Tennesee-born actress Cherry Jones spent 15 years in professional theater before her performance as Catherine Sloper in the Broadway revival of "The Heiress" (1995) brought her long overdue and very much deserved recognition. Vincent Canby in his rave New York Times review called her "a splendid young actress who's new to me"--despite the fact she had 50 productions under her belt, including a 1991 Tony nomination for "Our Country's Good" and a 1992 OBIE Award for "The Baltimore Waltz". Perhaps that's to be expected since her malleable cameo face had allowed her to submerge herself in her