# Who is this actress?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 10, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278 "2007-10-10T23:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278/1 "2007-10-10T23:20:06Z")

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The Moody Blues did a video for their song "[Wildest Dreams](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJoRVnV4qBE) " that told a somewhat sad story. The actress who plays the old girlfriend looks really familiar and I can’t figure out where (or even if) I’ve seen her before. Does anyone know who she is?

She also shows up in their video for [“I Know You’re Out There Somewhere”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJoRVnV4qBE) , which I understand is supposed to be part 2 of the story.

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**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278/2 "2007-10-10T23:25:40Z")

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Janet Spencer-Turner, according to [this site](http://www.toadmail.com/~notten/FAQ-8-03.htm).

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278/3 "2007-10-10T23:32:35Z")

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If she looks familiar, you may be confusing her with [Joan Severance](http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000220/); that’s who I thought it might be before **Snooooopy** ’s post.

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2007, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278/4 "2007-10-10T23:43:12Z")

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She doesn’t look familiar to me. According to the Moody Blues FAQ above, her name is Janet Spencer-Turner, a British actress; but they’re referencing some U.S. TV show called “Telstar,” which doesn’t sound familiar to me either. Only photo I could find is at:

[http://www.jghonline.co.uk/orangetree/whats\_on\_archive.asp?ID=45&ArchiveYear=2003](http://www.jghonline.co.uk/orangetree/whats_on_archive.asp?ID=45&ArchiveYear=2003)

Scroll down to the chick in the red gown holding her arms out. Is this the same woman in the video?

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-this-actress/422278/5 "2007-10-12T00:24:41Z")

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Looks kinda like her, I gotta admit.