- Born
- Birth nameRita Sue Carpenter
- Rita Jenrette was born on November 25, 1949 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for End of the Line (1987), Dream On (1990) and The Edge of Night (1956). She was previously married to Nicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi and John W. Jenrette Jr..
- SpousesNicolò Boncompagni Ludovisi(May 27, 2009 - March 8, 2018) (his death)John W. Jenrette Jr.(September 10, 1976 - 1981) (divorced)
- Retired from the entertainment industry in the early 1990s to attend Harvard Business School and pursue a career in business.
- Posed for Playboy Magazine in the April 1981 issue. She appeared again in the May 1984 issue with Phillip Anderson, an actor and model she was dating at the time.
- Lives in New York City, where she is a successful real estate broker. She is member of the Real Estate Board of New York and active in community and charitible affairs.
- She graduated cum laude from the University of Texas with a degree in Italian history and proficiency in several languages, including Russian.
- Has acted on the stage as well as on film. In 1982, she appeared in the play "A Philadelphia Story", and won the L.A. Drama-Logue Critics Award for her performance. In 1987, she starred in the play "A Girl's Guide to Chaos."
- I made choices that were not judicious, and I have to live with that....But you have to quit feeling sorry for yourself and say 'I will not let this be my epitaph.'...My past sometimes comes up at inopportune times. But I've made it a footnote. Interview with People Magazine, Sep. 30, 2002
- "The power of the office of Congressman is very alluring. It (marriage to John Jenrette) was like being married to a rock star. Women saw me with him and still approached him and handed them the keys to their hotel rooms and their addresses and phone numbers. I was a young model for Clarol. That didn't deter women as old as my mother from pursuing him." Recalling her years as a Congressional wife, 1982.
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