Anjanette Comer

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Anjanette Comer
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Comer in 1965
Born (1939-08-07) August 7, 1939 (age 85)
Dawson, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1962–2011
Spouse
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(m. 1976;div. 1983)​

Anjanette Comer (born August 7, 1939) is an American actress.

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Early years

Born in Dawson, Texas, to Rufus Franklin Comer, Jr., and Nola Dell "Sue" (Perkins) Comer, she attended Dawson High School. [1] Comer gained acting experience at the Pasadena Playhouse. [2]

Career

Comer's first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1962 episode of My Three Sons titled "Heat Wave", followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as Dr. Kildare and Bonanza . In 1964, she earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actress for her work on an episode on Arrest and Trial . [3]

She made her film debut as the female lead in the 1964 comedy Quick, Before It Melts followed by a memorable role in the 1965 satire The Loved One , playing a seductive mortician who offers Robert Morse a choice for his uncle's funeral arrangements of "Inhumement, entombment, inurnment, immurement? Some people just lately have preferred ensarcophagusment." [4]

Although Comer was cast opposite Michael Caine for Funeral in Berlin and appeared in publicity stills (she can be seen with Caine and Eva Renzi in a photograph on the DVD release), she had to be replaced because of illness. She had another leading role as a love interest of Marlon Brando and John Saxon in The Appaloosa (1966). The film, shot on location in Mexico, presented Anjanette as a Mexican peasant girl, a role she repeated in Guns for San Sebastian (1968). In between, she starred in Banning . [5]

Comer's movie activity dropped off in 1970 after she played Ruth in the film version of John Updike's Rabbit, Run (1970). She later claimed she let her love life interfere with her work. Comer's later films include The Firechasers (1971) and Fire Sale (1977), and the TV movie The Long Summer of George Adams (1983).

Personal life

From 1976 to 1983, Comer was married to Robert Klane; the marriage ended in divorce. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1964 Quick, Before It Melts Tiara Marshall
1965 The Loved One Aimee Thanatogenous
1966 The Appaloosa Trini Medena
1967 Banning Carol Lindquist
1968 La Bataille de San Sebastian KinitaEnglish Title: Guns for San Sebastian
1968 In Enemy Country Denise
1970 Rabbit, Run Ruth Leonard
1971 The Firechasers Toby Collins
1972 Blood Feast Cathy
1973 The Baby Ann Gentry
1975 Lepke Bernice Meyer
1975 The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery Arlevia Jessup
1977 Fire Sale Marion Fikus
1992 Netherworld Mrs. Palmer
1995 The Underneath Mrs. Chambers
2003Screen Door JesusVerna Lynn Cunningham
2011 A Bird of the Air Mrs. Weber

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962 My Three Sons Janie StempelSeason 3 Episode 11: ”Heat Wave”
1962 The Donna Reed Show BarbieSeason 5 Episode 13: "The Winning Ticket"
1963 Gunsmoke Cara MilesSeason 9 Episode 8: "Carter Caper"
1963 Ben Casey JuneSeason 3 Episode 13: "My Love, My Love"
1963 Arrest and Trial Annabelle SelinskySeason 1 Episode 12: "Journey into Darkness"
1964 Dr. Kildare Carol Montgomery2 episodes
1964 Bonanza Joan WingateSeason 5 Episode 22: "Love Me Not"
1964 Combat! AnnetteSeason 2 Episode 27: "Weep No More"
1969 The Young Lawyers Bonnie BaronSeason 1 Episode 0: "The Young Lawyers"
1969–1971 Love, American Style Billie Joe Hollister / Audrey Woods / Chris3 episodes
1970 Then Came Bronson Vhea SamosSeason 1 Episode 26: "What's an Ark Without Centaurs?"
1970 The Mod Squad BillieSeason 3 Episode 1: "The Long Road Home"
1971 The Most Deadly Game GretchenSeason 1 Episode 10: "The Classic Burial Position"
1971 Banyon Diane JenningsSeason 1 Episode 0: "Pilot"
1971 Five Desperate Women LucyTV Movie
1971 The Deadly Hunt MarthaTV Movie
1972 Columbo Jenifer WellesSeason 2 Episode 1: "Étude in Black"
1972 Mannix Gina Hunter/Margo MooreSeason 6 Episode 4: "Broken Mirror"
1972–1973 Doctor Simon Locke Andi / Norma Carlin2 episodes
1973 Search Anne RamonSeason 1 Episode 18: "Goddess of Destruction"
1974 Police Story Constantina2 episodes
1974The Wide World of MysteryDanna ForesterSeason 2 Episode 8: "Shadow of Fear"
1974The Wide World of MysteryDanna ForesterTV Movie
1974Night GamesJenny KenedisisTV Movie
1974Terror on the 40th FloorDarlene PorterTV Movie
1975Death StalkPat TraheyTV Movie
1975 Petrocelli Mary ThorpeSeason 1 Episode 17: "A Lonely Victim"
1975 Harry O Grace DuvallSeason 2 Episode 4: "Shades"
1975 S.W.A.T. Alicia WoodwardSeason 2 Episode 11: "Strike Force"
1975 Barbary Coast Mary LouiseSeason 1 Episode 11: "The Day Cable Was Hanged"
1975 The Blue Knight RebaSeason 1 Episode 3: "Odds Against Tomorrow"
1976 Jigsaw John Mavis BellamySeason 1 Episode 1: "Promise to Kill"
1976McNaughton's DaughterAndrea Farelli Miniseries (Episode 1: "Love Is a Four-Letter Word")
1976 Baretta Det. Ann HarleySeason 3 Episode 8: "Dear Tony"
1977 Dead of Night AlexisTV Movie
1980 Barnaby Jones Vivian HarperSeason 8 Episode 20: "The Silent Accuser"
1982 The Long Summer of George Adams VenidaTV Movie
1986 Mike Hammer Toni CordellSeason 3 Episode 4: "Mike's Baby"
1988 Hotel MaggieSeason 5 Episode 12: "Double Take"
1991 Jake and the Fatman Wanda Lee / Vera Lake3 episodes
1992Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless RomeoNora TurnerTV Movie
1995 Streets of Laredo BeulahMiniseries (2 episodes)
1995Deadly Family SecretsHilda PotterTV Movie
1999 Profiler Barbara HenkleySeason 3 Episode 15: "Spree of Love"
1999 The Practice Sister ChristineSeason 3 Episode 19: "Closet Justice"
2002 The Pennsylvania Miners' Story Sue UngerTV Movie

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References

  1. ↑ "FFA Sweetheart". Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light. Texas, Corsicana. December 24, 1954. p. 7. Retrieved September 24, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. ↑ Hopper, Hedda (February 29, 1964). "Natalie Wood, Loew Will Wed on Yacht". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. Chicago Tribune-N.Y. News Syndicate. p. Part III - 6. Retrieved September 25, 2018– via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ "Anjanette Comer Awards & Nominations". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Loved One". TV Cream . Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  5. ↑ Scott, Vernon (September 24, 1981). "Scott's World: Whatever Happened to Anjanette Comer?". United Press International .
  6. ↑ Broeske, Pat H. (June 17, 1990). "In Search Of . . . Anjanette Comer". Los Angeles Times .
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