Lisa Pelikan
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| Born | Lisa Pelikan July 12, 1954 Paris, France |
| Spouse(s) | Bruce Davison (1986-2006) (divorced) |
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Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress.
She was born in Paris, France, 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.[1][2] She graduated from 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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- Marlowe (2007) (TV) as Laura Devin
- Sacrifices of the Heart aka Spring Thaw (2007) (TV) as Virginia Doyle
- Strong Medicine (2003) (TV) as Babs Darner
- For the People (2002) (TV) as Annika Jacobs
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002) (TV) as Dr. Garrison
- The Guardian (2001) (TV) as Carol Ritter
- Off Season (2001) (TV) as Ashley Manson
- Shadow of Doubt (1998) as Leslie Saxon
- Color of Justice (1997) (TV) as Betty
- It's My Party (1996) (uncredited) as Party Guest
- Present Tense, Past Perfect (1995) (TV) as Lisa
- Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) as Sarah Hargrave
- Into the Badlands (1991) (TV) as Sarah Carstairs
- Lionheart (1990) as Helene Gaultier
- Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV)
- Ghoulies (1985) as Rebecca
- A Bunny's Tale (1985) (TV) as Lee
- Swing Shift (1984) as Violet
- The House of God (1984) as Jo Miller
- This Is the Life (TV series) (1983)
- The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV) Gail Powell
- The Women's Room (1980) (TV) as Kyla
- The Last Convertible (1979) (TV) as Rosamond Ardley
- Homme en colere, L (1979) as Anne
- Studs Lonigan (1979) (TV) as Lucy Scanlon
- True Grit (1978) (TV) as Mattie Ross
- Jennifer (1978) as Jennifer Baylor
- Perfect Gentleman (1978) (TV) Annie Cavagnaro
- The Best of Families (1977) (TV) as Mary Margaret Rafferty
- Julia (1977) as Young Julia
- The Blue Hotel (1977) (TV) as Younger Daughter
- I Want to Keep My Baby (1976) (TV) as Miranda
- Valley Forge (1975) (TV) as Tavis
- The Country Girl (1973) (TV) as Nancy
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