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Enid Kent

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Enid Kent
Kent in the late 1980s
OccupationActress
Years active1969–1998
ParentIrene Tedrow

Enid Kent is an American actress, born in Los Angeles on 14 January 1945.

She was born to William Kent, a German-Jewish immigrant, insurance broker and refugee from Hitler's Nazi regime in the late 1930s, and Irene Tedrow, a veteran American actress of radio, stage, film and television, originally from Denver, Colorado.[citation needed]

A Hollywood High School graduate, Kent explored the world of theater from an early age, becoming a participant in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival among other endeavors. Her college years found her attending classes at San Francisco State University, eventually moving to New York to pursue acting professionally.[citation needed]

She became a television actress and played Nurse Bigelow, a recurring character on M*A*S*H, from 1976 to 1983.[1] She also appeared in such television series as Family Ties, Head of the Class, CHiPs, Diff'rent Strokes, Eight Is Enough, Small Wonder, and L.A. Law.

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  1. ^ "Cast list and M*A*S*H* synopsis at Museum TV website". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved January 11, 2008.
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