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Born in St. Louis, Jacobson moved to Los Angeles and started working in comedy groups and as a stand-up on her own. She was intrigued by stories on previous performers and began collecting facts and doing interviews about them. In addition to writing, she has also produced documentaries and television specials, among them , Warner Bros Studio Rededication Party (1990), The Suzanne Somers (1994) and The Museum of Television and Radio's Salute to Funny Women on Television. Respected as an authority on Hollywood history, she has appeared on radio and television, including E!’s Mysteries and Scandals, CNN, 20th Century with Mike Wallace, Art Bell's Dark Matter, Entertainment Tonight, A&E, History Channel, Discovery Channel and AMC. In 2008 she co-starred with Shirley Knight in the independent film Not Fade Away. Jacobson resides in Santa Rosa, California where she has taught at American Eagle Studios Article at Goodreads 2007 (entire paragraph) and Santa Rosa Junior College.
She accounted for her own personal supernatural experiences in a Hollywood Halloween podcast in 2013. Article in Parade by Dr. Nancy Berk 2013-10-03 Details of Jacobson's background have been covered extensively in online interviews Interview with Shoutout DFW and news reports. Her husband is actor Jon Provost whom she met in 1996. Article in Rob Rains 2023-05-24
In 2017, the Southern California Motion Picture Council in Van Nuys gave Jacobson its Lifetime Achievement Award in appreciation of her entertainment-industry contributions. Article at MRM
In recent years, Jacobson has become a profile in TV-associated Culinary arts and she and her husband have also been involved in animal activism. Articles by Barb Oates in ReMIND Magazine 2023-11-13 & 2025-03-12 Through Provost Pets they launched a line of pet products in 2025. Website
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