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| birth_name = Luana Margo Anderson |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|05|12|mf=y}} |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|07|21|1938|05|12|mf=y}} |
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| occupation = Actress, screenwriter |
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| yearsactive = 1955–1996 |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films, including starring roles in ''Life Begins at 17''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Life Begins at 17 |url=http://prod-www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/81334/life-begins-at-17 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=prod-www.tcm.com |language=en}}</ref> and ''Reform School Girls'', along with [[Sally Kellerman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jonathan |date=1985-10-26 |title=Reform School Girl |url=http://chicagoreader.com/film/reform-school-girl/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Chicago Reader |language=en-US}}</ref> Her best-known performances may have been as [[Vincent Price]]'s sister in Corman's ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961)<ref>{{Citation |title=The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) |url=https://www.blu-ray.com/The-Pit-and-the-Pendulum/140147/ |access-date=2023-11-22}}</ref> and as a murder victim in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Dementia 13]]'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Samuel |date=2023-04-01 |title=Before 'The Godfather,' Francis Ford Coppola Made His Debut With This Horror Movie |url=https://collider.com/francis-ford-coppola-dementia-13/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> She also appeared in [[Curtis Harrington]]'s [[cult film]] ''[[Night Tide]]'' (1961)<ref>{{Citation |title=Night Tide (1961) |url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film110078.html |access-date=2023-11-22 |language=en}}</ref> opposite [[Dennis Hopper]], who later cast her as one of the [[hippie]] [[Intentional community|commune]] girls who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and [[Peter Fonda]] in ''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-09-05 |title=Cinema St. Louis’ Golden Anniversaries: Films of 1969 Series Continues With EASY RIDER This Sunday September 8th at 1:30pm |url=https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/09/cinema-st-louis-golden-anniversaries-films-of-1969-series-continues-with-easy-rider-this-sunday-september-7th-at-130pm/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=We Are Movie Geeks |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Anders began her career with [[supporting actor|supporting roles]] for [[American International Pictures]]. Some of the early films she appeared in were directed by [[Roger Corman]]. Anders was part of a group of actors who met in the acting class of actor [[Jeff Corey]].{{Citation needed |date=November 2020}} They included [[Jack Nicholson]], [[Sally Kellerman]], and [[Robert Towne]]. |
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⚫ | Anders appeared in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[That Cold Day in the Park]]'', which premiered in 1969 at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], as well as being cast in several of her friend [[Jack Nicholson]]'s films, including ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967), ''[[The Last Detail]]'' (1973), ''[[The Missouri Breaks]]'' (1976), ''[[Goin' South]]'' (1978), and ''[[The Two Jakes]]'' (1990). Her other film credits include ''[[When the Legends Die]]'' (1972), ''[[The Killing Kind (1973 film)|The Killing Kind]]'' (1973), ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' (1975), ''[[Personal Best (film)|Personal Best]]'' (1982), ''[[Movers & Shakers (film)|Movers & Shakers]]'' (1985), ''[[You Can't Hurry Love (film)|You Can't Hurry Love]]'' (1988), ''[[Doppelganger (1993 film)|Doppelganger]]'' (1993), ''[[Wild Bill (1995 film)|Wild Bill]]'' (1995), and ''[[American Strays]]'' (1996). |
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Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films, including starring roles in ''Life Begins at 17'' and ''Reform School Girls'', along with [[Sally Kellerman]]. Her best-known performances may have been as [[Vincent Price]]'s sister in Corman's ''[[The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film)|The Pit and the Pendulum]]'' (1961) and as a murder victim in [[Francis Ford Coppola]]'s ''[[Dementia 13]]'' (1963). She also appeared in [[Curtis Harrington]]'s [[cult film]] ''[[Night Tide]]'' (1961) opposite [[Dennis Hopper]], who later cast her as one of the [[hippie]] [[commune]] girls who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and [[Peter Fonda]] in ''[[Easy Rider]]'' (1969). |
