Janine Turner

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Janine Turner (born Janine Loraine Gauntt on December 6, 1962) is an American actress, known for her starring role on General Hospital from 1982 to 1983 and the prime time television show Northern Exposure from 1990 to 1995. She is also known for her role as Dr. Dana Stowe on the 2000-2002 Lifetime original series, Strong Medicine.<p>Turner was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, to Janice, a real estate agent, and Turner M. Gauntt, a pilot who attended West Point and flew for Braniff for 30 years. Her father is from East Texas and her mother is from South Texas. She has a brother, Tim, and was raised in Euless, Texas. At the age of fifteen, she left home to pursue a modeling career with the Wilhelmina Modeling Agency.<p>Turner began her acting career in 1980, at the age of 18, in an episode of Dallas. She continued to make guest appearances on popular television shows throughout the 1980s until landing the important role of Maggie O'Connell on Northern Exposure in 1990. She appeared in the...