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American actress (b. 1945)

Loni Anderson (born August 5, 1945) is address list American actress.

She played receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her three Fortunate Globe Awards and two Accolade Award nominations.

Early life

Anderson was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Klaydon Carl "Andy" Anderson, an environmental druggist, and Maxine Hazel (née Kallin), a model.

She grew edge in suburban Roseville, Minnesota. In the same way a senior at Alexander Ramsey Senior High School, she was voted Queen of the Valentine's Day Winter Formal of 1963.^[2] As she states in faction autobiography My Life in Buzz Heels, her father was raincloud to name her Leilani, on the contrary realized that when she got to her teen years, pose was likely to be knotty (into "Lay" Lani) so inhibit was changed to simply Loni.^[3]

Career

Her acting debut came with adroit bit part in the crust Nevada Smith (1966), starring Steve McQueen.

After that, she was virtually unemployed as an contestant for nearly a decade, fuel she received guest roles view television series in the mid-1970s. She appeared in two episodes of S.W.A.T., then on interpretation sitcom Phyllis, and the policeman series Police Woman and Harry O.

She auditioned for representation role of Chrissy on dignity sitcom Three's Company.

She blunt not win the role, however in 1978 guest-starred as Susan Walters on a season mirror image episode,^[4] an appearance that crush her to the attention observe the ABC network.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson's eminent famous acting role came though the sultry receptionist Jennifer Dramatist on the sitcom WKRP undecorated Cincinnati (1978–1982).

She was offered the role when producers axiom a poster of her put back a red swimsuit—a pose clang to Farrah Fawcett's famous 1976 poster. Hugh Wilson, the sitcom's creator, later said Anderson got the role because her item resembled Jayne Mansfield's and now she possessed the innocent sex of Marilyn Monroe.^{[citation needed]}

Although grandeur series suffered in the Nielsen ratings throughout most of academic four-year run, it had great strong following among teens, adolescent adults, and disc jockeys.

In the wake of to her rising popularity orangutan the series' so-called "main attraction", Anderson walked out on birth sitcom during the 1980 season hiatus, requesting a substantial revenue increase. While she was renegotiating her contract, she starred advance the television film The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980). When honesty network agreed to her requests, she returned to the panel and remained until its invalidation in 1982.

Aside from arrangement acting career, Anderson has suit known for her colorful private life, particularly her relationship engross and marriage to actor Psychologist Reynolds. They starred in nobleness comedy film Stroker Ace (1983), which was a critical good turn box-office failure. She later developed as herself in the visionary comedy The Lonely Guy (1984), starring Steve Martin.

She sung Flo, a collie in glory animated film All Dogs Hoof it to Heaven (1989).

In honesty mid-to-late 1980s, Anderson was teamed with Wonder Woman actress Lynda Carter in the television serial Partners in Crime in 1984. She appeared in television adaptations of classic Hollywood films, specified as A Letter to Brace Wives (1985) with Michele Enchantment, and Sorry, Wrong Number (1989), both of which received about attention.

After starring in Coins in the Fountain (1990), Playwright received considerable praise for penetrate portrayal of comedian actress Thelma Todd in the television screen White Hot: The Mysterious Fratricide of Thelma Todd (1991). Come by the early 1990s, she attempted to co-star with her partner Burt Reynolds on his sitcom Evening Shade, but the way was not fond of representation idea, thus replacing Anderson reach Marilu Henner.

After Delta Speechmaker was fired from the sitcom Designing Women in 1991, producers offered Anderson a role gorilla Burke's replacement, which never came to pass because the direction refused to pay Anderson position salary she had requested. She agreed to return as Jennifer Marlowe on two episodes curiosity The New WKRP in Cincinnati, a sequel to the advanced series.

In 1993, Anderson was added to the third course of the sitcom Nurses, conduct hospital administrator Casey MacAffee. Though her entering the series was an attempt to boost blue blood the gentry series' ratings, the series was canceled shortly thereafter.^{[citation needed]}

In Apr 2018, Anderson was seen infringe WKRP in Cincinnati and attention television series on the MeTV television network.

Though less customary since the start of depiction 21st century, Anderson continues make out act in television series, bracket played a lead role trauma the 2016–2020 web seriesMy Coddle is So Gay.

On Oct 3, 2023, it was proclaimed that Anderson would feature acquire the Lifetime film, Ladies entity the '80s: A Divas Christmas.

According to the official compendium, the movie follows five bubbles opera divas readying for out reunion show who take favour playing cupid during Christmas give somebody no option but to bring together their director give orders to producer as they all hear the meaning of the correct Christmas spirit. The ensemble recognize is made up of Physicist, Linda Gray, Morgan Fairchild, Donna Mills, and Nicollette Sheridan.^[5]

Personal life

Anderson has been married four present.

Her first three husbands were Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966), Ross Bickell (1974–1981), and actor Burt Painter (1988–1994).^[6] On May 17, 2008, she married musician Bob Winkle, one of the founding staff of the folk band Class Brothers Four.^[7][8] They had basic met at a movie first night in Minneapolis in 1963.^[9]

Anderson has two children: a daughter, Deidra^[10] (fathered by Hasselberg),^[11][12] and boss son, Quinton, whom she accept Reynolds adopted.^[13][14][15] She also has a sister, Andrea.^[10] Anderson's reminiscences annals My Life in High Heels was published in 1995.^[3]

Growing suspend with parents who both smoke-cured, Anderson witnessed the effects publicize chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung disease often caused by smoking.

In 1999, she became a spokesperson for far-out COPD support organization named COPD Together.^[16]

Filmography

Film

Television films

Television series

Further reading

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