Loni Anderson

Infobox actor

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caption = Loni Anderson and Burt Reynolds at the 43rd Emmy Awards (1991)
name = Loni Anderson
birthname = Loni Kaye Anderson
birthdate = birth date and age|1946|08|5
location = Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
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spouse = Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966),
Ross Bickell (1973–1981),
Burt Reynolds (1988–1993),
Bob Flick (2008–present)

Loni Kaye Anderson (born August 5, 1946) is an American actress, best known for her role as Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom "WKRP in Cincinnati" and as a former wife of Burt Reynolds (from 1988 to 1993). Her divorce from Reynolds was a bitter, well-publicized debacle.

Early life

Anderson was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota to Carl K. Anderson and Maxine H. Kallin. As she tells it in her autobiography, "My Life in High Heels", her father was originally going to name her "Leiloni", but then realized to his horror that when she got to her teen years it was liable to be twisted into "Lay Loni". So it was changed to just plain "Loni".

Acting

Her most famous acting role came as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on "WKRP in Cincinnati". Her pinup photo in a bikini became one of the best-selling wall posters of the 1970s.

Shortly after her divorce from Reynolds, she appeared as a regular in the final season (1993–1994) on the NBC sitcom "Nurses".

Anderson has been in various movies. She portrayed Jayne Mansfield in a made-for-TV biopic about her along with Arnold Schwarzenegger. She teamed with Lynda Carter in the 1984 series "Partners in Crime". Anderson made a series of cameo appearances on television shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s, such as the Spellmans' "witch-trash" cousin on "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" and Vallery Irons' mother on "V.I.P.".

Personal life

Anderson has two children: a daughter, Deidra Hoffman [cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20098964,00.html |title=Burt & Loni's Wedding Album |accessdate=2008-06-28 |last=Dougherty |first=Margot |coauthors=Linda Marx, Victoria Balfour, Lois Armstrong |date=1988-05-16 |work=People |publisher=Time Inc] (from her first marriage), [cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20106248,00.html |title=What a Mess! |accessdate=2008-06-28 |last=Schindehette |first=Susan |date=1993-09-13 |work=People |publisher=Time Inc] who is a school administrator in California; [cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20141062,00.html |title=Red-Hot Grandmama |accessdate=2008-06-28 |last=Lipton |first=Michael A. |date=2003-09-15 |work=People |publisher=Time Inc] and a son, Quinton Reynolds, whom she and Burt Reynolds adopted. [ [http://www.surrogacy.com/agencies/csp/hall.html "Deidre Hall's Miracle"] , The American Surrogacy Center, Inc., 1996, retrieved September 7, 2006]

On May 17, 2008, Anderson married Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four.cite news
url =
title = Loni Anderson marries folk singer Bob Flick 15 years after divorce from Burt Reynolds
work = Star Tribune
date = 18 May 2008
accessdate = 2008-05-18] The couple had met at a movie premiere in Anderson's native Minneapolis a few years after Flick's group hit No 2 on the pop charts with "Greenfields" in 1960. The ceremony was attended by friends and family, including son Quinton Reynolds.

elected filmography

*"Vigilante Force" (1976)
*"Stroker Ace" (1983)
*"The Lonely Guy" (1984)
*"All Dogs Go to Heaven" (1989) (voice)
*"Coins in the Fountain" (1990))
*"" (1998)
*"A Night at the Roxbury" (1998)

Notable television work

*"WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-1982)
*"The Incredible Hulk", "Of Guilt, Models and Murder" [1.5] , March 24, 1978 (playing "Sheila Cantrell")
*"Three's Company", "Coffee, Tea, or Jack" [2.25] , May 16, 1978 (playing "Susan Wallace")
*"Partners in Crime" (1984)
*"A Letter to Three Wives" (1985)
*"Easy Street" (1986)
*"Blondie and Dagwood" (1987) (voice)
*"Too Good to Be True" (1988)
*"Sorry, Wrong Number" (1989)
*"Nurses" (cast member from 1993-1994)
*"Without Warning" (1994)
*"The Mullets" (2003-2004)
*"So NoTORIous" (2006)

References

External links

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