Laurene Landon

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Laurene Landon
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Laurene Landon
Born Laurene Landon Coughlin
December 31, 1958 (1958-12-31) (age 49)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Years active (1979-present)
Official website

Laurene Landon (born 1958 as Laurene Landon Coughlin) is a marquee film and television actress who first began appearing in movies in the late 1970s. Of all her acting credits she is best known for playing the role of Molly in ...All the Marbles. She's half Irish and half Polish and describes herself as "Bi-Polish".


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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Life

Laurene Landon was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and moved to California with her parents at the age of four. As a young woman she entered California State University-Los Angeles and began training in their Police Academy program, but decided that law enforcement was not for her when she came to the realization that she may someday have to use a gun.[1] So the statuesque young lady decided to try her hand at acting and began her career as an extra in films. She took extensive acting training and absorbed everything her teachers and coaches taught her.

[edit] Acting Career

The leggy Laurene began acting in a bit part in 1979's Bitter Heritage, also released as "Naked in My Grave. She was also cast in the role of a featured skater in Roller Boogie in that same year. She was subsequently cast in another small role in 1981's Full Moon High. From there her acting fortunes changed when she was cast alongside Peter Falk and Vicki Frederick in the role that was to propel her to cult status in the wrestling world, a moniker which lasts to this day: the role of Molly in ...All the Marbles, a film whose alternate title was initially designated as The California Dolls. According to Miss Landon, a very physical and athletic woman, this was to date her most satisfying role. The successful film was the last directing effort by Robert Aldrich [2].

She went on to play Velda to Mike Hammer in the 1982 film I, the Jury and showed her comic ability in Airplane II: The Sequel playing one of the stewardesses. The pretty blond is also known for appearing in B-movies such as Hundra, Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold, and Maniac Cop. In her career she has had the good fortune of working with such stars as Peter Falk, Eric Roberts, Bette Davis, Robert Davi, Armand Assante, Michael Moriarty, and Barbara Carrera, among others.

Laurene Landon CSI Candid
Laurene Landon CSI Candid

[edit] Recent Success

Off movie screens since 1990, the 5' 9" Miss Landon returned to film acting in 2005 appearing in the television movie, Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up and in the films Stand Up and Knife to a Gunfight. In August of 2008 she is slated to begin filming Alien Vampz, for Monolith Pictures, playing a major role as Assistant U.S. Attorney Theresa Van Helsung, of the ancient and eccentric vampire-hunting Van Helsung family. She has been offered subsequent roles in two other film projects for Monolith, including the upcoming sequel to Alien Vampz (2009). Sometimes credited as Laureen Landon, she is a marvelous actress and has a great talent for comedy. As a result, one of the roles in the offering from Monolith Pictures is a funny divorcee in a raucous comedy to be named, Strap-Off, which will be filmed in the latter part of 2008.

[edit] Personal Life

Throughout her life, Laurene has chosen to remain single. She has always loved to make others laugh. She keeps her friends and family in high spirits with her delightful sense of humor and amusing antics. Interviewers uniformly come to the same conclusion: Laurene is quite a character.[3]Laurene is still active in Hollywood and is also an award winning lyricist authoring rap music for the L.A. Metro Transit Authority video and a new song being played often on KROQ called "Captivity". She also enjoys writing screenplays in her spare time.


[edit] Filmography and Television

Year Film/TV Show Role Other notes
1979 Bitter Heritage aka Naked in My Grave
1979 Roller Boogie Featured Skater
1981 Full Moon High Blondie
1981 ...All the Marbles Molly aka The California Dolls
1982 I, the Jury Velda
1982 Airplane II: The Sequel Testa, Shuttle Stewardess
1983 Hundra Hundra
1984 Scoring Marsha
1984 Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold Yellow Hair
1985 The Stuff Cameo appearance in "Stuff" commercial
1986 America 3000 Vena
1986 Armed Response Deborah Silverstein
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive Sally
1988 Maniac Cop Teresa Mallory
1989 A Hollywood Story Guest Star
1989 Wicked Stepmother Vanilla
1990 Maniac Cop 2 Teresa Mallory
1990 The Ambulance Patty
2005 Masters of Horror : Pick Me Up
2007 Stand Up Hippie Woman
2008 Knife to a Gunfight Barry
2008 Alien Vampz Theresa Van Helsung Pre-Production
2008 Strap-Off Bette Announced
2009 Alien Vampz 2 Theresa Van Helsung Announced

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