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⚫ | Anders appeared in [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[That Cold Day in the Park]]'', which premiered in 1969 at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], as well as being cast in several of her friend Jack Nicholson's films, including ''[[The Trip (1967 film)|The Trip]]'' (1967), ''[[The Last Detail]]'' (1973), ''[[The Missouri Breaks]]'' (1976), ''[[Goin' South]]'' (1978), and ''[[The Two Jakes]]'' (1990). Her other film credits include ''[[When the Legends Die]]'' (1972), ''[[The Killing Kind (1973 film)|The Killing Kind]]'' (1973), ''[[Shampoo (film)|Shampoo]]'' (1975), ''[[Personal Best (film)|Personal Best]]'' (1982), ''[[Movers & Shakers]]'' (1985), ''[[You Can't Hurry Love (film)|You Can't Hurry Love]]'' (1988), ''[[Doppelganger (1993 film)|Doppelganger]]'' (1993), ''[[Wild Bill (1995 film)|Wild Bill]]'' (1995), and ''[[American Strays]]'' (1996). |
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She appeared in a wide range of episodic television, including ''[[The Rifleman]]'', ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', the "Incident of the Running Man" episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'', ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', as Theresa Ames in "[[The Guests (The Outer Limits)|The Guests]]" (an episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''), ''[[Adam-12]]'' and ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]''. She appeared briefly in several [[soap opera]]s, including ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' in the 1991–1992 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/luana-anders/credits/162943/| title= Luana Anders |publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2019-07-15}}</ref> |
She appeared in a wide range of episodic television, including ''[[The Rifleman]]'', ''[[Sugarfoot]]'', the "Incident of the Running Man" episode of ''[[Rawhide (TV series)|Rawhide]]'', ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'', ''[[Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond|One Step Beyond]]'', ''[[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]'', as Theresa Ames in "[[The Guests (The Outer Limits)|The Guests]]" (an episode of ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''), ''[[Adam-12]]'' and ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]''. She appeared briefly in several [[soap opera]]s, including ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' in the 1991–1992 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/luana-anders/credits/162943/| title= Luana Anders |publisher=TV Guide|accessdate=2019-07-15}}</ref> |
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As a writer, she wrote the original screenplay of ''[[Fire on the Amazon]]'' (using the pseudonym Margo Blue) for executive producer Roger Corman. She also co-wrote the comedy film [[Limit Up (film)|''Limit Up'']] for MCEG/Virgin with [[Richard Martini]] and had a cameo role in the film. |
As a writer, she wrote the original screenplay of ''[[Fire on the Amazon]]'' (using the pseudonym Margo Blue) for executive producer Roger Corman. She also co-wrote the comedy film [[Limit Up (film)|''Limit Up'']] for MCEG/Virgin with [[Richard Martini (director)|Richard Martini]] and had a cameo role in the film. |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Anders was a lifelong [[Buddhist]] and supporter of the American chapter of [[Soka Gakkai International]] (SGI). She died of [[breast cancer]] in 1996, aged 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-27-mn-28452-story.html| title= Luana Anders; Film, Stage and Television Actress |work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2019-07-15}}</ref> |
Anders was a lifelong [[Buddhist]] and supporter of the American chapter of [[Soka Gakkai International]] (SGI).{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} She died of [[breast cancer]] in 1996, aged 58.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-07-27-mn-28452-story.html| title= Luana Anders; Film, Stage and Television Actress |work=Los Angeles Times| date= 27 July 1996 |accessdate=2019-07-15}}</ref> |
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== Filmography == |
== Filmography == |
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Luana Anders | |
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Born | Luana Margo Anderson May 12, 1938 |
Died | July 21, 1996 | (aged 58)
Occupation(s) | Actress, screenwriter |
Years active | 1955–1996 |
Luana Anders (born Luana Margo Anderson, May 12, 1938 – July 21, 1996) was an American film and television actress and screenwriter.
