Find out more at IMDbPro ». How Much Have You Seen? How much of Loni Anderson's work have you seen? User Polls Ya Sure, you Betcha! Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. See more awards ». Known For. Stroker Ace Pembrook Feeney. A Night at the Roxbury Barbara Butabi. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 65 credits. Show all 13 episodes. Nana Lyle.
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McGuire - Spring Fever Sydney Kovak. Show all 89 episodes. Kim Holland. Kitty Scofield. On the minus side, she fizzled in her teaming up with equally sexy Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter in the tepid, short-lived series Partners in Crime and then played a former Las Vegas showgirl who inherits a bundle in the sitcom misfire Easy Street She also was given a chance to work in feature films such as Stroker Ace While her performance in that movie was panned, it did have her meeting and co-starring opposite mega star Burt Reynolds.
Appearing in routine, mini-movie soap operas via her own production company , if anything, kept Loni in the public eye as a serious-minded actress, but it was an uphill battle to rise above her manufactured image as a fantasy bombshell.
Not helping things was her high-profile marriage to Reynolds in , which began blissfully enough and produced adopted son Quinton , then dissolved quickly into a nasty divorce in that damaged the reputations of both stars.
In later years, Loni showed incredible perseverance. As always, the stalwart beauty continued to play up the glam but has since downplayed the dramatics. She seems more focused these days on having innocuous fun, playing a number of hearty vixens in sitcoms and series guest spots.
Millennium television credits include the sitcom The Mullets and as Tori Spelling 's materialistic mother in So Notorious , which did not get the seal of approval from Tori's real-life mother. In , she married a fourth time to musician Bob Flick. Loni's autobiography, "My Life in High Heels", was published in Sign In. Edit Loni Anderson. Showing all 33 items. When she was a teenager, her mother was very struck by an attractive actor on television and told Loni that was the kind of guy she ought to marry.
The actor's name was Burt Reynolds , who she eventually did marry. Has an adopted son, Quinton A. As a high school senior, she was voted Valentine Queen of her school's winter formal.
Won a bushel of local beauty contests as a teenager including her hometown Miss Roseville pageant in which allowed her to compete and become a finalist in the Miss Minnesota competition. Described her early development and subsequent decision to have breast reduction surgery as follows, "When I was 14 my measurements were 37D Now I feel more in proportion at instead of outrageous. Anderson entered the University of Minnesota in to study art.
She worked her way through school by winning beauty pageants—namely the Miss Roseville beauty pageant contest, which allowed her to represent her hometown at the Miss Minnesota competition. In , at the age of 18, Anderson married fellow Minnesotan Bruce Hasselbeck. Shortly after their nuptials, Anderson and Hasselbeck welcomed daughter Deidra.
However, the romance was short-lived, and Anderson and Hasselbeck divorced in It was a difficult time for Anderson, who had to take a teaching job to support herself and her new baby while completing her college education. Anderson also developed an interest in acting and started making appearances in local commercials and theater shows.
In , Anderson remarried to another aspiring actor, Ross Bickell. The ambitious couple decided to move away from Minnesota to Los Angeles in to pursue more film and TV work. Anderson dyed her locks their trademark blonde during this period, and landed minor roles on shows such as Barnaby Jones , The Bob Newhart Show and Three's Company Anderson's big break in showbiz came in , when the actress landed a role on the popular sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
Actor Howard Hesseman, who played the character of Dr. Johnny Fever, and Anderson, who played sultry radio station receptionist Jennifer Marlowe, became the breakaway stars of the show.
Anderson became a sex symbol almost overnight, and a pinup photo of the actress in a bikini was one of the best-selling posters of the s. Yet, far from a dumb blonde, Anderson insisted that she be able to play her character as a bright, sensitive woman before signing for the part. Her vision paid off, and the star earned two Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations for her performance.
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