Janette Lane Bradbury (born June 17, 1938) is an American actress and writer.

Biography Lane Bradbury was born in Buckhead, Georgia. She studied ballet as a young girl. In the 1950s, she moved to New York City and was admitted to the Actors Studio.

Career

Stage

Bradbury made her Broadway debut in the role of Jolly Adams in J.B. (1958–59), performing with Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer. Bradbury was the first actress to play Dainty June in the original Broadway production of Gypsy (1959–61). She starred in Tennessee Williams' play Night of the Iguana (1961–62) with veteran actress Bette Davis. From 1963 to 1964, Bradbury portrayed The Mick in June Havoc's Broadway play Marathon '33.

Screen

In the 1960s, Bradbury moved with her husband Lou Antonio to Los Angeles, where she began a long career in television. She was in 1963's season three opener of The Fugitive titled "Wings of an Angel", playing Janet Kegler, a woman taken hostage. In 1965, Bradbury co-starred with Antonio on Gunsmoke as Allie Sommers in the season eleven episode, "Outlaw's Woman." She returned to play Lucky in the season twelve episode "Muley" in 1967 before portraying the popular Gunsmoke recurring character Merry Florene between 1968 and 1969.

In the 1970s, Bradbury made guest appearances on shows such as Medical Center (1970), The Mod Squad (1970), The Partridge Family (1970), Mannix (1972), Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972), Kung Fu (1973), The Rockford Files (1976), and The Waltons (1979).

She appeared in the popular television movies Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971), and To Dance with the White Dog (1990).

Bradbury portrayed Hazel Head in the Unsolved Mysteries 2002 episode, "Wanted: Hazel Head".

Her theatrical film credits include Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), The Ultimate Warrior (1975), and Major Arcana (2018).

Personal life In 1965, Bradbury married actor and director Lou Antonio"A Dog's Life for Lou", The Robesonian, May 1, 1977, p. 13."Married since 1965 to actress Lane Bradbury, Lou is the father to two daughters." and they had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1980. Their daughter Elkin Antoniou is a writer, director, and documentarian.

She is the founder and artistic director of the Valkyrie Theater of Dance, Drama, and Film, a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to introduce at-risk teens to the theatrical arts.

Filmography

+ Lane Bradbury film and television credits Year Title Role Notes 1958 Kraft Television Theatre Piney Adaptation of The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1963 The Doctors and the Nurses Rita Silveri Episode: "Choice Among Wrongs" 1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Julia "Out on the Outskirts of Town" by William Inge 1964 Mr. Novak Ellen Westfall Episode: "Love Among the Grown-Ups" 1965 The Fugitive Janet Kegler Episode: "Wings of an Angel" 1965 Gunsmoke Allie Sommers Episode: "Outlaw's Woman" 1967 Gunsmoke Lucky Episode: "Muley" 1967 Iron Horse Rachel Sparrow Episode: "Volcano Wagon" 1968–1969 Gunsmoke Merry Florene Recurring role (4 episodes) 1969 Judd, for the Defense Penny Hale Episode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight" 1969 Death Valley Days Ella Stewart Episode: "A Key for the Fort" 1969 Then Came Bronson Bella Mendoza Episode: "Where Will the Trumpets Be?" 1970 Dial Hot Line Pam Carruthers Television film 1970 Medical Center Maggie Seller Episode: "Between Dark and Daylight" 1970 Bracken's World Miriam Halsey Episode: "Murder Off-Camera" 1970 The Mod Squad Cindy Jeffers Episode: "See the Eagles Dying" 1970 The Partridge Family Janet Episode: "Love at First Slight" 1970 The Interns Irene Episode: "Act of God" 1971 Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring Susie Miller Television film: ABC Movie of the Week 1971 The Young Lawyers Charlene Neiley Episode: "Down at the House of Truth, Visiting" 1971 Storefront Lawyers Episode: "The Dark World of Harry Anders" 1972 Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law Carol Ann MacMurdy Episode: "Run Carol Run" 1972 McCloud Carol Harrington Episode: "Give My Regrets to Broadway" 1972 Mannix Karin Gundersen Episode: "Scapegoat" 1972 Insight Melanie Episode: "The Death of Superman" 1972 Another Part of the Forest Laurette TV adaptation of the play by Lillian Hellman 1972 The F.B.I. Laura Ann Millpark Episode: "The Loner" 1972 Banyon Bunny Episode: "A Date with Death" 1972 Alias Smith and Jones Ellen Anderson Episode: "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" 1972 The Bold Ones: The New Doctors Cassie Howard Episode: "Endtheme" 1973 Kung Fu Annie Buchanan Episode: "An Eye for an Eye" 1974 Banacek Sally James Episode: "Horse of a Slightly Different Color" 1974 The Streets of San Francisco Rosie Johnson Episode: "The Hard Breed" 1974 Doc Elliot Emily Robbins Episode: "Things That Might Have Been" 1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Rita Eberhardt Theatrical film 1975 The Ultimate Warrior Barrie Theatrical film 1975 Police Story Sharon Episode: "Vice: 24 Hours" 1976 McMillan & Wife Jennifer Carter Episode: "Greed" 1976 The Rockford Files Houston Preli Episode: "Where's Houston?" 1976 Serpico Carol Episode: "The Deadly Game" 1976 Gemini Man Amy Nichols Episode: "Night Train to Dallas" 1977 Westside Medical Sister Mary Dolores Episode: "My Physician, My Friend" (Part 1 & 2) 1977 Just a Little Inconvenience B-Girl Television film 1978 A Real American Hero Debbie Pride Television film 1979 The Chinese Typewriter Louise-Jill Television film 1979 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do Ruth Doyle Television film 1979 The Waltons Ronie Cotter Episode: "The Diploma" 1980 Where the Ladies Go Tasha Television film 1981 Walking Tall Kate Reeder Episode: "Company Town" 1981 Strike Force Julie Episode: "The Predator" 1986 One Terrific Guy Television film 1991 Wife, Mother, Murderer Aunt Frieda Television film 1992 I'll Fly Away Mrs. Anderson Episode: "Cool Winter Blues" 1993 Queen Episode #1.3 1993 Stolen Babies Meg Wilber Television film 1993 To Dance with the White Dog Mildred Cook Television film 1994 A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story Lily Clayburn Television film 1994 Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All Mrs. Williams (uncredited) TV miniseries 1992 In the Heat of the Night Myrna Hughes Episode: "A Time to Trust" 1992, 1995 In the Heat of the Night Trina Yost / Trina 2 episodes 1996 Savannah Brian's secretary 3 episodes 1999 Party of Five Secretary Episode: "Wrestling Demons" 2000 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Norma Episode: "The Landlady" 2002 Unsolved Mysteries Hazel Head (as Janette Bradbury) Episode: "Wanted: Hazel Head" 2018 Deception Priscilla Episode: "Code Act" 2018 Major Arcana Jean Theatrical film 2018, 2019 Billions Grigor's Mom 2 episodes

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