Linda Harrison
- Acting
- July 26, 1945 · Berlin, Maryland, USA
Biography
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She is best remembered for portraying Nova alongside co-star Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She went on to appear in many films and then made a cameo in 2001's Planet of the Apes film directed by Tim Burton. She retired from acting for family reasons until returning to co-star in 2018's Midnight Massacre, a modern day version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar directed by Travis Bowen. Linda is considered Hollywood royalty as her family created 20th Century Fox.
Known for
Filmography
- Midnight Massacre · Quinia Brutus, Co-Director
- The Kill Room · Charlene Proube
- Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters · (archive footage)
- From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel · Self
- Planet of the Apes · Woman in Cart
- Behind the Planet of the Apes · Self
- Wild Bill · Madam
- Cocoon: The Return · Susan
- Cocoon · Susan
- Airport 1975 · Winnie
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes · Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes · Nova
- Bracken's World · Paulette Douglas
- Planet of the Apes · Nova
- A Guide for the Married Man · Miss Stardust
- Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? · Wonder Woman's Reflection
- Way... Way Out · Peggy
- The Fat Spy · Treasure Hunter
- Planet of the Apes Test Reel · Dr. Zira
- Batman · Cheerleader II