Lori Lethin

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Lori Lethin
Born (1955-08-04) August 4, 1955 (age 68)
OccupationActress
Years active1979–1999
Spouse
Loring Pickering
(m. 19811984)

Lori Ann Lethin (born August 4, 1955) is an American retired actress, known for her appearances on television and in several horror films in the 1980s.

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Biography

Lethin was born August 4, 1955 [1] in Los Angeles [ citation needed ] to Paul Lethin. [2] She made her feature debut in the slasher film The Prey , filmed around 1980 but released in 1983. [3] She subsequently had a lead role in Bloody Birthday (1981) opposite Susan Strasberg, about a group of children who begin committing murders. On July 19, 1981, Lethin married actor Loring Pickering in Catalina Island. [2]

Lethin starred as Charlene Matlock in the 1986 Matlock pilot film, Diary of a Perfect Murder. [4] She was replaced by Linda Purl in the subsequent series. [4] She later starred in the comedy horror film Return to Horror High (1987), playing multiple roles. [3] Lethin had a minor role in Jonathan Kaplan's 1999 drama Brokedown Palace , playing the mother of Kate Beckinsale's character. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1981 Bloody Birthday Joyce Russell [5]
1981 Goliath Awaits MariaTelevision film [5]
1983 The Prey BobbieFilmed in 1979-80 [5]
1983 The Day After Denise DahlbergTelevision film [6]
1984For Love or MoneyBettyTelevision film [1]
1985 Brotherly Love TinaTelevision film [6]
1985Means and EndsKelly [1]
1987 Return to Horror High Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan [5]
1989The Magic Boy's EasterMotherShort film
1989A Platinum TriangleKaren Masters [6]
1999 Brokedown Palace Lori Davis [5]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1979 Charlie's Angels Bo FlemingEpisode: "Teen Angels" [5]
1979 A Man Called Sloane HelenEpisode: "Architect of Evil" [5]
1979 Barnaby Jones Susan CooperEpisode: "The Final Victim"
1980 The Dukes of Hazzard LoriEpisode: "Southern Comforts" [5]
1980 Freebie and the Bean AliceEpisode: "The Seduction of Bean" [5]
1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. Carrie SimmsEpisode: "Vendetta"
1981The Wave ABC Afterschool Special [7]
1981The Wonderful World of Phillip MalleyMeredith CarswellPilot
1982 Hill Street Blues Diane KoslowEpisode: "Rein of Terror"
1983 Magnum, P.I. Gail BlassingameEpisode: "The Big Blow" [6]
1983 The Mississippi Mary PennEpisode: "G.I. Blues"
1984 The Master Jill PattersenEpisode: "Out-of-Time-Step"
1984 The A-Team Jennifer TeasdaleEpisode: "Harder Than It Looks"
1984 E/R TinaEpisode: "Sentimental Journey"
1985 Diff'rent Strokes Karen KimballEpisode: "A Special Friend" [5]
1985 The Insiders BillieEpisode: "Gun Runners"
1986 Matlock Charlene MatlockEpisode: "Diary of a Perfect Murder" [6]
1986 Murder, She Wrote Christy OlsonEpisode: "If a Body Meet a Body"
1986 Stingray Lanie HarmonEpisode: "Abnormal Psych" [5]
1986 Throb RobertaEpisode: "The Party"
1987 Starman Joanna 'Dusty' HaleyEpisode: "Dusty"
1987 Werewolf JulieEpisode: "Eye of the Storm"
1987 Ohara Paula GoodeEpisode: "And a Child Shall Lead Them"

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