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~ Loni Anderson ~ |
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Loni Anderson is a dedicated Christian lady, a mother of two and a grandmother, but she will forever be known as a beautiful bodacious, be-dimpled, pert-nosed, well-endowed knockout. Loni earned an assured TV sex symbol pedestal during the late 1970s and early 1980s. As sexy but smart Jennifer Marlowe on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978), the ravishing star later became a soap-styled fixture in mini-movies. All eyes were peeled on this worthy pin-up who helped to bring back the glossy platinum-blonde allure of Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Mamie Van Doren. Loni strove for much more than a sex symbol pedestal as she tried to parlay her newly found fame into a viable dramatic career. She triumphed with success as she recreated the lives of such artificial sex sirens as Mansfield and Thelma Todd on television, and the re-created some of Hollywood's greatest Classic Films such as "A Letter To Three Wives", "Three Coins in the Fountain" , "Sorry, Wrong Number", "Leave Her to Heaven" (Too Good To Be True), that fit her classic beauty perfectly and were a huge success for her. Loni also appeared lusciously alongside Bob Hope, brightening up several of his classic television specials. Anderson went on to be teamed up with equally sexy Wonder Woman star Lynda Carter in the short-lived series Partners in Crime (1984) and then played a former Las Vegas showgirl who inherits a bundle in the sitcom misfire Easy Street (1986). She also was given a chance to work in feature films such as Stroker Ace (1983) starring opposite mega star / hunk Burt Reynolds. Loni was critically acclaimed for her mini-movie soap operas (via her own production company), that kept her in the public eye as a serious-minded actress, she rose above her manufactured image as a fantasy bombshell to star in some gritty roles such as "My Mother's Secret Life", "Necessity", "Whisper Kill", "The Price She Paid", and "Deadly Family Secrets". Anderson had one of the highest-profile marriages in the world to the legendary bad-boy Burt Reynolds in 1988, which began blissfully enough (and produced adopted son Quinton), then dissolved quickly into a nasty divorce in 1993. |
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In later years, Loni showed incredible perseverance. As always, the stalwart beauty continued to play up the glam but has since downplayed the dramatics. She seems more focused these days on having innocuous fun, playing a number of hearty vixens in sitcoms and series guest spots. Over time, she has enjoyed such lightweight sitcoms as her regular role in Nurses (1991), and as a guest in such TV comedies as "New WKRP in Cincinnati" (in which she recreated her Jennifer role), "Empty Nest," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" and "Clueless." Her last film was in the SNT-based comedy A Night at the Roxbury (1998). Millennium TV credits include the sitcom The Mullets (2003) and as Tori Spelling's materialistic mother in So Notorious (2006). Loni has more recently starred in the resurrected comedy series My Sister Is So Gay (2016). In 2008, she married musician Bob Flick and today has the marriage she always wanted... a true love affair. Loni's autobiography, My Life in High Heels, was published in 1997, she has become a beautiful role model to women everywhere who go through life's journey and yet find love, peace, joy in the face of tough times through her Faith in the Lord and her focus on family. Loni Anderson has proved to be tougher than any movie role she has played yet is a class-act beauty with a heart. She will forever be one of the world's most admired women and a true iconic legend. She was voted by fans as the one of Hollywood's most beautiful women in history and voted as the top 100 stars to be the Most Treasured Public figure in the world. |
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