Jennie Eisenhower
Jennie Elizabeth Eisenhower (born August 15, 1978) is an American actress and director. Eisenhower has performed in theater productions Off-Broadway and in regional theatre, being nominated for seven Barrymore Awards and winning two of them. She has had played minor roles in several feature films. She is a great-granddaughter of Dwight D. Eisenhower and granddaughter of Richard Nixon, both presidents of the United States. Early life. Eisenhower was born in San Clemente, California, to Julie Nixon Eisenhower and David Eisenhower. Her maternal grandparents were U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, while her paternal  great-grandparents were U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower. She spent her childhood in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and graduated "summa cum laude" from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She has one brother, Alexander Richard Eisenhower (b. 1980), and one sister, Melanie Catherine Eisenhower (b. 1984). In 1996, Jennie Eisenhower was presented as a debutante to high society at the International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Career. Eisenhower has performed in Off-Broadway productions and at regional theaters across the United States. For her performances in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she has won  two Barrymore Awards: Best Actress in a Musical (2009) for "Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits", and Best Supporting Actress in a Musical (2004) for "The Wild Party". She has also been nominated for Barrymore Awards for her work in "Show Boat" at the Media Theatre (2010), "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" at Theatre Horizon in Norristown (2011), "Little Women" at Bristol Riverside Theatre (2011), "Parade" at the Arden Theatre (2013) and "Bullets Over Broadway" (2018). Other appearances have included "Passion" at the Arden Theatre Company (2015), "Kiss Me, Kate" at the Act II Playhouse (2016), and "A Grand  Night for Singing" (2012), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (2014), "The Humans" (2018) and "The Best Man" (2020) at the Walnut Street Theatre, where she has also directed several productions; Off-Broadway appearances include "Suburb" at York Theatre. Elsewhere in Philadelphia, Eisenhower directed "1776" in 2016 and "Falsettos" in 2019, among other works. Eisenhower has appeared in small roles in the films "Mona Lisa Smile" (2003) "Arthur" (2011) and "The Suspect" (2013). She taught theatre as an adjunct faculty member at Temple University. Personal life. Eisenhower narrated the audiobook version of her mother’s 2007 book about her grandmother, "Pat Nixon : The Untold Story". She is a Democrat and voted for Barack Obama in 2012.