{"id":185333,"date":"2025-09-27T13:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/185333\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T13:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T13:02:14","slug":"beloved-90s-actress-jennifer-rhodes-78-shocks-with-apparent-bruising-over-her-face-in-rare-sighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/185333\/","title":{"rendered":"Beloved 90s actress Jennifer Rhodes, 78, shocks with apparent bruising over her face in rare sighting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A beloved 90s actress was seen with what appeared to be apparent bruising on her face during a rare outing in Los Angeles<\/a> this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jennifer Rhodes, 78, has had a successful career in both the film and television industry – and is known for portraying Penny ‘Grams’ Halliwell in the fantasy drama series Charmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The star held a small smile as she stepped out of a vehicle while out on Wednesday – although it is not clear if the bruising on her face was stage makeup for an upcoming role.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Daily Mail has reached out to her reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.<\/p>\n

Rhodes donned a striped blouse as well as black trousers and sandals for the rare excursion.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She was born in the state of Illinois<\/a> in 1947 and later moved to New York after graduating from college where she was cast in theater productions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A beloved 90s actress was seen with what appeared to be apparent bruising on her face during a rare outing in Los Angeles this week<\/p>\n

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The star held a small smile as she stepped out of a vehicle while out on Wednesday – although it is not clear if the bruising on her face was stage makeup for an upcoming role<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Rhodes, 78, has had a successful career in both the film and television industry – and is known for portraying Penny ‘Grams’ Halliwell in the fantasy drama series Charmed; seen above (right) on Charmed in 2002\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actress later moved to the city of Los Angeles and eventually was cast in commercials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhodes then jumped into the world of TV and film with her first role being in the Western drama series The High Chaparral in 1971.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She continued to play minor characters in a number of projects, and was given an uncredited role as a psych ward nurse in the 1978 horror film Halloween – starring Jamie Lee Curtis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Throughout the 80s, Rhodes also took on more guest roles in television shows such as General Hospital and Little House On The Prairie.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 1988, the actress played Winona Ryder’s mom in the teen dark comedy Heathers alongside other stars such as Christian Slater and the late Shannen Doherty.<\/p>\n

Rhodes appeared in a variety of TV shows in the 90s including Full House, Party Of Five, ER, Wings, Murphy Brown, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Friends and also Ally McBeal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She played Penny ‘Grams’ Halliwell in the series Charmed over the span of 14 episodes from 1999 through 2006.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The star worked alongside other cast members including Shannen Doherty, Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan and Brian Krause.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Rhodes donned a striped blouse as well as black trousers and sandals for the rare excursion<\/p>\n

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She was born in the state of Illinois in 1947 and later moved to New York after graduating from college where she was cast in theater productions<\/p>\n

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In 1988, the actress played Winona Ryder’s mom (seen above right) in the teen dark comedy Heathers alongside other stars such as Christian Slater and the late Shannen Doherty<\/p>\n

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Rhodes appeared in a variety of TV shows in the 90s including Full House, Party Of Five, ER, Wings, Murphy Brown, 3rd Rock From The Sun, Friends and also Ally McBeal<\/p>\n

During its time on the air, Charmed raked in a numerous award nominations, such as a Teen Choice Award nod for Television – Choice Drama.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The show also garnered Best Actress and Best Network Television series nominations at the Saturn Awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhodes further portrayed minor guest roles in shows including Gilmore Girls, Cold Case, Boston Public, The Young And The Restless and The Mentalist.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She appeared on the hit Disney channel series The Suite Life On Deck when she played Mrs. McCracken in one episode in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her most recent roles included a one episode stint on Grace And Frankie in 2019 as well as a 2022 episode of NCIS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The show also garnered Best Actress and Best Network Television series nominations at the Saturn Awards; seen in Charmed with Alyssa Milano (left) and Rose McGowan (middle)\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Her most recent roles included a one episode stint on Grace And Frankie in 2019 as well as a 2022 episode of NCIS; seen in 2024 in Daytona Beach\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rhodes has another upcoming project under her belt titled Henry – which is currently in its post-production stages, per IMDB<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She plays the character of Mary Murphy in the legal drama alongside Conor Kowalski, Tammy Blanchard, Richard Portnow, Carson Rowland and Lynn Adrianna Freedman.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The premise is: ‘A teenage boy named Jasper rescues a dairy calf, Henry, who becomes his best friend and only family. When three other young men attack Henry, Jasper defends him and ends up in court facing a life sentence.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘In the gripping trial that ensures, Animal Advocacy lawyer Samantha Peller fights to convince the jury – and the world – that animals are more than just property.’\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A beloved 90s actress was seen with what appeared to be apparent bruising on her face during a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,98,88,3031,7963,2726],"class_list":{"0":"post-185333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-shannen-doherty","13":"tag-tvshowbiz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}