Career[edit]
Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films, including starring roles in Life Begins at 17[1] and Reform School Girls, along with Sally Kellerman.[2] Her best-known performances may have been as Vincent Price's sister in Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)[3] and as a murder victim in Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963).[4] She also appeared in Curtis Harrington's cult film Night Tide (1961)[5] opposite Dennis Hopper, who later cast her as one of the hippie commune girls who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider (1969).[6]
Anders appeared in Robert Altman's That Cold Day in the Park, which premiered in 1969 at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as being cast in several of her friend Jack Nicholson's films, including The Trip (1967), The Last Detail (1973), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Goin' South (1978), and The Two Jakes (1990). Her other film credits include When the Legends Die (1972), The Killing Kind (1973), Shampoo (1975), Personal Best (1982), Movers & Shakers (1985), You Can't Hurry Love (1988), Doppelganger (1993), Wild Bill (1995), and American Strays (1996).
She appeared in a wide range of episodic television, including The Rifleman, Sugarfoot, the "Incident of the Running Man" episode of Rawhide, The Andy Griffith Show, One Step Beyond, Dragnet, as Theresa Ames in "The Guests" (an episode of The Outer Limits), Adam-12 and Hunter. She appeared briefly in several soap operas, including Santa Barbara in the 1991–1992 season.[7]
As a writer, she wrote the original screenplay of Fire on the Amazon (using the pseudonym Margo Blue) for executive producer Roger Corman. She also co-wrote the comedy film Limit Up for MCEG/Virgin with Richard Martini and had a cameo role in the film.
Personal life[edit]
Anders was a lifelong Buddhist and supporter of the American chapter of Soka Gakkai International (SGI).[citation needed] She died of breast cancer in 1996, aged 58.[8]
Filmography[edit]
Film[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1957 | Reform School Girl | Josie Brigg | |
1958 | The Notorious Mr. Monks | Gilda Hadley | |
1958 | The Man Who Died Twice | Young Girl Addict | |
1958 | Life Begins at 17 | Carol Peck | |
1959 | The FBI Story | Mrs. Graham | Uncredited |
1961 | Night Tide | Ellen Sands | |
1961 | The Pit and the Pendulum | Catherine Medina | |
1963 | The Young Racers | Henny | |
1963 | Dementia 13 | Louise Haloran | |
1964 | Sex and the College Girl | Gwen | |
1966 | Mondo Keyhole | Vicky | Voice, Uncredited |
1967 | The Trip | Waitress | |
1967 | Games | Party Guest | |
1968 | How Sweet It Is! | Agatzi Girl | |
1969 | Easy Rider | Lisa | |
1969 | That Cold Day in the Park | Sylvia | |
1971 | The Manipulator | Carlotta | |
1972 | Greaser's Palace | Cholera | |
1972 | When the Legends Die | Mary | |
1973 | The Last Detail | Donna | |
1973 | The Killing Kind | Louise | |
1975 | Shampoo | Devra | |
1976 | The Missouri Breaks | Rancher's Wife | |
1978 | Goin' South | Lorette Anderson | |
1979 | Paraclete | The Paraclete | Short |
1980 | Board and Care | Carolyn | Short |
1981 | One from the Heart | Uncredited | |
1982 | Personal Best | Rita Cahill | |
1984 | Irreconcilable Differences | Atlanta Widow | |
1985 | Movers & Shakers | Violette | |
1988 | You Can't Hurry Love | Macie Hayes | |
1989 | Limit Up | Teacher | |
1990 | The Two Jakes | Florist | |
1993 | Doppelganger | Ginger | |
1993 | Nowhere to Run | Town Meeting Chairwoman | |
1993 | Heart and Souls | Records Bureaucrat | |
1994 | Criminal Passion | Martha | |
1995 | Wild Bill | Sanitarium Woman | |
1996 | Point of Betrayal | Nurse | |
1996 | American Strays | Martha | |
1997 | Cannes Man | Agent on Phone | (final film role) |
Television[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1956 | Dragnet | Anna Marie Harmon | "The Big No Suicide" |
