Years active 1974-present Role Film actress | Name Lisa Pelikan Website www.lisapelikan.com Children Ethan Davison | |
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Parents Robert G. Pelikan, Helen L. Movies Return to the Blue, Lionheart, Ghoulies, Circle, Jennifer Similar People Deborah Rennard, William A Graham, Sheldon Lettich, Brian Krause, Bruce Davison | ||
Jennifer (1978) - Trailer
Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress.
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Perfect Gentlemen (1978)
Life and career
She was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist. He served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended 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). She also had the 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 won a Drama-Logue Award for her role in Only a Broken String of Pearls, a one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald by Willard Simms. Her stage credits are numerous.
Pelikan was married to actor Robert Harper from 1981 to 1984. They divorced and she married actor Bruce Davison in 1986. They had one son together, Ethan, born in 1996. They divorced in 2006.