Elizabeth Hartman

In 1987, she jumped from a fifth floor window in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after calling her psychiatrist to tell him that she was feeling despondent. In 2004, Janney began lending her voice to television and radio spots created by Kaiser Permanente in the health maintenance organization's broad "Thrive" media campaign. She went on to star in three well-received films, The Group, You're a Big Boy Now and The Beguiled, but continuing depression interfered with her career. On May 17, 2004, Janney's boyfriend of two years, Richard Jenik, proposed to her in San Francisco. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, she debuted in the 1965 film A Patch of Blue, a role which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Janney has remained active in theatre; in 1998, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller’s "A View from the Bridge.". Elizabeth Hartman (December 23, 1943 - June 10, 1987) was an American actress. Cregg on the television drama The West Wing, for which she has won four Emmy Awards.

In 1999 she was cast in the role of presidential press secretary C.J. Janney has appeared in a number of films with roles of various sizes, including the 1990s films American Beauty, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Primary Colors, and Private Parts, and the 2000s films Nurse Betty, The Hours, How to Deal and the animated Finding Nemo. She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Janney attended Kenyon College, where she was first noticed by director Paul Newman.

Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio and harbored dreams of becoming a Olympic figure skater before suffering a serious childhood injury. Cregg on the television series The West Wing. Allison Brooks Janney (born 19 November 1960) is an American actress, best known as C.J.