Lori Lethin

American actress
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

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

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

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

  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.

External links

  • Lori Lethin at IMDb