Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson
Born 05/08/1945 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Loni Kaye Anderson (August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025) was an American actress who played the role of Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Loni Kaye Anderson (August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025) was an American actress who played the role of Jennifer Marlowe on the television sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.

Anderson was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, August 5, 1945, the daughter of Maxine Hazel (née Kallin), a model, and Klaydon Carl "Andy" Anderson, an environmental chemist and grew up in suburban Roseville. As a senior at Alexander Ramsey Senior High School in Roseville in 1963, she was voted Valentine Queen of Valentine's Day Winter Formal. She attended the University of Minnesota. As she says in her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, her father was originally going to name her "Leiloni," but then realized to his horror that when she got to her teen years it was liable to be twisted into "Lay Loni." So it was changed to just plain "Loni." Anderson's most famous acting role came as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati. Her pinup photo in a bikini became one of the best-selling wall posters of the 1970s. She and husband Burt Reynolds made one film together, the 1983 stock-car racing comedy Stroker Ace, a huge box-office failure. Shortly after her divorce from Reynolds, she appeared as a regular in the final season (1993–1994) on the NBC sitcom Nurses. Anderson portrayed actress Jayne Mansfield in a made-for-TV biopic with Arnold Schwarzenegger as her husband, Mickey Hargitay. She teamed with Lynda Carter in a 1984 television series, Partners in Crime. Anderson made a series of cameo appearances on television shows in the late 1990s and early 2000s, such as the Spellmans' "witch-trash" cousin on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Vallery Irons' mother on V.I.P. Anderson has been married four times; her first three marriages were to: Bruce Hasselberg (1964–1966), Ross Bickell (1973–1981), and actor (and one-time co-star) Burt Reynolds (1988–1993). On May 17, 2008, Anderson married musician Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four. The couple had met at a movie premiere in Anderson's native Minneapolis a few years after Flick's group hit No. 2 on the pop charts with "Greenfields" in 1960. The ceremony was attended by friends and family, including son Quinton Reynolds. She has two children: a daughter, Deidra Hoffman (from her first marriage), who is a school administrator in California; and a son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds (born August 31, 1988), whom she and Burt Reynolds adopted. Her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, was published in 1997.

She died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness on August 3, 2025.

External links

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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q266340

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Filmography (Movies)

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

Ladies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas

Character:Lily Marlowe

Release Date:02/12/2023

I Am Burt Reynolds

I Am Burt Reynolds

Character:Self - Interviewee

Release Date:17/12/2020

Valerie

Valerie

Character:Self

Release Date:07/08/2019

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

Character:Self

Release Date:20/01/2012

Annul Victory

Annul Victory

Character:Self

Release Date:02/05/2009

A Night at the Roxbury

A Night at the Roxbury

Character:Barbara Butabi

Release Date:01/10/1998

3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain

3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain

Character:Medusa

Release Date:26/03/1998

Deadly Family Secrets

Deadly Family Secrets

Character:Martha

Release Date:04/12/1995

Munchie

Munchie

Character:Cathy Dobson

Release Date:15/05/1992

The Price She Paid

The Price She Paid

Character:Lacey

Release Date:31/03/1992

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

Character:Thelma Todd

Release Date:05/05/1991

Coins in the Fountain

Coins in the Fountain

Character:Leah Crawford

Release Date:28/09/1990

Blown Away

Blown Away

Character:Lauren

Release Date:01/01/1990

All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Character:Flo (voice)

Release Date:17/11/1989

Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout

Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout

Character:Blondie Bumstead (voice)

Release Date:01/11/1989

Sorry, Wrong Number

Sorry, Wrong Number

Character:Madeleine Stevenson

Release Date:11/10/1989

Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True

Character:Ellen Berent

Release Date:14/11/1988

Whisper Kill

Whisper Kill

Character:Liz Bartlett

Release Date:16/05/1988

Necessity

Necessity

Character:Lauren LaSalle

Release Date:03/05/1988

Blondie & Dagwood

Blondie & Dagwood

Character:Blondie Bumstead (voice)

Release Date:15/05/1987

Stranded

Stranded

Character:Stacy Tweed

Release Date:22/09/1986

A Letter to Three Wives

A Letter to Three Wives

Character:Lora Mae Holloway

Release Date:16/12/1985

My Mother's Secret Life

My Mother's Secret Life

Character:Ellen Blake

Release Date:05/02/1984

The Lonely Guy

The Lonely Guy

Character:Herself (uncredited)

Release Date:27/01/1984

Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace

Character:Pembrook Feeney

Release Date:01/07/1983

Country Gold

Country Gold

Character:Mollie Dean Purcell

Release Date:23/11/1982

Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

Character:Self

Release Date:08/03/1982

Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny

Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny

Character:Self

Release Date:28/02/1982

Magic with the Stars

Magic with the Stars

Character:Hostess

Release Date:17/01/1982

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds

Character:Self

Release Date:13/12/1981

Sizzle

Sizzle

Character:Julie Davis

Release Date:29/11/1981

The Jayne Mansfield Story

The Jayne Mansfield Story

Character:Jayne Mansfield

Release Date:29/10/1980

The Fantastic Funnies

The Fantastic Funnies

Character:Host

Release Date:15/05/1980

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Character:Self

Release Date:16/05/1979

Three on a Date

Three on a Date

Character:Angela Ross

Release Date:17/02/1978

Vigilante Force

Vigilante Force

Character:Peaches (uncredited)

Release Date:09/09/1976

Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

Character:Brunette Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Release Date:10/06/1966

Television Appearances

Love You More

Love You More

Character:Jean

My Sister is So Gay

My Sister is So Gay

Character:Frances

Baby Daddy

Baby Daddy

Character:Nana Lyle

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Character:Self - Guest

Back to the Grind

Back to the Grind

Character:

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

I Love the '70s: Volume 2

Character:Self

So NoTORIous

So NoTORIous

Character:Kiki Spelling

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

Character:Self

The Mullets

The Mullets

Character:

Duck Dodgers

Duck Dodgers

Character:Herself (voice)

V.I.P.

V.I.P.

Character:Carol Irons

Fast Track

Fast Track

Character:

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Character:Racine

Clueless

Clueless

Character:

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Character:

Women of the House

Women of the House

Character:Self

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Character:Claudia Loring

Intimate Portrait

Intimate Portrait

Character:Self

Melrose Place

Melrose Place

Character:Teri Carson

Nurses

Nurses

Character:Casey MacAfee

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

Character:

B.L. Stryker

B.L. Stryker

Character:

Easy Street

Easy Street

Character:

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

Character:Love

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

Character:Sydney Kovack

The Big Show

The Big Show

Character:Self

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

Siegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic

Character:Self

The Magic of David Copperfield

The Magic of David Copperfield

Character:

WKRP in Cincinnati

WKRP in Cincinnati

Character:Jennifer Marlowe

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

Character:Sheila Cantrell

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Character:Kitty Scofield

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Character:Barbie

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

Character:Kim Holland / Doris Wilson

Three's Company

Three's Company

Character:

The McLean Stevenson Show

The McLean Stevenson Show

Character:

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

Character:Andrea Hanover

S.W.A.T.

S.W.A.T.

Character:

Police Woman

Police Woman

Character:Waitress

Harry O

Harry O

Character:

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

Character:Joanna Morgan

The Bob Newhart Show

The Bob Newhart Show

Character:Leslie Greely

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Character:Self

The Bob Hope Show

The Bob Hope Show

Character:Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Character:Self - Nominee

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