Ann Hearn

• Birth Name — Ann Neel Simons • Born — 27 June 1953 • Birthplace — Griffin, Georgia • Occupation — Actress and Stage director • Years Active — 1982–present • Education — University of Georgia • Children — 2 • Website — Ann Hearn Tobolowsky

The daughter of Elizabeth Ann Neel and William "Bill" Simons, Ann was born in Griffin, Georgia. She attended the University of Georgia, Athens, studying English and history, and then received her master of fine arts in 1979.

Hearn is married to actor Stephen Tobolowsky, with whom she has two sons.

She worked as an actor in a variety of roles in film and television, most notably in the films The Accused (1988) and Lorenzo's Oil (1992). Once the pandemic started in 2020, she turned her attention to what could be done remotely, with writing and directing.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1984 — The Dollmaker — Max — TV movie • 1985 — St. Elsewhere — Andrea Fordham — 4 episodes • 1986 — Cagney & Lacey — Iris Redfern — Episode: "Exit Stage Center" • 1987 — Deadly Care — Suze — TV movie • 1987 — Moonlighting — Margaret Kendall — Episode: "To Heiress Human" • 1988 — Why on Earth? — Lily — TV movie • 1989 — The Final Days — Julie Nixon Eisenhower — TV movie • 1989 — Designing Women — Amy Betz — Episode: "Julia Gets Her Head Stuck in a Fence" • 1990 — A Different World — Manager — Episode: "Pride and Prejudice" • 1990 — His & Hers — Nora — Episode: "My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble" • 1990–1993 — Evening Shade — Margaret Fouch — Recurring role • 1991 — Omen IV: The Awakening — Jo Thueson — TV movie • 1993 — Jack's Place — Amanda — Episode: "Watch Me Pull a Dream Out of My Hat" • 1994, 1995 — Murder, She Wrote — Peggy Evans / Connie Anderson — 2 episodes • 1995 — A Woman of Independent Means — Lydia — 3 episodes • 1996 — The Client — Helen Denton — Episode: "The High Ground" • 1997 — ER — Shelly Dunleavy — Episode: "Night Shift" • 1997 — Crisis Center — Emily — Episode: "It's a Family Affair" • 1999 — Judging Amy — Paula Mitchell — Episode: "Last Tango in Hartford" • 2007 — Days of Our Lives — Mrs. Granger — Episode #1.10580 • 2008 — Numbers — Kevin's Mother — Episode: "Jack of All Trades" • 2010 — Big Love — Episode: "Blood Atonement" • 2014 — Rizzoli & Isles — Chelsea Rothsburgher — Episode: "The Best Laid Plans" • 2015 — You'll Be Fine — Shannon Smothers — Episode: "We've Been Waiting" • 2018 — Strange Angel — Exasperated Woman — Episode: "Ritual of the Rival Tribes"