Loni Anderson
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1945-08-05
- Died
- 2025-08-03
- Place of birth
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Also known as
- Loni Kaye Anderson
Biography
Loni Kaye Anderson (August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025) was an American actress who played the role of Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
Anderson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, August 5, 1945, the daughter of Maxine Hazel (née Kallin), a model, and Klaydon Carl "Andy" Anderson, an environmental chemist and grew up in suburban Roseville. As a senior at Alexander Ramsey Senior High School in Roseville in 1963, she was voted Valentine Queen of Valentine's Day Winter Formal. She attended the University of Minnesota. As she says in her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, her father was originally going to name her "Leiloni," but then realized to his horror that when she got to her teen years it was liable to be twisted into "Lay Loni." So it was changed to just plain "Loni." Anderson's most famous acting role came as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati. Her pinup photo in a bikini became one of the best-selling wall posters of the 1970s. She and husband Burt Reynolds made one film together, the 1983 stock-car racing comedy Stroker Ace, a huge box-office failure. Shortly after her divorce from Reynolds, she appeared as a regular in the final season (1993–1994) on the NBC sitcom Nurses. Anderson portrayed actress Jayne Mansfield in a made-for-TV biopic with Arnold Schwarzenegger as her husband, Mickey Hargitay. She teamed with Lynda Carter in a 1984 television series, Partners in Crime. Anderson made a series of cameo appearances on television shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s, such as the Spellmans' "witch-trash" cousin on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Vallery Irons' mother on V.I.P. Anderson has been married four times; her first three marriages were to: Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966), Ross Bickell (1973–1981), and actor (and one-time co-star) Burt Reynolds (1988–1993). On May 17, 2008, Anderson married musician Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four. The couple had met at a movie premiere in Anderson's native Minneapolis a few years after Flick's group hit No. 2 on the pop charts with "Greenfields" in 1960. The ceremony was attended by friends and family, including son Quinton Reynolds. She has two children: a daughter, Deidra Hoffman (from her first marriage), who is a school administrator in California; and a son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds (born August 31, 1988), whom she and Burt Reynolds adopted. Her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, was published in 1997.
She died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness on August 3, 2025.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Love Boat
1977
as Kitty Scofield / Barbie / Kim Holland / Doris Wilson
Melrose Place
1992
as Teri Carson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Racine
TV Shows (42)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self / Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Love Boat
1977
as Kitty Scofield / Barbie / Kim Holland / Doris Wilson
Melrose Place
1992
as Teri Carson
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Racine
V.I.P.
1998
as Carol Irons
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Sheila Cantrell
Barnaby Jones
1973
as Joanna Morgan
Police Woman
1974
as Waitress
Three's Company
1977
The Bob Newhart Show
1972
as Leslie Greely
Intimate Portrait
1993
as Self
Baby Daddy
2012
as Nana Lyle
Amazing Stories
1985
as Love
The Bob Hope Show
1950
as Self
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
as Jennifer Marlowe
Duck Dodgers
2003
as Herself (voice)
Harry O
1974
Clueless
1996
Burke's Law
1994
as Claudia Loring
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005
as Self
Nurses
1991
as Casey MacAfee
S.W.A.T.
1975
Partners in Crime
1984
as Sydney Kovack
Women of the House
1995
as Self
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
The Invisible Man
1975
as Andrea Hanover
B.L. Stryker
1989
So NoTORIous
2006
as Kiki Spelling
Fast Track
1997
The Magic of David Copperfield
1978
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006
as Self
The Big Show
1980
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Mullets
2003
Easy Street
1986
My Sister is So Gay
2016
as Frances
The McLean Stevenson Show
1976
Love You More
2017
as Jean
Back to the Grind
2007
Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980
as Self
Movies (38)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
as Flo (voice)
Nevada Smith
1966
as Brunette Saloon Girl (uncredited)
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
as Barbara Butabi
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
1998
as Medusa
Night of 100 Stars
1982
as Self
Stranded
1986
as Stacy Tweed
Munchie
1992
as Cathy Dobson
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
Vigilante Force
1976
as Peaches (uncredited)
Stroker Ace
1983
as Pembrook Feeney
Valerie
2019
as Self
The Lonely Guy
1984
as Herself (uncredited)
My Mother's Secret Life
1984
as Ellen Blake
Sizzle
1981
as Julie Davis
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
as Thelma Todd
The Jayne Mansfield Story
1980
as Jayne Mansfield
I Am Burt Reynolds
2020
as Self - Interviewee
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
as Self
Magic with the Stars
1982
as Self - Host
Annul Victory
2009
as Self
Deadly Family Secrets
1995
as Martha
Necessity
1988
as Lauren LaSalle
Whisper Kill
1988
as Liz Bartlett
Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
2023
as Lily Marlowe
A Letter to Three Wives
1985
as Lora Mae Holloway
Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout
1989
as Blondie Bumstead (voice)
Three on a Date
1978
as Angela Ross
Country Gold
1982
as Mollie Dean Purcell
The Price She Paid
1992
as Lacey
Too Good to Be True
1988
as Ellen Berent
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981
as Self
Blown Away
1990
as Lauren
Blondie & Dagwood
1987
as Blondie Bumstead (voice)
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
Sorry, Wrong Number
1989
as Madeleine Stevenson
Coins in the Fountain
1990
as Leah Crawford
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982
as Self
The Fantastic Funnies
1980
as Host
About Loni Anderson
Loni Kaye Anderson (August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025) was an American actress who played the role of Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Anderson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, August 5, 1945, the daughter of Maxine Hazel (née Kallin), a model, and Klaydon Carl "Andy" Anderson, an environmental chemist and grew up in suburban Roseville. As a senior at Alexander Ramsey Senior High School in Roseville in 1963, she was voted Valentine Queen of Valentine's Day Winter Formal. She attended the University of Minnesota. As s… With 80 credits spanning from 1944 to 2023, Loni Anderson has appeared in 38 films and 42 TV shows.
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- All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) — as Flo (voice)
- Nevada Smith (1966) — as Brunette Saloon Girl (uncredited)
- A Night at the Roxbury (1998) — as Barbara Butabi
- 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998) — as Medusa
- Night of 100 Stars (1982) — as Self
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