
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
July 12, 1954 (age 71)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Lisa Pelikan
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 minister-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.
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Known For

TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dr. Elizabeth Garrison
1999

TV
Murder, She Wrote
Jill Goddard
1984

TV
Murder, She Wrote
Allison Franklin
1984

TV
Strong Medicine
Babs Darner
2000

TV
The Equalizer
Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder
1985

TV
The Guardian
Carol Ritter
2001

TV
Hotel
1982

TV
Happy Days
1974

TV
Kojak
Jennifer Campbell
1973

TV
Cagney & Lacey
1982

TV
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Nurse Ellen Hatch
1985

Film
Lionheart
Hélène Gaultier
1990

TV
Blacke's Magic
1986

TV
Jack's Place
1992

TV
Brooklyn Bridge
1991

TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Nancy
1951

TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tavis
1951

Film
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Sarah Hargrave
1991
TV
For the People
Amanda Jacobs
2002

TV
James at 16
Paisley
1977
Filmography
2015FilmCircleas Cancer Survivor2014Film10,000 Daysas Anna Hesse2007FilmSacrifices of the Heartas Virginia Doyle2002TVFor the Peopleas Amanda Jacobs2001FilmOff Seasonas Ashley Manson2001TVThe Guardianas Carol Ritter2000TVStrong Medicineas Babs Darner1999TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitas Dr. Elizabeth Garrison1998FilmShadow of Doubtas Leslie Saxon1997FilmColor of Justiceas Betty1996FilmIt's My Partyas Party Guest (uncredited)1992TVJack's Place1991TVBrooklyn Bridge1991FilmReturn to the Blue Lagoonas Sarah Hargrave1991FilmInto the Badlandsas Sarah Carstairs1990FilmLionheartas Hélène Gaultier1986TVBlacke's Magic1985TVThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presentsas Nurse Ellen Hatch1985TVThe Equalizeras Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder1985FilmA Bunny's Taleas Lee1985FilmGhouliesas Rebecca1984TVMurder, She Wroteas Jill Goddard1984FilmSwing Shiftas Violet Mulligan1984FilmThe House of Godas Jo Miller1982TVHotel1982TVCagney & Lacey1981FilmThe Best Little Girl in the Worldas Gail Powell1980FilmThe Women's Roomas Kyla1979TVThe Last Convertibleas Rosamond Ardley1979FilmL'Homme en colèreas Anne1979TVStuds Loniganas Lucy Scanlon1978FilmTrue Grit: A Further Adventureas Mattie Ross1978FilmJenniferas Jennifer Baylor1978FilmPerfect Gentlemenas Annie Cavagarno1977FilmJuliaas Young Julia1977TVJames at 16as Paisley1977FilmThe Blue Hotelas Younger Daughter1976FilmI Want to Keep My Baby!as Miranda1975FilmValley Forge1974FilmThe Country Girlas Nancy1974TVHappy Days1973TVKojakas Jennifer Campbell1951TVHallmark Hall of Fameas Nancy