Luana Anders (born Luana Margo Anderson; May 12, 1938 – July 21, 1996) was an American actress and screenwriter.
Career Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films, including starring roles in Life Begins at 17 and Reform School Girl, along with Sally Kellerman. Her best-known performances may have been as Vincent Price's sister in Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) and as a murder victim in Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13 (1963). She also appeared in Curtis Harrington's cult film Night Tide (1961) opposite Dennis Hopper, who later cast her as one of the hippie commune girls who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider (1969).
Anders appeared in Robert Altman's That Cold Day in the Park, which premiered in 1969 at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as being cast in several of her friend Jack Nicholson's films, including The Trip (1967), The Last Detail (1973), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Goin' South (1978), and The Two Jakes (1990). Her other film credits include When the Legends Die (1972), The Killing Kind (1973), Shampoo (1975), Personal Best (1982), Movers & Shakers (1985), You Can't Hurry Love (1988), Doppelganger (1993), Wild Bill (1995), and American Strays (1996).
She appeared in a wide range of episodic television, including The Rifleman, Sugarfoot, the "Incident of the Running Man" episode of Rawhide, The Andy Griffith Show, One Step Beyond, Dragnet, as Theresa Ames in "The Guests" (an episode of The Outer Limits), Adam-12 and Hunter. She appeared briefly in several soap operas, including Santa Barbara in the 1991–1992 season.
As a writer, she wrote the original screenplay of Fire on the Amazon (using the pseudonym Margo Blue) for executive producer Roger Corman. She also co-wrote the comedy film Limit Up for MCEG/Virgin with Richard Martini and had a cameo in the film.
Personal life Anders was a lifelong Buddhist and supporter of the American chapter of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). She died of breast cancer in 1996, aged 58.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes1957Reform School GirlJosie Brigg1958Gilda Hadley1958The Man Who Died TwiceYoung Girl Addict1958Life Begins at 17Carol Peck1959The FBI StoryMrs. GrahamUncredited1961Night TideEllen Sands1961Catherine Medina1963Henny1963Dementia 13Louise Haloran1964Sex and the College GirlGwen1966Mondo KeyholeVickyVoice, Uncredited1967The TripWaitress1967GamesParty Guest1968How Sweet It Is!Agatzi Girl1969Easy RiderLisa1969That Cold Day in the ParkSylvia1971Carlotta1972Greaser's PalaceCholera1972When the Legends DieMary1973Donna1973Louise1975ShampooDevra1976The Missouri BreaksRancher's Wife1978Goin' SouthLorette Anderson1979ParacleteThe ParacleteShort1980Board and CareCarolynShort1981One from the HeartUncredited1982Personal BestRita Cahill1984Irreconcilable DifferencesAtlanta Widow1985Movers & ShakersViolette1988You Can't Hurry LoveMacie Hayes1989Limit UpTeacher1990The Two JakesFlorist1993DoppelgangerGinger1993Nowhere to RunTown Meeting Chairwoman1993Heart and SoulsRecords Bureaucrat1994Criminal PassionMartha1995Wild BillSanitarium Woman1996Point of BetrayalNurse1996American StraysMartha1997Cannes ManAgent on Phone(final film role)
Television Year Title Role Notes1957Lucy Anne"Jody"1958Letter to LorettaEllen"Time of Decision"1959Cimarron CityNancy Tucker"Child of Fear"1959Lisabeth Bishop"Shivaree"1959M SquadLola Green"The Harpes"1959SugarfootPrincess"The Avengers"1959Alcoa Presents: One Step BeyondAlice Denning"The Burning Girl"1960Alcoa Presents: One Step BeyondJoan Goss"The Voice"1960LawmanEllie Phelan"The Swamper"1961Trina"To Bell a Cat"1961RawhideMaddy TragerS3:E25, "Incident of the Running Man"1962Ben CaseyLorraine Walenchek"And Eve Wore a Veil of Tears"1963Ben CaseyAnn Bentley"Dispel the Black Cyclone That Shakes the Throne"1963Cathy Lewis"Try to Keep Alive Until Next Tuesday"1963Margaret"The Wrecker"1964Theresa "Tess" Ames"The Guests"1966Vacation PlayhouseSybil Rockefeller"My Lucky Penny"1967Miss Clark"A Visit to Barney Fife", "Barney Comes to Mayberry"1966That GirlShirley McChesney"Don't Just Do Something, Stand There"1967That GirlBeryl"Leaving the Nest Is for the Birds"1967Accidental FamilyEsther"What Is This - Thanksgiving or a Nightmare?'1967Dragnet 1967Noradelle De Leone"The Big Dog"1968Dragnet 1967Anna Marie Harmon"The Suicide Attempt"1968Hawaii Five-OMaggie"...And They Painted Daisies on His Coffin"1968Adam-12Jane Tipton"Log 111: The Boa Constrictor"1969My Friend TonyLouise"Computer Murder"1969Mayberry R.F.D.Violet Cashier"Goober and the Telephone Girl" "Emmett's Retirement"1970Dragnet 1967Eula Van Meter"Burglary: The Dognappers"1971IronsideNina Loring"The Target"1972Evil Roy SladeAlice FernTV film1972BonanzaJulie"Forever"1972MannixAngie McCall"Lost Sunday"1974FirehouseDawn"Strike, Spare, and Burn"1977Little House on the PrairieLottie McGinins"Blizzard"1978Harriet Jessup"The Love Connection"1990HunterSarah Farrell"Second Sight"1991Switched at BirthNurse AmesTV film1991-1992Santa BarbaraRonaTV series1992In Sickness and in HealthDorothyTV film
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