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Lisa Pelikan

Lisa Pelikan

Known For Acting
Birthday Jul 12, 1954 (71)
Birthplace San Francisco, California, USA
Popularity 2 (history)
Updated Aug 04, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress. She was born in Berkley, California, the daughter of American parents Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the ministe ... r-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known to film audiences for her film debut as the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's title character in Julia (1977) (for which Redgrave won an Oscar), and her role as the widowed mother Sarah Hargrave in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991). Pelikan's first regular Television work was as maid Kate Mahaffey on the CBS soap opera Beacon Hill. Other high points in her career include her performances as the lusty Lucy Scanlon in the Television miniseries Studs Lonigan (1979), and the title character of the horror film Jennifer (1978). She also won a Drama-Logue Award for her one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald entitled "Only a Broken String of Pearls". She was married to fellow actor Bruce Davison, with whom she has one son, Ethan. She and Davison are divorced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Pelikan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Circle

Circle

2015

as Cancer Survivor

10,000 Days

10,000 Days

2014

as Anna Hesse

Spring Thaw

Spring Thaw

2007

as Virginia Doyle

Off Season

Off Season

2001

as Ashley Manson

Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

1998

as Leslie Saxon

Return to the Blue Lagoon

Return to the Blue Lagoon

1991

as Sarah Hargrave

Into the Badlands

Into the Badlands

1991

as Sarah Carstairs

Lionheart

Lionheart

1990

as Hélène Gaultier

Ghoulies

Ghoulies

1985

as Rebecca

A Bunny's Tale

A Bunny's Tale

1985

as Lee

The House of God

The House of God

1984

as Jo Miller

Swing Shift

Swing Shift

1984

as Violet Mulligan

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

as Gail Powell

The Women's Room

The Women's Room

1980

as Kyla

Jennifer

Jennifer

1978

as Jennifer Baylor

True Grit: A Further Adventure

True Grit: A Further Adventure

1978

as Mattie Ross

Perfect Gentlemen

Perfect Gentlemen

1978

as Annie Cavagarno

The Blue Hotel

The Blue Hotel

1977

as Younger Daughter

Julia

Julia

1977

as Young Julia

I Want to Keep My Baby!

I Want to Keep My Baby!

1976

as Miranda

The Country Girl

The Country Girl

1974

as Nancy

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Television Credits

Studs Lonigan

as Lucy Scanlon

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 07, 1979

The Last Convertible

as Rosamond Ardley

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 24, 1979

The Equalizer

as Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

Murder, She Wrote

as Jill Goddard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Elizabeth Garrison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Nurse Ellen Hatch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Kojak

as Jennifer Campbell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 24, 1973

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Nancy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Tavis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Strong Medicine

as Babs Darner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 23, 2000

Murder, She Wrote

as Allison Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1984

James at 16

as Paisley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 05, 1977

The Guardian

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2001

Happy Days

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 1974

Hotel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 21, 1982

Cagney & Lacey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 25, 1982

Brooklyn Bridge

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1991

Blacke's Magic

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 05, 1986

Jack's Place

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 26, 1992

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