Lisa Pelikan
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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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.699 |
Birthday | 1954-07-12 |
Place of Birth | San Francisco, California, USA |
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1990
Lionheart
6.5/1027
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1991
Return to the Blue Lagoon
6.2/1160
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1977
Julia
6.486/145
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1978
Jennifer
6.3/19
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Jennifer
1985
Ghoulies
4.904/254
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Ghoulies
1984
The House of God
1.5/2
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The House of God
1981
The Best Little Girl in the World
4.2/5
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1998
Shadow of Doubt
4.5/36
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1991
Into the Badlands
5.6/9
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5/2
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2014
10,000 Days
2.8/18
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2001
Off Season
4/1
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Circle
6.016/1948
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I Want to Keep My Baby!
6/1
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1978
Perfect Gentlemen
4/2
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1985
A Bunny's Tale
4.5/6
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True Grit: A Further Adventure
5.3/3
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Swing Shift
5.7/71
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1979
The Angry Man
5.6/15
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1975
Valley Forge
0/0
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2007
Spring Thaw
6.4/5
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1974
The Country Girl
0/0
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1980
The Women's Room
4.3/3
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