Lisa Pelikan
Known for Acting · 43 credits
- Born
- 1954-07-12 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress.
She was born in Berkley, California, the daughter of American parents Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known to film audiences for her film debut as the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's title character in Julia (1977) (for which Redgrave won an Oscar), and her role as the widowed mother Sarah Hargrave in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).
Pelikan's first regular Television work was as maid Kate Mahaffey on the CBS soap opera Beacon Hill. Other high points in her career include her performances as the lusty Lucy Scanlon in the Television miniseries Studs Lonigan (1979), and the title character of the horror film Jennifer (1978). She also won a Drama-Logue Award for her one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald entitled "Only a Broken String of Pearls".
She was married to fellow actor Bruce Davison, with whom she has one son, Ethan. She and Davison are divorced.
Known For
TV Shows (18)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Elizabeth Garrison
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Jill Goddard / Allison Franklin
Strong Medicine
2000
as Babs Darner
The Equalizer
1985
as Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder
Hotel
1982
The Guardian
2001
as Carol Ritter
Happy Days
1974
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Nurse Ellen Hatch
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Kojak
1973
as Jennifer Campbell
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
Jack's Place
1992
For the People
2002
as Amanda Jacobs
Blacke's Magic
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Nancy / Tavis
James at 16
1977
as Paisley
Studs Lonigan
1979
as Lucy Scanlon
The Last Convertible
1979
as Rosamond Ardley
Movies (25)
Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991
as Sarah Hargrave
Lionheart
1990
as Hélène Gaultier
Circle
2015
as Cancer Survivor
Julia
1977
as Young Julia
Ghoulies
1985
as Rebecca
Shadow of Doubt
1998
as Leslie Saxon
Swing Shift
1984
as Violet Mulligan
It's My Party
1996
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Jennifer
1978
as Jennifer Baylor
L'Homme en colère
1979
as Anne
Off Season
2001
as Ashley Manson
The House of God
1984
as Jo Miller
10,000 Days
2014
as Anna Hesse
Into the Badlands
1991
as Sarah Carstairs
True Grit: A Further Adventure
1978
as Mattie Ross
Perfect Gentlemen
1978
as Annie Cavagarno
The Women's Room
1980
as Kyla
Color of Justice
1997
as Betty
Sacrifices of the Heart
2007
as Virginia Doyle
A Bunny's Tale
1985
as Lee
Valley Forge
1975
as Tavis
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Gail Powell
I Want to Keep My Baby!
1976
as Miranda
The Country Girl
1974
as Nancy
The Blue Hotel
1977
as Younger Daughter
About Lisa Pelikan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress. She was born in Berkley, California, the daughter of American parents Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known… With 43 credits spanning from 1951 to 2015, Lisa Pelikan has appeared in 25 films and 18 TV shows.
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Most Popular Lisa Pelikan Movies
- Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) — as Sarah Hargrave
- Lionheart (1990) — as Hélène Gaultier
- Circle (2015) — as Cancer Survivor
- Julia (1977) — as Young Julia
- Ghoulies (1985) — as Rebecca
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