Luana Anders (born Luana Margo Anderson, May , â€" July , ) was an
American film and television actress.Anders began her career with
supporting roles for American International Pictures. Some of the
early films she appeared in were directed by Roger Corman. Anders was
part of a group of actors who met in the acting class of actor Jeff
Corey. This group of actors included Jack Nicholson, Sally Kellerman,
and Robert Towne.Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films,
including starring roles in Life Begins at and Reform School Girls,
along with Sally Kellerman. Her best-known performances may have been
as Vincent Price's sister in Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum () and
as a murder victim in Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia (). She also
appeared in Curtis Harrington's cult film Night Tide () opposite
Dennis Hopper, who later cast her as one of the hippie commune girls
who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider
().Anders appeared in Robert Altman's That Cold Day in the Park, which
premiered in at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as being cast in
several of her friend Jack Nicholson's films, including The Trip (),
The Last Detail (), The Missouri Breaks (), Goin' South (), and The
Two Jakes (). Her other film credits include When the Legends Die (),
The Killing Kind (), Shampoo (), Personal Best (), Movers & Shakers
(), You Can't Hurry Love (), Doppelganger (), Wild Bill (), and
American Strays ().
American film and television actress.Anders began her career with
supporting roles for American International Pictures. Some of the
early films she appeared in were directed by Roger Corman. Anders was
part of a group of actors who met in the acting class of actor Jeff
Corey. This group of actors included Jack Nicholson, Sally Kellerman,
and Robert Towne.Anders appeared in a number of low-budget films,
including starring roles in Life Begins at and Reform School Girls,
along with Sally Kellerman. Her best-known performances may have been
as Vincent Price's sister in Corman's The Pit and the Pendulum () and
as a murder victim in Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia (). She also
appeared in Curtis Harrington's cult film Night Tide () opposite
Dennis Hopper, who later cast her as one of the hippie commune girls
who go skinny-dipping with Hopper and Peter Fonda in Easy Rider
().Anders appeared in Robert Altman's That Cold Day in the Park, which
premiered in at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as being cast in
several of her friend Jack Nicholson's films, including The Trip (),
The Last Detail (), The Missouri Breaks (), Goin' South (), and The
Two Jakes (). Her other film credits include When the Legends Die (),
The Killing Kind (), Shampoo (), Personal Best (), Movers & Shakers
(), You Can't Hurry Love (), Doppelganger (), Wild Bill (), and
American Strays ().
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