Audrey Landers | |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | July 18, 1956
Alma mater | Juilliard School Columbia University |
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Years active | 1971–present |
Spouse | Donald Berkowitz (m. 1988) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Judy Landers (sister) |
Website | audrey-landers |
Audrey Landers (born July 18, 1956) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Afton Cooper on the television series Dallas and her role as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985). [1]
Before joining Dallas, she guest-starred in numerous television series, including The Dukes of Hazzard , Fantasy Island , The Love Boat and Battlestar Galactica and appeared as a panelist on Match Game in 1979 and on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983–84. In the 1990s, she appeared in the television miniseries of Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances . From 1990 to 1992, she played the role of Charlotte Hesser, eldest daughter of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser on the ABC daytime series One Life to Live . [2]
After she left Dallas in 1984, she was cast by director Richard Attenborough as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985). In 2013, she reprised her role of Afton Cooper in several episodes of the second season of the revival of Dallas . [3] [4]
With her young sons as inspiration, Landers created the children's television series, The Huggabug Club in 1996, [2] for which, in addition to writing the scripts, she also wrote the 250+ original songs in the series. Her partner (and mother), Ruth Landers, produced the series and donated it to Public Television for its five-year run.
In 2006, she co-wrote, and co-directed the family adventure film, Circus Island, a Ruth Landers production. Landers and her mother have also created a fashion line called Landers STAR Collection which is gaining global popularity through QVC UK, and in Italy, Canada, Germany, and the U.S. [5]
Audrey is sister of actress Judy Landers, and has acted with her in several roles, including multiple episodes of The Love Boat and The Hitchhiker episode "Split Decision", as well as Circus Island and Ghost Writer, films produced by Ruth Landers. Audrey and Judy Landers were on the cover and in a non-nude pictorial of the January 1983 issue of Playboy . [6]
Landers married businessman Donald Berkowitz in May 1988. They have twin sons, Adam and Daniel, born in 1993. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972–73 | The Secret Storm | Joanna Morrison Landers #1 | |
1973 | Search for Tomorrow | Connie | |
1973 | Room 222 | Donna | 1 episode |
1973 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Tracy Robbins | 1 episode |
1973 | The F.B.I. | Janine Winchell | 1 episode |
1973 | Emergency! | Marsha | 1 episode |
1974–76 | Somerset | Heather Lawrence | |
1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Actress On TV Screen (Uncredited) | |
1977 | Happy Days | Kitty | 1 episode |
1977 | Police Woman | Nancy | 1 episode |
1978 | The Waverly Wonders | Ginger | 1 episode |
1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Miri | 1 episode |
1979 | Charlie's Angels | Donna Rossitter | 1 episode |
1979 | Highcliffe Manor | Wendy Sparkles | 5 episodes |
1979–84 | Fantasy Island | Various roles | 5 episodes |
1979 | B.J. and the Bear | Carol Cain | 1 episode |
1979 | Young Maverick | Sara Lou Mullen | 1 episode |
1979 | 1941 | USO Girl | |
1980–84 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Billie Jean/Gail Flatt | 2 episodes |
1981 | Underground Aces | Annie Wenders | |
1981–84, 1989 | Dallas | Afton Cooper | 84 episodes |
1982 | Tennessee Stallion | Charlotte | |
1982–85 | The Love Boat | Various roles | 4 episodes |
1983 | The Hitchhiker | Priscilla Packard | 1 episode |
1985 | A Chorus Line | Val Clarke | |
1986 | Hotel | Susan | 1 episode |
1986 | Crazy Like a Fox | Dianne Bennett | 1 episode |
1986 | Getting Even | Paige Starson | |
1986 | Popeye Doyle | Jill Anneyard | |
1987 | Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown | Angelika Dittrich | |
1989 | Midnight Caller | Marie Devoe/Sandra | 1 episode |
1989 | MacGyver | Carla Yeats / Roxy Yeats | 1 episode |
1989 | Ghost Writer | Angela Reid | |
1990 | Lucky Chances | Marabelle | TV miniseries |
1990–91 | One Life to Live | Charlotte Hesser | 39 episodes |
1991 | California Casanova | JB | |
1991 | The Cosby Show | Cookie Bennett | 1 episode |
1992 | Silk Stalkings | Liza Gutierrez | 1 episode |
1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Toots | 1 episode |
1994 | Burke's Law | Dancer | 1 episode |
1995–97 | The Huggabug Club | Miss Audrey | 47 episodes |
1986, 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Greta Bayer/Phyllis Walters | 2 episodes |
1996 | Dallas: J.R. Returns | Afton Cooper | |
2006 | Circus Camp | Lena Anderson | |
2008 | Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation | Bettina | |
2007–08 | Burn Notice | Veronica | 4 episodes |
2011 | Jackie Goldberg: Private Dick | Nadia | |
2013–14 | Dallas | Afton Cooper | 2 episodes |
2018 | Love at Sea | Maeve Grayham | Hallmark film |
2018 | Murder at the Mansion | Ivy | |
2018 | The 5th Borough | Dr. Bashin | |
Year | Album | D | AUT | CH | NZ | SWE |
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1983 | Little River [8] | — | — | — | 4 | 19 |
1984 | Wo der Südwind weht [9] | 4 | 13 | 12 | — | — |
1985 | Paradise Generation [10] | 52 | — | 14 | — | — |
1986 | Weites Land [11] | 16 | — | — | — | — |
Year | Single | DE | AUS [12] | AUT | CH | NZ | BE | NL | SA |
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1983 | Manuel Goodbye [13] | 10 | 90 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
1983 | Little River [14] | 28 | — | 6 | 15 | — | 34 | 38 | — |
1983 | Playa Blanca [15] | 38 | — | — | — | 47 | 6 | 3 | — |
1984 | Honeymoon in Trinidad [16] | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — |
1984 | Mi Amor [17] | 52 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 26 | — |
1985 | Summernight In Rome [18] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
1988 | Silver Bird | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1997 | Heute habe ich an dich gedacht [19] | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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