Anjanette Comer (August 7, 1939 – May 28, 2026) was an American actress known for her leading roles in The Appaloosa, Guns for San Sebastian and Lepke.
Early years Anjanette Comer was born in Dawson, Texas on August 7, 1939, to Rufus Franklin Comer, Jr. and Nola Dell "Sue" (Perkins) Comer. She attended Dawson High School. Comer gained acting experience at the Pasadena Playhouse.
Career Comer's first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1962 episode of My Three Sons titled "Heat Wave", followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as Dr. Kildare and Bonanza. In 1964, she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her work on an episode on Arrest and Trial.
She made her film debut as the female lead in the 1964 comedy Quick, Before It Melts, followed by a memorable role in the 1965 satire The Loved One, playing a seductive mortician who offers Robert Morse a choice for his uncle's funeral arrangements of "Inhumement, entombment, inurnment, immurement? Some people just lately have preferred ensarcophagusment."
Although Comer was cast opposite Michael Caine for Funeral in Berlin and appeared in publicity stills (she can be seen with Caine and Eva Renzi in a photograph on the DVD release), she had to be replaced because of illness. She had another leading role as a love interest of Marlon Brando and John Saxon in The Appaloosa (1966). The film, shot on location in Mexico, presented Anjanette as a Mexican peasant girl, a role she repeated in Guns for San Sebastian (1968). In between, she starred in Banning.
Comer's film activity dropped off in 1970 after she played Ruth in the film version of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1970). She later claimed she let her love life interfere with her work. Comer's later films include The Firechasers (1971) and Fire Sale (1977), and the TV movie The Long Summer of George Adams (1983).
Personal life and death From 1976 to 1983, Comer was married to Robert Klane; the marriage ended in divorce.
Comer died on May 28, 2026, at the age of 86 at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. She had leukemia and heart issues at the time of her death.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1964Quick, Before It MeltsTiara Marshall1965Aimee Thanatogenous1966Trini Medena1967BanningCarol Lindquist1968La Bataille de San SebastianKinitaEnglish Title: Guns for San Sebastian1968In Enemy CountryDenise1970Rabbit, RunRuth Leonard1971 Toby Collins1972Blood FeastCathy1973 Ann Gentry1975Lepke Bernice Meyer1975 Arlevia Jessup1977Fire Sale Marion Fikus1992NetherworldMrs. Palmer1995 Mrs. Chambers2003Screen Door JesusVerna Lynn Cunningham2011A Bird of the AirMrs. Weber
Television Year Title Role Notes1962 My Three Sons Janie StempelSeason 3 Episode 11: ”Heat Wave”1962BarbieSeason 5 Episode 13: "The Winning Ticket"1963Gunsmoke Cara MilesSeason 9 Episode 8: "Carter Caper"1963Ben CaseyJuneSeason 3 Episode 13: "My Love, My Love"1963Arrest and TrialAnnabelle SelinskySeason 1 Episode 12: "Journey into Darkness"1964Dr. KildareCarol Montgomery2 episodes1964Bonanza Joan WingateSeason 5 Episode 22: "Love Me Not"1964Combat!Annette Season 2 Episode 27: "Weep No More"1969Bonnie BaronSeason 1 Episode 0: "The Young Lawyers"1969–1971Love, American StyleBillie Joe Hollister / Audrey Woods / Chris3 episodes1970Then Came BronsonVhea SamosSeason 1 Episode 26: "What's an Ark Without Centaurs?"1970BillieSeason 3 Episode 1: "The Long Road Home"1971GretchenSeason 1 Episode 10: "The Classic Burial Position"1971Banyon Diane JenningsSeason 1 Episode 0: "Pilot"1971Five Desperate WomenLucyTV Movie1971MarthaTV Movie1972ColumboJenifer WellesSeason 2 Episode 1: "Étude in Black"1972MannixGina Hunter/Margo MooreSeason 6 Episode 4: "Broken Mirror"1972–1973Doctor Simon LockeAndi / Norma Carlin2 episodes1973Search Anne RamonSeason 1 Episode 18: "Goddess of Destruction"1974Police StoryConstantina 2 episodes1974Danna ForesterSeason 2 Episode 8: "Shadow of Fear"1974Danna ForesterTV Movie1974Night GamesJenny KenedisisTV Movie1974Terror on the 40th FloorDarlene PorterTV Movie1975Death StalkPat TraheyTV Movie1975PetrocelliMary ThorpeSeason 1 Episode 17: "A Lonely Victim"1975Harry OGrace DuvallSeason 2 Episode 4: "Shades"1975S.W.A.T. Alicia WoodwardSeason 2 Episode 11: "Strike Force"1975Barbary CoastMary LouiseSeason 1 Episode 11: "The Day Cable Was Hanged"1975RebaSeason 1 Episode 3: "Odds Against Tomorrow"1976Jigsaw John Mavis BellamySeason 1 Episode 1: "Promise to Kill"1976McNaughton's DaughterAndrea FarelliMiniseries (Episode 1: "Love Is a Four-Letter Word")1976BarettaDet. Ann HarleySeason 3 Episode 8: "Dear Tony"1977Dead of NightAlexisTV Movie1980Barnaby JonesVivian HarperSeason 8 Episode 20: "The Silent Accuser"1982VenidaTV Movie1986Mike HammerToni CordellSeason 3 Episode 4: "Mike's Baby"1988HotelMaggieSeason 5 Episode 12: "Double Take"1991Jake and the FatmanWanda Lee / Vera Lake3 episodes1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless RomeoNora TurnerTV Movie1995Streets of LaredoBeulahMiniseries (2 episodes)1995Deadly Family SecretsHilda PotterTV Movie1999Profiler Barbara HenkleySeason 3 Episode 15: "Spree of Love"1999Sister ChristineSeason 3 Episode 19: "Closet Justice"2002Sue UngerTV Movie
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