Luana Anders

About Luana Anders

Who is it?: Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
Birth Day: May 12, 1938
Birth Place:  New York City, New York, United States
Cause of death: Breast cancer
Occupation: Film and television actress
Years active: 1955–1996

Luana Anders

Luana Anders was born on May 12, 1938 in  New York City, New York, United States, is Actress, Writer, Soundtrack. Born Luana Margo Anderson on May 12, 1938, Luana Anders began her show-business career as a bike messenger at MGM along with fellow thespians Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight and future film producers George Edwards and Fred Roos. She convinced Nicholson to join her in her improv acting class with legendary teacher and veteran character actor Jeff Corey; her other classmates included Sally Kellerman, Richard Chamberlain, director/producer Roger Corman and screenwriter Robert Towne. Luana began her acting career in her teens in such 1950s "B" movies as Reform School Girl (1957) (alongside her lifelong friend Sally Kellerman) and Life Begins at 17 (1958), in which she co-starred with actor (and future producer) Mark Damon. She also worked with Damon in Roger Corman's The Young Racers (1963). The sound man on "The Young Racers" asked her if she wanted to star in his first directing effort. The sound man was Francis Ford Coppola and Anders played the conniving and duplicitous Louise Haloran in Coppola's debut feature, Dementia 13 (1963).She played Vincent Price's sister Catherine Medina in Corman's Pit and the Pendulum (1961). Anders acted opposite Charles Grodin and John Gabriel in Sex and the College Girl (1964). Luana was in three pictures for director Curtis Harrington: ingénue Ellen Sands in Night Tide (1961), a cameo as a party guest in Games (1967) and repressed librarian Louise in the perverse The Killing Kind (1973). Anders achieved cult status as groovy hippie commune dweller Lisa in Easy Rider (1969). Robert Altman frequently credited Luana with getting his career started; she has a small role as a streetwalker Sandy Dennis picks up in Altman's That Cold Day in the Park (1969). Friend Jack Nicholson made a point of seeing and commenting on the movie during the Cannes film festival where "Easy Rider" won the Palme D'or; the subsequent publicity gave Altman the notoriety to launch his career. She frequently acted in films with real-life good friend Nicholson; she was especially memorable as a Buddhist chanting party girl in The Last Detail (1973). Luana was terrorized by a deranged Mickey Rooney on an abandoned studio backlot in the unreleased gonzo oddity The Manipulator (1971) and starred in Robert Downey Sr.'s Greaser's Palace (1972). Anders appeared in Shampoo (1975), a film that's reportedly based on her romance with hairdresser Richard Alcala; the picture was written by her friend and fellow Corey classmate Robert Towne.She had a recurring part on the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara (1984). Among the TV shows Luana did guest spots on are Hunter (1984), Little House on the Prairie (1974), Mannix (1967), Bonanza (1959), Ironside (1967), Dragnet 1967 (1967), Hawaii Five-O (1968), The Andy Griffith Show (1960), One Step Beyond (1959), The Outer Limits (1963), Ben Casey (1961) and The Rifleman (1958). Anders co-wrote the script for the comedy Limit Up (1989) and was uncredited in scripting the action/adventure romp Fire on the Amazon (1993), which was Sandra Bullock's debut film for Roger Corman. She appeared in a number of movies with collaborator Richard Martini, including You Can't Hurry Love (1988), about which "Variety" declared, "It's about time we see the great Luana Anders back on the screen". She was a member of the improvisational comedy stage group The Committee. A lifelong Buddhist and supporter of the American chapter of Soka Gakkai International, Luana Anders died on July 21, 1996.
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As per our current Database, Luana Anders has been died on July 21, 1996(1996-07-21) (aged 58)\nMar Vista, Los Angeles, California, U.S..

🎂 Luana Anders - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Luana Anders die, Luana Anders was 58 years old.

Popular As Luana Anders
Occupation Actress
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born May 12, 1938 ( New York City, New York, United States)
Birthday May 12
Town/City  New York City, New York, United States
Nationality United States

🌙 Zodiac

Luana Anders’s zodiac sign is Gemini. According to astrologers, Gemini is expressive and quick-witted, it represents two different personalities in one and you will never be sure which one you will face. They are sociable, communicative and ready for fun, with a tendency to suddenly get serious, thoughtful and restless. They are fascinated with the world itself, extremely curious, with a constant feeling that there is not enough time to experience everything they want to see.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Luana Anders was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.

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Biography/Timeline

1961

Her appearances were in a wide range of episodic television, including The Rifleman, Sugarfoot, in 1961, in the episode "Incident of the Running Man" on Rawhide, The Andy Griffith Show, One Step Beyond, Dragnet, in the role of Theresa Ames in the episode "The Guests" of The Outer Limits, Adam-12 and Hunter. She appeared briefly on several soap operas, including Santa Barbara in the 1991–1992 season.

1969

Anders appeared in Robert Altman's That Cold Day in the Park, which premiered in 1969 at the Cannes Film Festival. Anders' friend Jack Nicholson was being feted at the festival for Easy Rider and he made a point of attending a screening and created a media sensation for Altman's work. Nicholson worked with Anders in several of his films, including The Trip (1967), The Last Detail (1973), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Goin' South (1978), and The Two Jakes (1990). Her other film credits include roles in When the Legends Die (1972), The Killing Kind (1973), Shampoo (1975), Personal Best (1982), Movers & Shakers (1985), You Can't Hurry Love (1988), Doppelganger (1993), Wild Bill (1995), and American Strays (1996).

1996

Anders was a lifelong Buddhist and supporter of the American chapter of Soka Gakkai International (SGI). She died of breast cancer in 1996, aged 58.

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