Lane Bradbury | |
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Born | Janette Lane Bradbury |
Years active | 1958-present |
Spouse | |
Children | 2 |
Janette Lane Bradbury is an American actress and writer.
Lane Bradbury was born in Buckhead, Georgia. She studied ballet as a young girl. In the 1950s, she moved to New York City and was admitted to the Actors Studio. [1]
Bradbury made her Broadway debut in J.B. , performing with Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer. [1] She starred in Tennessee Williams' play Night of the Iguana with veteran actress Bette Davis. Bradbury was the first actress to play Dainty June [1] [2] in the original Broadway production of Gypsy . [3] [4] [5] [6]
In the late 1960s, she moved with her husband Lou Antonio to Los Angeles, where she began a long career in television. In 1965, Bradbury and Antonio co-starred in an episode of Gunsmoke ("Outlaw's Woman"). She was in 1963's season three opener of The Fugitive titled "Wings of an Angel", playing Janet Kegler, a woman taken hostage. [7] She was most active in the 1970s, making guest appearances on shows such as The Rockford Files ; The Mod Squad ; Medical Center ; Mannix ; The Partridge Family ; Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law ; The Waltons and Kung Fu . [7] [8] She was popular in repeat-appearances as Merry Florene on Gunsmoke. [9] She also appeared in season 12 episode 9 of Unsolved Mysteries in 2001 credited under the name Janette Bradbury. [10]
Her film credits include The Ultimate Warrior [11] and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore . [12] She appeared in the popular television movies Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring [13] and To Dance with the White Dog . [14]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1958 | Kraft Television Theatre | Piney | adaptation of The Outcasts of Poker Flat |
1963 | The Doctors and the Nurses | Rita Silveri | episode: "Choice Among Wrongs" |
1964 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Julia | "Out on the Outskirts of Town" by William Inge |
1964 | Mr. Novak | Ellen Westfall | episode: "Love Among the Grown-Ups" |
1965 | The Fugitive | Janet Kegler | episode: "Wings of an Angel" |
1965-69 | Gunsmoke | Allie Sommers, Lucky, Merry Florene | 6 episodes |
1967 | Iron Horse | Rachel Sparrow | episode: "Volcano Wagon" |
1969 | Judd, for the Defense | Penny Hale | episode: "Between the Dark and the Daylight" |
1969 | Death Valley Days | Ella Stewart | episode: "A Key for the Fort" |
1969 | Then Came Bronson | Bella Mendoza | episode: "Where Will the Trumpets Be?" |
1970 | Dial Hot Line | Pam Carruthers | TV movie |
1970 | Medical Center | Maggie Seller | episode: "Between Dark and Daylight" |
1970 | Bracken's World | Miriam Halsey | episode: "Murder Off-Camera" |
1970 | The Mod Squad | Cindy Jeffers | episode: "See the Eagles Dying" |
1970 | The Partridge Family | Janet | episode: "Love at First Slight" |
1970 | The Interns | Irene | episode: "Act of God" |
1971 | Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | Susie Miller | ABC Movie of the Week |
1971 | The Young Lawyers | Charlene Neiley | episode: "Down at the House of Truth, Visiting" |
1971 | Storefront Lawyers | unavailable | episode: "The Dark World of Harry Anders" |
1972 | Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Carol Ann MacMurdy | episode: "Run Carol Run" |
1972 | McCloud | Carol Harrington | episode: "Give My Regrets to Broadway" |
1972 | Mannix | Karin Gundersen | episode: "Scapegoat" |
1972 | Insight | Melanie | episode: "The Death of Superman" |
1972 | Another Part of the Forest | Laurette | TV adaptation of the play by Lillian Hellman |
1972 | The F.B.I. | Laura Ann Millpark | episode: "The Loner" |
1972 | Banyon | Bunny | episode: "A Date with Death" |
1972 | Alias Smith and Jones | Ellen Anderson | episode: "The Day the Amnesty Came Through" |
1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Cassie Howard | episode: "Endtheme" |
1973 | Kung Fu | Annie Buchanan | episode: "An Eye for an Eye" |
1974 | Banacek | Sally James | episode: "Horse of a Slightly Different Color" |
1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Rosie Johnson | episode: "The Hard Breed" |
1974 | Doc Elliot | Emily Robbins | Episode: "Things That Might Have Been" |
1975 | Police Story | Sharon | episode: "Vice: 24 Hours" |
1976 | McMillan & Wife | Jennifer Carter | episode: "Greed" |
1976 | The Rockford Files | Houston Preli | episode: "Where's Houston?" |
1976 | Serpico | Carol | episode: "The Deadly Game" |
1976 | Gemini Man | Amy Nichols | episode: "Night Train to Dallas" |
1977 | Westside Medical | Sister Mary Dolores | "My Physician, My Friend" (Part 1 & 2) |
1977 | Just a Little Inconvenience | B-Girl | TV movie |
1978 | A Real American Hero | Debbie Pride | TV movie |
1979 | The Chinese Typewriter | Louise-Jill | TV movie |
1979 | Breaking Up Is Hard to Do | Ruth Doyle | TV movie |
1979 | The Waltons | Ronie Cotter | episode: "The Diploma" |
1980 | Where the Ladies Go | Tasha | TV movie |
1981 | Walking Tall | Kate Reeder | episode: "Company Town" |
1981 | Strike Force | Julie | episode: "The Predator" |
1986 | One Terrific Guy | unavailable | TV movie |
1991 | Wife, Mother, Murderer | Aunt Frieda | TV movie |
1992 | I'll Fly Away | Mrs. Anderson | episode: "Cool Winter Blues" |
1993 | Queen | unavailable | episode #1.3 |
1993 | Stolen Babies | Meg Wilber | TV movie |
1993 | To Dance with the White Dog | Mildred Cook | TV movie |
1994 | A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story | Lily Clayburn | TV movie |
1994 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | Mrs. Williams | TV miniseries, uncredited |
1992-95 | In the Heat of the Night | Myrna Hughes | 3 episodes |
1996 | Savannah | Brian's secretary | 3 episodes |
1999 | Party of Five | Secretary | episode: "Wrestling Demons" |
2000 | Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction | Norma | episode: "The Landlady" |
2018 | Deception | Priscilla | episode: "Code Act" |
2018-19 | Billions | Grigor's Mom | 2 episodes |
In 1965, Bradbury married actor and director Lou Antonio [15] and they had two daughters. The couple divorced in 1980. Their daughter Elkin Antoniou is a writer, director, and award-winning documentarian. [16]
She is the founder and artistic director of the Valkyrie Theater of Dance, Drama, and Film, a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to introduce at-risk teens to the theatrical arts. [1]
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