case, the third time wasn’t the charm; although they stayed married for ten years, they still got divorced.
Summary of Jere Burns’ Bio
- Full Name: Jere Eugene Burns II
- Birth Name: Jerald Eugene Burns
- Gender: Male
- Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Date of Birth: October 15, 1954
- Jere Burns’ Age: 70 Years Old
- Ethnicity: White American
- Nationality: American
- Zodiac Sign: Libra
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
- Marital Status: Divorced
- Jere Burns’ Wives:
- Melissa Keeler (1982 – 1996)
- Kathleen Kinmont (1997 – 1999)
- Leslie Cohen (2008 – 2018)
- Jere Burns’ Children: Four, including Gillian, Jake, and Luke Burns
- Jere Burns’ Height: 5 Feet 8½ Inches (174 cm/1.74 m)
- Jere Burns’ Net Worth: $10 Million
- Famous for: Career as an Actor
- Jere Burn’s Instagram: @jereburns
- Twitter: @JereBurns
- Facebook: facebook.com/JeraldJereBurns
What We Know About Jere Burns’ First Wife, Melissa Keeler
- Duration of Marriage With Burns: 1982 – 1996
- No. of Children with Jere: Three
Not much is known about Melissa Keeler. She seems to be a very private individual. We are only certain that she had three children with the actor, Jere Burns: Gillian, Jake, and Luke Burns.
Just as it is hard to tell anything about the first wife of the actor, what led to the end of their marriage has remained a secret. We can only confirm that they got married on the 1st of October 1982 and parted ways sometime in 1996.
They got married at a time Jere Burns was still striving to establish himself as a mainstream actor. To the best of our knowledge, the only professional work he did before he got married to Melissa was in 1970, in the pilot of the TV series, The Psychiatrist. His career took off after he got married to Melissa Keeler as he was seen in multiple TV series, beginning with 1984’s Hill Street Blues and ABC Afterschool Specials.
Presumably, Jere Burns and Melissa Keeler gradually drifted apart as his career soared, culminating in their divorce in 1996.
Meet Kathleen Kinmont, Jere Burns’ Second Wife
- Full Name: Kathleen Kinmont Smith
- Date of Birth: February 3, 1965
- Age: 59 Years Old
- Occupation: Actress, Producer, and Director
- No of Children with Jere: None
- 1st Husband: Lorenzo Lamas (1989 – 1993)
- 2nd Husband: Jere Burns (1997 – 1999)
- 3rd Husband: Doug Swander (2006 – 2011)
Kathleen Kinmont is a popular American actress, especially known for her roles in horror movies. She has proven to be multi-talented and has employed her skills as a writer, director of photography, and director in numerous movie and television projects.
Kathleen’s parents were Abby Dalton and Jack Smith. She was raised alongside her two brothers in Toluca Lake in the San Fernando Valley. Her mom, Abby Dalton christened Gladys Marlene Wasden from birth was an actress. She was most likely Kathleen’s first peep into the movie world. Dalton had started her acting career as a thirty-five-year-old lady a couple of years before her marriage to Jack Smith. A year after Kathleen’s birth, she played the role of Calamity Jane in the 1966 film, The Plainsman.
Kathleen Featured In Her First Movie At Age 19
She appeared as a skater in the 1984 American sex comedy, Hardbodies. She also acted as Marianne in a similar sex comedy-themed movie, Fraternity Vacation, in 1985. She has acted in several horror-themed movies like She-Wolves of the Wasteland, Midnight, and Bride of Re-Animator.
The actress has many credits in films and TV series to her name. She first appeared on TV as a baby in an episode of season four of the 1965 American sitcom, The Joey Bishop Show. Some of her other TV works include the 1998 Disney TV film, Safety Patrol, and the 1999 TV series, Mortal Kombat: Konquest.
Kathleen is much more than an actress. She has proved herself as a writer, cinematographer, producer, and director. She co-wrote the 1993 action, CIA II: Target Alexa, with Lorenzo Lamas. She also wrote, produced, and directed a short film in 2013, Mrs. Sweeney, and a TV series in 2014, Bump and Grind. In 2012, the actress worked as an associate producer in the production of two short films titled The Perfection of Anna and The Adventures of Soap Man. As a cinematographer, Kathleen has worked on a short film, In Between (2011), and The Perfection of Anna.
Jere Burn Isn’t Kathleen Kinmont’s First Husband
Kathleen Kinmont had no child with Jere Burns. Before her marriage to him, she had been previously married to the famous American actor, Lorenzo Lamas. It was her first marriage but the actor’s third. They got married in 1989 and divorced in 1993. After Jere, she married Doug Swander in 2006 but they also got divorced in 2011.
The Actor’s Third Marriage Was to Leslie Cohen
- Occupation: Actress
- Duration of Marriage with Burns: 2008 – 2018
- No of Children with Jere: One
- Current Spouse: Elizabeth Hill (2019 – Present)
Leslie Cohen is an actress, born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She was featured in the 2020 TV anthology series, Amazing Stories, and in an episode of Utopia (2020). It is safe to say she is not as popular in the movie industry as her ex-husband, Jere Burns.
The duo had a child together during their marriage which lasted all of 10 years. Leslie is currently married to a woman named Elizabeth Hill. They got married on the 2nd of November 2019. While what led to Jere Burns and Leslie Cohen’s separation is unknown, it was Leslie that filed for divorce. She did this in 2016 at the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The Breaking Bad Actor Has a Total of Four Children
Jere has four biological children from his three marriages. His first union to Melissa Keeler yielded three kids whereas he had no child with his second wife. The third time around, his marriage produced one more child.
While we are yet to confirm the name of the child he had with his third wife, Leslie Cohen, the names of his kids with his first wife, Melissa Keeler, are Gillian, Jake, and Luke Burns.
An Overview of Jere Burns’ Movies and TV Shows
Jere attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA, where he bagged a Bachelor of Arts in Comparative Literature in 1980. After college, he moved to Manhattan to pursue his newly found love: acting. He had discovered this passion during the later years of his college experience. He became an acting student at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York University.
His performance soon earned him the titular character in Don Juan shown during the New York Shakespeare Festival. The actor also left his prints on Broadway. He was a member of the cast in plays like After the Night and the Music, and Hairspray.
In 1984, Jere landed his TV debut in one episode, ‘Mom’s on Strike’, of the ABC Afterschool Special. From there he got recurring roles on both the American police TV series, Hill Street Blues, as James Fitzsimmons, and the American science fiction TV series, Max Headroom, as Breughel. By 1988, Jere had gotten his first major role acting as Kirk Morris in the NBC sitcom, Dear John. Some of his major TV roles were in Something So Right, Good Morning, Miami; Justified, Breaking Bad, and Angie Tribeca.
His first film appearance was in the year 1986. He played minor characters in the rom-com drama, Touch and Go (as Levesque) and Let’s Get Harry (Washington Aide). Some of his recent movies are Adolescence in 2018, and The Catch and Evan Wood, in 2020.
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KEY DETAILS
- The Breaking Bad actor has been married and divorced thrice to Melissa Keeler (1982 – 1996), Kathleen Kinmont (1997 – 1999), and Leslie Cohen (2008 – 2018).
- He has a total of four children, three with his first wife and one with his third wife.
- Kathleen Kinmont is the most popular among his ex-wife, followed by Leslie Cohen.
- Jere Burn kicked off his career in 1970 and is known for TV series like Dear John, Something So Right, Good Morning, Miami, Justified, and Angie Tribeca.
