Anna-Lisa

Anna-Lisa
Born 1933
Oslo, Norway
Occupation Actress of film, television, and stage

Anna-Lisa (born 1933)[1] is a Norwegian-born actress who has primarily appeared in American made works.

She was born in Oslo, Norway, as Anna Lisa Ruud[1] and worked there at the Central Theater. In 1954 she travelled to the U.S. to visit her brother, a travel agent in Hollywood, California.[2] This led to an acting career in which she was cast in guest-starring roles in such western television series as Sugarfoot, Maverick, and Bronco, all of which were aired by ABC/Warner Brothers.[1] She guest starred on the 1960 series, The Islanders, an adventure/drama set in the South Pacific.

Anna-Lisa then acquired a recurring role as Nora Travers in the ABC western series Black Saddle, with Peter Breck and Russell Johnson.[3] Her success in Black Saddle resulted in roles in two spaceflight-themed feature filmss: the 1959 comedy Have Rocket, Will Travel and a year later in 12 to the Moon. She continued to appear in such television seres as GE True, hosted by Jack Webb, until she left Hollywood after 1966 to follow a career on the stage.[1] She also appeared in an episode of The Millionaire in 1959, and a 1963 episode of Perry Mason, "The Case of the Velvet Claws," playing the role of Norma Vickers.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brode, Douglas (2009), Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946-present, Ellen and Edward Randall series, University of Texas Press, p. 23, ISBN 0292718497.
  2. ↑ Hyams, Joe (February 12, 1960), "Lovely television star Anna Lisa is a rare actress—no press agent", The News and Courier (Charlseton, S.C.).
  3. ↑ Aaker, Everett, Television western players of the fifties: a biographical encyclopedia of all regular cast members in western series, 1949-1959, McFarland, 1997, ISBN 0786402849.

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