Jean Daugherty
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Jean Daugherty, known as the play lady, is an actress that was born March 5, 1922 in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania. She achieved fame when she wrote, produced, and acted in more than 6,000 episodes of the pioneering children's television program "Magic Toy Shop". She was also the sister of former Michigan State University football coach Duffy Daugherty.
She was among the first inductees of the Syracuse Press Club Wall of Distinction. Syracuse University awarded her an Achievement Award, and she received the Mayor's Achievement
Award as well as an Honorary Letter of Distinction by the Syracuse University Varsity Club. In 1976, Indiana University of Pennsylvania gave her an honorary doctorate of letters degree. LeMoyne College gave her a similar honorary degree in 1991.
On April 6, 2008, she passed away as a legend in Syracuse, N.Y.