1957 | The Restless Gun | Lucy Anne | "Jody" |
1958 | Letter to Loretta | Ellen | "Time of Decision" |
1959 | Cimarron City | Nancy Tucker | "Child of Fear" |
1959 | The Rifleman | Lisabeth Bishop | "Shivaree" |
1959 | M Squad | Lola Green | "The Harpes" |
1959 | Sugarfoot | Princess | "The Avengers" |
1959 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Alice Denning | "The Burning Girl" |
1960 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Joan Goss | "The Voice" |
1960 | Lawman | Ellie Phelan | "The Swamper" |
1961 | The Islanders | Trina | "To Bell a Cat" |
1961 | Rawhide | Maddy Trager | S3:E25, "Incident of the Running Man" |
1962 | Ben Casey | Lorraine Walenchek | "And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears" |
1963 | Ben Casey | Ann Bentley | "Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne" |
1963 | The Eleventh Hour | Cathy Lewis | "Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday" |
1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Margaret | "The Wrecker" |
1964 | The Outer Limits | Theresa "Tess" Ames | "The Guests" |
1966 | Vacation Playhouse | Sybil Rockefeller | "My Lucky Penny" |
1967 | The Andy Griffith Show | Miss Clark | "A Visit to Barney Fife", "Barney Comes to Mayberry" |
1966 | That Girl | Shirley McChesney | "Don't Just Do Something, Stand There" |
1967 | That Girl | Beryl | "Leaving the Nest Is for the Birds" |
1967 | Accidental Family | Esther | "What Is This - Thanksgiving or a Nightmare?' |
1967 | Dragnet 1967 | Noradelle De Leone | "The Big Dog" |
1968 | Dragnet 1967 | Anna Marie Harmon | "The Suicide Attempt" |
1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Maggie | "...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin" |
1968 | Adam-12 | Jane Tipton | "Log 111: The Boa Constrictor" |
1969 | My Friend Tony | Louise | "Computer Murder" |
1969 | Mayberry R.F.D. | Violet
Cashier |
"Goober and the Telephone Girl"
"Emmett's Retirement" |
1970 | Dragnet 1967 | Eula Van Meter | "Burglary: The Dognappers" |
1971 | Ironside | Nina Loring | "The Target" |
1972 | Evil Roy Slade | Alice Fern | TV film |
1972 | Bonanza | Julie | "Forever" |
1972 | Mannix | Angie McCall | "Lost Sunday" |
1974 | Firehouse | Dawn | "Strike, Spare, and Burn" |
1977 | Little House on the Prairie | Lottie McGinins | "Blizzard" |
1978 | The Next Step Beyond | Harriet Jessup | "The Love Connection" |
1990 | Hunter | Sarah Farrell | "Second Sight" |
1991 | Switched at Birth | Nurse Ames | TV film |
1991-1992 | Santa Barbara | Rona | TV series |
1992 | In Sickness and in Health | Dorothy | TV film |
References[edit]
- ^ "Life Begins at 17". prod-www.tcm.com. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1985-10-26). "Reform School Girl". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ The Pit and the Pendulum (1961), retrieved 2023-11-22
- ^ Williamson, Samuel (2023-04-01). "Before 'The Godfather,' Francis Ford Coppola Made His Debut With This Horror Movie". Collider. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ Night Tide (1961), retrieved 2023-11-22
- ^ "Cinema St. Louis' Golden Anniversaries: Films of 1969 Series Continues With EASY RIDER This Sunday September 8th at 1:30pm". We Are Movie Geeks. 2019-09-05. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
- ^ "Luana Anders". TV Guide. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ^ "Luana Anders; Film, Stage and Television Actress". Los Angeles Times. 27 July 1996. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
External links[edit]
- Actresses from California
- American television actresses
- American women screenwriters
- Deaths from breast cancer in California
- American Buddhists
- 1938 births
- 1996 deaths
- American film actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American women writers
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- 20th-century American screenwriters