- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- August 3, 2025
Loni Anderson
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 Cin…
Filmography
movieLadies of the '80s: A Divas Christmas
2023 · Lily Marlowe
movieI Am Burt Reynolds
2020 · Self - Interviewee
movieValerie
2019 · Self
tvLove You More
2017 · Jean
tvMy Sister is So Gay
2016 · Frances
tvBaby Daddy
2012 · Nana Lyle
movieCarol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012 · Self
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
movieAnnul Victory
2009 · Self
Back to the Grind
tvBack to the Grind
2007
tvI Love the '70s: Volume 2
2006 · Self
tvSo NoTORIous
2006 · Kiki Spelling
tvKathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
2005 · Self
The Mullets
tvThe Mullets
2003 · Mandi Mullet-Heidecker
tvDuck Dodgers
2003 · Herself (voice)
movieA Night at the Roxbury
1998 · Barbara Butabi
tvV.I.P.
1998 · Carol Irons
movie3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain
1998 · Medusa
tvFast Track
1997
tvSabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Racine
tvClueless
1996
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
movieDeadly Family Secrets
1995 · Martha
tvWomen of the House
1995 · Self
tvBurke's Law
1994 · Claudia Loring
tvIntimate Portrait
1993 · Self
tvMelrose Place
1992 · Teri Carson
movieMunchie
1992 · Cathy Dobson
movieThe Price She Paid
1992 · Lacey
tvNurses
1991 · Casey MacAfee
tvThe New WKRP in Cincinnati
1991
movieWhite Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991 · Thelma Todd
movieCoins in the Fountain
1990 · Leah Crawford
movieBlown Away
1990 · Lauren
movieAll Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Flo (voice)
movieBlondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout
1989 · Blondie Bumstead (voice)
movieSorry, Wrong Number
1989 · Madeleine Stevenson
tvB.L. Stryker
1989
movieToo Good to Be True
1988 · Ellen Berent
movieWhisper Kill
1988 · Liz Bartlett
movieNecessity
1988 · Lauren LaSalle
movieBlondie & Dagwood
1987 · Blondie Bumstead (voice)
Stranded
movieStranded
1986 · Stacy Tweed
tvEasy Street
1986
movieA Letter to Three Wives
1985 · Lora Mae Holloway
tvAmazing Stories
1985 · Love
tvPartners in Crime
1984 · Sydney Kovack
movieMy Mother's Secret Life
1984 · Ellen Blake
movieThe Lonely Guy
1984 · Herself (uncredited)
movieStroker Ace
1983 · Pembrook Feeney
movieCountry Gold
1982 · Mollie Dean Purcell
movieNight of 100 Stars
1982 · Self
Women I Love: Beautiful But Funny
movieWomen I Love: Beautiful But Funny
1982 · Self
movieMagic with the Stars
1982 · Self - Host
All-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
movieAll-Star Party for Burt Reynolds
1981 · Self
movieSizzle
1981 · Julie Davis
movieThe Jayne Mansfield Story
1980 · Jayne Mansfield
movieThe Fantastic Funnies
1980 · Host
tvThe Big Show
1980 · Self
tvSiegfried and Roy - Superstars Of Magic
1980 · Self
movieThe Muppets Go Hollywood
1979 · Self
tvThe Magic of David Copperfield
1978
tvWKRP in Cincinnati
1978 · Jennifer Marlowe
movieThree on a Date
1978 · Angela Ross
tvThe Incredible Hulk
1977 · Sheila Cantrell
tvThe Love Boat
1977 · Kitty Scofield, Barbie, Kim Holland / Doris Wilson
tvThree's Company
1977
The McLean Stevenson Show
tvThe McLean Stevenson Show
1976
movieVigilante Force
1976 · Peaches (uncredited)
tvThe Invisible Man
1975 · Andrea Hanover
tvS.W.A.T.
1975
tvPolice Woman
1974 · Waitress
tvHarry O
1974
tvBarnaby Jones
1973 · Joanna Morgan
tvThe Bob Newhart Show
1972 · Leslie Greely
movieNevada Smith
1966 · Brunette Saloon Girl (uncredited)
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self, Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
tvThe Bob Hope Show
1950 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
movieAmazing Stories: The Movie III
— · (archive footage)