Lisa Gerritsen

Lisa Gerritsen

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

약력

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

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Lisa Gerritsen

참여 작품

Mixed Company
Liz
Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
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
The War Between Men and Women
Linda Kozlenko
A sarcastic near-sighted cartoonist, averse to commitment, falls for a single mother of three — the only woman who can stand his strong anti-feminist opinions.
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.
에어포트
Libby Bakersfeld
미국 링컨국제공항의 매니저인 멜 베이커스펠드(버트 랭카스터 부)는 두 가지 난관에 봉착해있다. 하나는 애정이 완전히 식어버린 아내와의 불화이고, 또 하나는 이착륙이 불가능할 정도의 폭설이다. 방금 비상착륙하던 비행기 하나가 활주로 한쪽을 막고 있다. 이런 공항을 무대로 그랜드호텔식 이야기가 펼쳐진다. 스튜어디스를 임신시킨 비행기 조종사 버논(딘 마틴 분)은 악천후를 뚫고 이륙을 하려고 한다. 승객 가운데에는 무임승차를 밥 먹듯이 하는 할머니와 괴로운 표정을 한 실직 폭파전문가도 포함되어 있다. 할머니는 끊임없이 수다를 떨며, 실직자는 비행기가 이륙한 후 폭파시켜 아내에게 거액의 보험금을 안겨줄 생각뿐이다. 눈은 끊임없이 오고, 활주로를 막아선 비행기를 치우는 것도 힘겹기만 하다.