Anjanette Comer
| Anjanette Comer | |
|---|---|
 Comer in 1965 | |
| Born |
August 7, 1939 Dawson, Texas |
| Years active | 1962–2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Klane (1976–1983; divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Samuel M. Comer (father-1893-1974) |
Anjanette Comer (born August 7, 1939) is an American actress.
Life and career
Born in Dawson, Texas, to Rufus Franklin and Nola (Dell) Comer, her first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Gunsmoke, followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as Dr. Kildare and Bonanza. In 1964, she earned an Emmy nomination in Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her work on an episode on Arrest and Trial.[1]
She made her feature film debut as the female lead in the 1964 comedy Quick, Before It Melts followed by a memorable role in the 1965 satire The Loved One, playing a seductive mortician who offers Robert Morse a choice for his uncle's funeral arrangements of "Inhumement, entombment, inurnment, immurement? Some people just lately have preferred ensarcophagusment."
Though Comer was cast opposite Michael Caine for Funeral In Berlin and even appeared in publicity stills, she had to be replaced because of illness. But she had another leading role as a love interest to Marlon Brando and John Saxon in the Western adventure The Appaloosa (1966). The film, shot on location in Mexico, presented Anjanette as a Mexican peasant girl, a role she repeated in the 1968 Anthony Quinn vehicle Guns for San Sebastian. In between she starred with Robert Wagner and Jill St. John in the golf-themed 1967 film Banning.
Comer's movie activity dropped off in 1970 after she played Ruth in the film version of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1970). She later claimed she let her love life interfere with her work. Comer's later films include Fire Sale (1977) and the made-for-TV The Long Summer of George Adams (1983). In subsequent years, she was frequently cast as mysterious or exotic characters. Today, more than four decades after her debut, Comer is still active in films and television, having been in over 55 productions.[2][3]
From 1976 to 1983, she was married to Robert Klane; they later divorced.
TV and Filmography
- My Three Sons as Janie Stempel (1 episode, 1962)
- Arrest and Trial as Annabelle (1 episode, 1963)
- Ben Casey (1 episode, 1963)
- Gunsmoke as Cara Miles (1 episode, 1963)
- Quick, Before It Melts (1964) as Tiara Marshall
- Combat! as Annette (1 episode, 1964)
- Bonanza as Joan Wingate (1 episode, 1964)
- Dr. Kildare AS Carol Montgomery (2 episodes, 1964)
- The Loved One (1965) as Aimee Thanatogenous
- The Appaloosa (1966) as Trini
- Banning (1967) as Carol Lindquist
- In Enemy Country (1968) as Denise
- La Bataille de San Sebastian (1968) as Kinita
- The Young Lawyers (1969) (TV) as Bonnie Baron
- Love American Style as Billie Joe (segment 'Love and the Roommate', 1969)
- Rabbit, Run (1970) as Ruth
- The Mod Squad (1 episode, 1970)
- Then Came Bronson as Vhea Samos (1 episode, 1970)
- Lady Boss (1971) TV episode as (segment "Love and the Hiccups")
- The Deadly Hunt (1971) (TV) as Martha Cope
- Five Desperate Women (1971) (TV) as Lucy
- Dr. Simon Locke (1 episode)
- Banyon (1971) (TV) as Diane Jennings
- The Most Deadly Game as Gretchen (1 episode, 1971)
- The Firechasers (1971) as Toby Collins
- Mannix as Gina Hunter /(1 episode, 1972)
- Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) as Jenifer Welles
- Noche de los mil gatos, La (1972) as Cathy
- The Baby (1973) as Ann Gentry
- Search as Anne Ramon (1 episode, 1973)
- Shadow of Fear (1973) as Danna Forester
- Wide World Mystery as Danna Forester (1 episode, 1973)
- Terror on the 40th Floor (1974) (TV) as Darlene Foster
- Night Games (1974) (TV) as Jenny Kenedisis
- Police Story as Constantina (2 episodes, 1974)
- The Blue Knight (1 episode, 1975)
- Barbary Coast as Mary Louise (1 episode, 1975)
- S.W.A.T. as Alicia Woodward (2 episodes, 1975)
- Harry O as Grace Duvall (1 episode, 1975)
- The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975) as Arlevia Jessup
- Petrocelli as Mary Thorpe (1 episode, 1975)
- Lepke (1975) as Bernice Meyer
- Death Stalk (1975) (TV) as Pat Trahey
- Baretta as Det. Ann Harley (1 episode, 1976)
- Jigsaw John as Mavis Bellamy (1 episode, 1976)
- Fire Sale (1977) as Marion Fikus
- Dead of Night (1977) (TV) as Alexis
- Barnaby Jones as Vivian Harper (1 episode, 1980)
- The Long Summer of George Adams (1982) (TV) as Venida
- Hotel as Maggie (1 episode, 1988)
- Jake and the Fatman as Vera Lake /(3 episodes, 1991)
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992) (TV) as Nora Turner
- Netherworld (1992) as Mrs. Palmer
- Deadly Family Secrets (1995) (TV) as Hilda Potter
- Streets of Laredo (1995) TV mini-series as Beulah
- The Underneath (1995) as Mrs. Chambers
- Profiler as Barbara Henkley (1 episode, 1999)
- The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002) (TV) as Sue Unger
- Screen Door Jesus (2003) as Vernalynn Cunningham
References
- ↑ "Anjanette Comer Emmy Nomination". Retrieved 5 March 2015.
- ↑ New York Times biography
- ↑ TCM.com
External links
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