Jana Schneider

About

Actress who starred as Helena Landless in the Broadway production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood. The role earned her a Drama Desk Award, as well as a Tony Award nomination.

Before Fame

She attended the University of Wisconsin and subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Trivia

She became a photojournalist in the late 1980s and covered such monumental news stories as the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the fall of the Soviet Union.

Family Life

She married Tom Wilson in 1986.

Associated With

She appeared in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, a Broadway musical based on a novel by Charles Dickens.