Biography

Tall, buxom, blonde leading lady, almost exclusively on TV, best known for her amusing work as Jennifer, the perfect receptionist who inexplicably manages to live glamorously on her modest income, on the popular CBS sitcom, "WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978-82). After the show ended, Anderson kept very busy on TV in a series of specials (especially Bob Hope's regular comedy-variety fests) and in many TV-movies, often remakes of old film classics. (Among these are 1980s TV versions of "A Letter to Three Wives", "Leave Her to Heaven", "Three Coins in the Fountain" and "Sorry, Wrong Number"; she also played classical Hollywood film stars Thelma Todd and Jayne Mansfield in TV biopics.) Anderson married actor Burt Reynolds (with whom she had worked in the feature film "Stroker Ace" in 1983) in 1988 and adopted a son with him, but in the summer of 1993, they filed for divorce in a much-publicized media mudslinging battle.

Filmography

Lynda Carter: The E! True Hollywood Story (2002) (TV) .... Herself

Intimate Portrait: Loni Anderson (1999) (TV) .... Herself
Night at the Roxbury, A (1998) .... Barbara Butabi
3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain (1998) .... Medusa
Deadly Family Secrets (1995) (TV) .... Martha
Munchie Strikes Back (1994)
Without Warning (1994) (TV) (uncredited) .... Actress in opening movie segment
Gambler V: Playing for Keeps (1994) (TV) .... Fanny Porter
"Nurses" (1991) TV Series .... Casey MacAfee (1993-1994)
Munchie (1992) .... Cathy
Circus of the Stars and Sideshow (1992) (TV) .... Ringmaster
Price She Paid, The (1992) (TV) .... Lacey
... aka Plan of Attack (1992) (TV)
Party for Richard Pryor, A (1991) (TV) .... Herself
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991) (TV) .... Thelma Todd
Blown Away (1990) (TV)
Coins in the Fountain (1990) (TV) .... Leah

B.L. Stryker: Grand Theft Auto (1989) (TV) .... Dawn St. Clair
All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) (voice) .... Flo
Sorry, Wrong Number (1989) (TV)
Too Good to Be True (1988) (TV) .... Ellen Berent
Whisper Kills, A (1988) (TV) .... Liz Bartlett
... aka Whisperkill (1988) (TV)
Necessity (1988) (TV) .... Lauren LaSalle
Blondie and Dagwood (1986) (TV) (voice) .... Blondie Bumstead
Stranded (1986) (TV)
"Easy Street" (1986) TV Series .... L.K. McGuire
Letter to Three Wives, A (1985) (TV) .... Lora Mae Holloway
"Partners in Crime" (1984) TV Series .... Sydney Kovak
... aka "50/50" (1984) (Europe)
My Mother's Secret Life (1984) (TV) .... Ellen Blake
Lonely Guy, The (1984) (uncredited) .... Herself
Stroker Ace (1983) .... Pembrook Feeney
Country Gold (1982) (TV) .... Mollie Dean Purcell
Sizzle (1981) (TV) .... Julie Davis
Jayne Mansfield Story, The (1980) (TV) .... Jayne Mansfield
... aka Jayne Mansfield: A Symbol of the 50's (1980) (TV)

Circus of the Stars #4 (1979) (TV)
"WKRP in Cincinnati" (1978) TV Series .... Jennifer Marlowe
Three on a Date (1978) (TV) .... Angela Ross
Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa, The (1977) (TV) .... Mrs. Daroon
... aka Adventures of Freddy, The (1977) (TV)