Lisa Peluso

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Lisa Peluso (born July 29, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soap opera actress. Her first big break came at the age of nine, when she starred in the Broadway production of Gypsy with Angela Lansbury. At age 12, she played Linda, the younger sister of John Travolta's Tony, in the classic Saturday Night Fever. She became most notably known in the soap world for a nine-year stint as teenager Wendy Wilkins on Search for Tomorrow (1977-1986). While playing Wendy, a sixteen-year old Peluso received her first on-screen kiss from Kevin Bacon.

Other important soap credentials include her portrayal of Ava Rescott Masters on Loving (1988-1995), as well as her portrayal of Lila Hart Roberts Cory Winthrop on Another World (1997-1999). She has also appeared twice on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live, first as "Billie Giordano from 1987-1988, then as "Gina Russo" in 2001.

She also made a guest star appearance on Designing Women, playing Shannon, a lawyer who irritates Julia Sugarbaker (Dixie Carter) by dating her beau, Reese Watson (Hal Holbrook).

Peluso was featured on a 2002 episode of the TLC Network series A Baby Story, chronicling her pregnancy and the birth of her second child, Parker. She and her husband, photographer Brad Guice, also have a daughter, Phoebe.