Lolita Davidovich

Infobox Actor


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birthname = Lolita Davidovich
birthdate = birth date and age|1961|7|15
birthplace = London, Ontario
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othername = Lolita David
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spouse = Ron Shelton

Lolita Davidovich (born July 15, 1961) is a Canadian actress.

Biography

Personal life

Davidovich was born in London, Ontario, the daughter of immigrants from the former Yugoslavia. Her father was from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and her mother was from Slovenia;cite news|last=Byrne|first=Bridget|coauthors=|title=Actress Looks To Face 'The Judge'|pages=|publisher=The Associated Press|date=2001-04-06|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-43726705.html|accessdate=2007-12-12] she spoke only Serbian during her early years.cite news|last=|first=|coauthors=|title='BLAZE' ACTRESS LOLITA DAVIDOVICH ENJOYING HER FIRST TASTE OF|pages=|publisher=Daily News of Los Angeles|date=1989-12-25|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF5B83CB0CFA5D4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|accessdate=2007-12-10] She studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800022054/bio Lolita Davidovich Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] Davidovich is married to writer/director Ron Shelton, a former minor league baseball player in Baltimore's system.

Career

Davidovich is occasionally credited as "Lolita David". She first received notice co-starring in "Blaze" (1989) with Paul Newman, for which she beat out 600 other actresses for the title role of the notorious burlesque performer, Blaze Starr. More recently, she appeared in several episodes on the first season of the Showtime lesbian-themed television series, "The L Word" playing the character Francesca Wolff, as well as an episode of "", as a grandmother.

Filmography

*"September Dawn (2007) - Nancy Dunlop
*"Kill Your Darlings (2006) - Lola
*"Play It to the Bone (1999) - Grace Pasic
*"Mystery, Alaska" (1999) - Mary Jane Pitcher
*"Gods and Monsters" (1998) — Betty
*"Jungle 2 Jungle" (1997) - Charlotte
*"Harvest of Fire" (1996) — Sally Russell
*"Intersection" (1994) — Olivia Marshak
* Cobb (1994)
*"Leap of Faith" (1992) — Marva
*"Raising Cain" (1992) — Jenny
*"JFK (1991) — Beverly Oliver
*"The Object of Beauty" (1991) — Joan
*"Blaze" (1989) — Blaze Starr
*"Adventures in Babysitting" (1987) - Sue Ann

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0000357|name=Lolita Davidovich
* [http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsdef/davidovich.html Lolita Davidovich] at Northern Stars