Lori Lethin

Lori Lethin
Born (1955-08-04) August 4, 1955 (age 69)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1979–1999
Spouse
Loring Pickering
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(m. 1981⁠–⁠1984)​

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.

Biography

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1981 Bloody Birthday Joyce Russell [5]
1981 Goliath Awaits Maria Television film [5]
1983 The Prey Bobbie Filmed in 1979-80 [5]
1983 The Day After Denise Dahlberg Television film [6]
1984 For Love or Money Betty Television film [1]
1985 Brotherly Love Tina Television film [6]
1985 Means and Ends Kelly [1]
1987 Return to Horror High Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan [5]
1989 The Magic Boy's Easter Mother Short film
1989 A Platinum Triangle Karen Masters [6]
1999 Brokedown Palace Lori Davis [5]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
1979 Charlie's Angels Bo Fleming Episode: "Teen Angels" [5]
1979 A Man Called Sloane Helen Episode: "Architect of Evil" [5]
1979 Barnaby Jones Susan Cooper Episode: "The Final Victim"
1980 The Dukes of Hazzard Lori Episode: "Southern Comforts" [5]
1980 Freebie and the Bean Alice Episode: "The Seduction of Bean" [5]
1981 Palmerstown, U.S.A. Carrie Simms Episode: "Vendetta"
1981 The Wave ABC Afterschool Special [7]
1981 The Wonderful World of Phillip Malley Meredith Carswell Pilot
1982 Hill Street Blues Diane Koslow Episode: "Rein of Terror"
1983 Magnum, P.I. Gail Blassingame Episode: "The Big Blow" [6]
1983 The Mississippi Mary Penn Episode: "G.I. Blues"
1984 The Master Jill Pattersen Episode: "Out-of-Time-Step"
1984 The A-Team Jennifer Teasdale Episode: "Harder Than It Looks"
1984 E/R Tina Episode: "Sentimental Journey"
1985 Diff'rent Strokes Karen Kimball Episode: "A Special Friend" [5]
1985 The Insiders Billie Episode: "Gun Runners"
1986 Matlock Charlene Matlock Episode: "Diary of a Perfect Murder" [6]
1986 Murder, She Wrote Christy Olson Episode: "If a Body Meet a Body"
1986 Stingray Lanie Harmon Episode: "Abnormal Psych" [5]
1986 Throb Roberta Episode: "The Party"
1987 Starman Joanna 'Dusty' Haley Episode: "Dusty"
1987 Werewolf Julie Episode: "Eye of the Storm"
1987 Ohara Paula Goode Episode: "And a Child Shall Lead Them"

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Lori Lethin". AllMovie. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Lori Lethin Marries Loring Pickering IV". Palm Beach Daily News. Palm Beach, Florida. September 6, 1981. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Stine, Scott Aaron (2003). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 232, 251. ISBN 978-1-476-61132-7.
  4. ^ a b Terrace, Vincent (2018). Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-476-67206-9.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Lori Lethin Credits". TV Guide. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Lori Lethin". BFI. Retrieved 2021-01-31.[dead link‍]
  7. ^ "ABC Afterschool Special Planned". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. May 28, 1981. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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