
Jeannetta Arnette
Known for: Acting
Born: July 29, 1954
Jeannetta Arnette, born July 29, 1954, in Washington, D.C., is a prolific American actress with a career spanning television, film, and theater. Raised partly in North Carolina, she trained at the North Carolina School of the Arts, studied acting in England, and moved to Los Angeles after briefly attending George Washington University to pursue her craft professionally. She rose to prominence as the eccentric teacher Miss Meara on Head of the Class (1986-1991), with notable film roles including…
Known for

Dunsmore
2003

Small Town Conspiracy
2003

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
1984

Teenage Graffiti
1977

The Redeemer: Son of Satan!
1978

Sister Margaret and the Saturday Night Ladies
1987

Hunter Gatherer
2016

Snow Angels
2007

First Love, Last Rites
1998
The Amateur
2014

Finding Home
2003

Sniper 3
2004

The History of White People in America: Volume II
1986

Boys Don't Cry
1999

Waking Up Dead
2022

Beautiful Girl
2014

Ladybugs
1992

Single Women, Married Men
1989

Take Your Best Shot
1982

Beneath the Dark
2010

Brave New World
1980

City Killer
1984

The Prime Gig
2001

Mystery Kids
2000

The Shipping News
2001

Pay It Forward
2000

The Deliberate Stranger
1986

The Shadow Riders
1982

The '70s
2000

Middle of Nowhere
2008

Somebody Is Waiting
1996

Judas Kiss
1998

Angels in Stardust
2014

Callie & Son
1981

Pineapple Express
2008

Straight A's
2013

10
1979

St. Elsewhere
1982

L.A. Law
1986

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000

Touched by an Angel
1994

Cold Case
2003

Roseanne
1988

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Hill Street Blues
1981

Head of the Class
1986

Invasion
2005

Diagnosis: Murder
1993

Laverne & Shirley
1976

Three's Company
1977

Criminal Minds
2005

Lost
2004

Roswell
1999

ER
1994

Perception
2012

Extant
2014

American Crime Story
2016

Switched at Birth
2011

The Mentalist
2008

Fringe
2008

Justified
2010

The Jackie Thomas Show
1992

The A-Team
1983

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993

Homecoming
2018

Heathers
2018

The Drew Carey Show
1995

V.I.P.
1998

So NoTORIous
2006

Nash Bridges
1996

The Deliberate Stranger
1986