Lisa Gerritsen

Lisa Gerritsen

Nacimiento : 1957-12-21, Los Angeles, California, USA

Historia

Lisa Gerritsen's acting career spanned the years of 1968 to around 1977. She was introduced to acting in a local summer parks department production, when she was eight. Soon afterward, she began pursuing a professional career. Encouraged by her mother and grandfather, veteran screenwriter True Boardman, she weathered the disappointments of numerous casting calls until she landed her first professional role in an episode of Doris comédie (1968) in 1968. She went on to guest-star in several TV shows including Bonanza (1959), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), Le Virginien(1962) and Cher oncle Bill (1966), to name just a few. She was also cast in several episodes of Gunsmoke (1955), one of which helped her to land a regular role in the 1969 NBC comedy series, My World and Welcome to It (1969), which starred William Windom and Joan Hotchkis. In 1970, she was cast in her most notable role, "Bess Lindstrom", on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970). She appeared in a total of ten episodes between 1970-1975. Lisa went on to reprise the role of "Bess" as a regular in the 1975-1977 spin-off series, Phyllis (1975). In addition to her numerous TV appearances, she also was cast in several movies. She made her first big-screen appearance in Airport (1970), playing the role of Burt Lancaster's daughter, "Libby Bakersfeld". Her most memorable movie role was as "Linda" in The War Between Men and Women (1972), which starred Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris. She also starred in several other movies, including Les hurlements de la forêt (1971), Locusts (1974) and Mixed Company (1974). - IMDb Mini Biography

Perfil

Lisa Gerritsen

Películas

Mixed Company
Liz
Joseph Bologna interpreta a un entrenador de baloncesto con prejuicios raciales que está convencido de adoptar tres niños de orígenes étnicos mixtos. Frustrado y enojado al principio, sus sentimientos pronto se convierten en amor.
Locusts
Sissy Fletcher
A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devour the area's valuable crops
Guerra entre hombres y mujeres
Linda Kozlenko
Un dibujante de cómics algo cascarrabias y acérrimo enemigo de las mujeres, los niños y los perros visita al oculista y se entera de que está perdiendo la vista. Al salir de la consulta tropieza con Terry, una mujer divorciada que tiene tres hijos y una perra. Tras ese encuentro, la misoginia de Peter empieza a tambalearse: ya no dibuja señoras gordas ni escribe ataques desaforados contra las mujeres. Está enamorado y se casa; pero, a partir de entonces, los mil y un problemas que plantea la vida familiar los trasladará a sus cómics.
A Howling in the Woods
Betsy Warren
A disillusioned housewife on a vacation in the woods is disturbed by her husband continually trying to get her to come home and, more ominously, a mysterious howling at night.
Aeropuerto
Libby Bakersfeld
Un temporal de nieve azota Chicago, dificultando el intenso tráfico de su aeropuerto. A pesar de las malas condiciones meteorológicas, el aeropuerto consigue permanecer abierto, pero entre los aviones que despegan causa una gran alarma el que vuela con destino a Roma, porque, entre los pasajeros, hay un polizonte y un hombre con un maletín sospechoso.