Lisa Pelikan

Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1964 in Paris, France) is a French actress.

She graduated from the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known to movie 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 sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).

Lisa's first regular TV 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 TV miniseries Studs Lonigan (1979), and the title character of the horror film Jennifer (1978). She won a Drama-Logue Award for her one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald entitled "Only a Broken String of Pearls".

She has been married to fellow actor Bruce Davison since 1986, with whom she has one son. She and Davison are currently separated.

Filmography

• Off Season (2001) (TV)
• Shadow of Doubt (1998)
• Color of Justice (1997) (TV)
• It's My Party (1996) (uncredited)
• Present Tense, Past Perfect (1995) (TV)
• Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
• Into the Badlands (1991) (TV)
• Lionheart (1990)
• Windmills of the Gods (1988)
• Ghoulies (1985)
• A Bunny's Tale (1985) (TV)
• Swing Shift (1984)
• The House of God (1984)
• This Is the Life TV Series (1983)
• The Best Little Girl in the World (1981) (TV)
• The Women's Room (1980) (TV)
• The Last Convertible (1979) (TV)
• Homme en colere, L (1979)
• Studs Lonigan (1979) (TV)
• True Grit (1978) (TV)
• Jennifer (1978)
• Perfect Gentleman (1978) (TV)
• The Best of Families (1977) (TV)
• Julia (1977)
• The Blue Hotel (1977) (TV)
• I Want to Keep My Baby (1976) (TV)
• Valley Forge (1975) (TV)
• The Country Girl (1973) (TV)

External links

• Lisa Pelikan at IMDb
• Lisa Pelikan official website