By Gayla Basehart

It is with great sadness that I have to announce the passing of my sister Jenna Rose Basehart. She left this earth Sunday February 16, 2025 from natural causes.

Jenna was born in LA to parents Richard Basehart (actor) and Diana Basehart (artist) she is survived by her sister, Gayla Basehart. Jenna was fiery yet incredibly sensitive. She felt deeply for others, sometimes taking on their pain. She particularly had a great love for animals and did a lot of pet sitting throughout the years.

She was a natural artist and created wonderful paintings and art projects. Jenna spent her first years in Los Angeles, by age 30 she moved to Santa Barbara to be closer to her mother. She was a devoted daughter and sister and will forever be missed and deeply loved.

Delaware County has a connection to Richard Basehart, who performed at Hedgerow Theatre at the beginning of his career. From 1923-1955, Hedgerow presented rotating repertory theatre that featured many national theatre personalities from Richard Basehart to Edward Albee, Ann Harding to Susan Glaspell. Hedgerow has its roots in the Arts and Crafts era at the turn of the last century, when William Price adapted this English movement dedicated to individual expression in contrast to the impersonal industrialization of society.