Eve Gordon ("Eve Bennett-Gordon") (born 25 June 1960) is an American actress. She may be best known for portraying Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the Emmy-winning HBO film "Recount", for playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy-winning miniseries "A Woman Named Jackie", for playing the mother of the title character in the TV series Felicity, or for her starring role as Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived...
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Eve Gordon ("Eve Bennett-Gordon") (born 25 June 1960) is an American actress. She may be best known for portraying Monica Klain, the wife of Ron Klain (played by Kevin Spacey) in the Emmy-winning HBO film "Recount", for playing Marilyn Monroe in the Emmy-winning miniseries "A Woman Named Jackie", for playing the mother of the title character in the TV series Felicity, or for her starring role as Congressional aide Jordan Miller in the short-lived sitcom The Powers That Be, produced by Norman Lear.
Gordon was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Mary (née McDougall), a historian, and Richard Bennett Gordon, a history professor and lawyer. After graduating with Honors in History from Brown University, she received her MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. She started her acting career in 1982, playing Marge Tallworth in the movie The World According to Garp. After that, she appeared in films and television programs like ER, The Partridge Family Story, Avalon and...
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