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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Chris Owen to Bernadette Peters
Lisa Jane Persky Biography ((?)-)
Daughter of Mort and Jane Holley (maiden name, Wilson) Persky. Addresses: Agent: Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Mary Ann Meechum, The Great Santini (also known as The Ace), Orion, 1979
- Marian, Love in a Taxi, 1980
- Voice of Bella, American Pop, Columbia, 1981
- Salesgirl, Breathless (also known as A bout de souffle Made inUSA), Orion, 1983
- Frances Flegenheimer Schultz, The Cotton Club, Orion, 1985
- Mary Anne Webster, The Sure Thing, 1985
- Dolores Dodge, Peggy Sue Got Married, TriStar, 1986
- McCabe, The Big Easy, Kings Road Productions, 1986
- Alice, When Harry Met Sally, 1989
- Babe, Great Balls of Fire!, 1989
- Bobby, Vital Signs, 1990
- Harriet Gross, The Last of the Finest (also known as Blue Heat and Street Legal), 1990
- Lisa Farber, Coneheads, 1993
- Sarah, Dead Funny, 1994
- Alicia Frank, Pontiac Moon, 1994
- Katrina, Destiny Turns on the Radio, 1995
- Margot Fuchs, Female Perversions (also known as Phantasien einer Frau), October Films, 1996
- Diner waitress, Tumbleweeds, Fine Line, 1999
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The Wetonkawa Flash, 1999
- Jenny, Where's Marlowe?, Paramount, 1999
- Sheila, My First Mister, Paramount, 2000
- Pattie, An American Rhapsody, Paramount, 2001
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Joanne Goldman, Crime Story, NBC, 1986
- Dottie Dworski, Private Eye, NBC, 1987
- Joanie Rutledge, The Antagonists, CBS, 1991
- Appeared as Lola, Billy, CBS; as Laurie, Open All Night, ABC; and as Monica, Shirley, NBC; also appeared in The Fitzpatricks.
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Movies
- Dirty Dee, KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (also known as Attack of the Phantoms and KISS in Attack of the Phantoms), 1978
- Emmy Soames, The Choice, 1981
- Linda, Desperate Intruder, 1983
- Sister Cathy, Shattered Vows, NBC, 1984
- Roberta, Sharing Richard, CBS, 1988
- Janice Franklin, Perfect Assassins (also known as A Breed Apart), HBO, 1998
- The psychic, Goosed, The Movie Channel, 1999
- Wilma Aday, Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back, VH1, 2000
- Appeared as Cindy, Snowbound, NBC; also appeared in A Matter ofTime, CBS.
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Episodic
- Penny Stone, "Sugar and Spice," Quincy, NBC, 1981
- Rita, "A Minor Problem," The Incredible Hulk, NBC, 1982
- Kate Zbornak, "Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?" The Golden Girls, NBC, 1985
- Shirley Crater, "The Main Attraction," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1985
- Sandra, "The Once and Future King," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
- Sharon Berman, "Whose Forest Is It?" thirtysomething, 1988
- Jane, Murphy Brown, CBS, 1992
- Heather, "All About Odes to Atlanta," Designing Women, CBS, 1992
- "Cold, Cold Heart," Mann and Machine, 1992
- Marion, "Memphis Melody--July 3, 1954," Quantum Leap, NBC, 1993
- Felton Voorhees, The Marshal, ABC, 1995
- Alison, "The Big Bang," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1995
- Lamont, "Potato Head Blues," The Pretender, NBC, 1997
- Laura Weinsider, "Terms of Endearment," The X-Files, 1999
- Voice of the woman/receptionist, "Love Hurts and So Does Art," King ofthe Hill (animated), Fox, 1999
- Stasi, "The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life," Touched by an Angel, CBS, 1999
- Appeared as Sally, Trapper John, M.D., CBS; Shelly, E/R, CBS; also appeared in episodes of Duet,
Grand, and It's Garry Shandling's Show.
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Specials
- Jo Dayton, A Matter of Time, 1981
- Dora Holloway, Back Together, 1984
- Sheilah, Taking It Home, 1986
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Just Temporary, NBC, 1989
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Pilots
- Dottie Dworski, Private Eye, NBC, 1987
- Appeared as Sheila, All the Way Home, NBC; as Dora, Back Together, CBS; and as Henry, The Mississippi, CBS.
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Stage Appearances
- Dawn, Steaming, Hartford Theatre Company, Stamford, CT, then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, both 1982
- Appeared as Cordelia Wells, Grandmother Is in the Strawberry Patch, La Mama Experimental Theatre Company, New York City; Mary Eleanor, Womenbehind Bars, Truck and Warehouse Theatre, New York City; Maryclare, Catholic Girls, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles; Debbie, Passing Game, Denver Center Theatre Company, Denver, CO; Mary Clare, Hearts on Fire, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble; Cloris, These Men, Los Angeles Actors Theatre; and Nancy Spungen, Vicious, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago, IL.
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- Performed as voice of Idy, 3-D Captain EO, Lusacfilm/Disney Pictures; appeared as Jasmine, Motown's Mustang, Motown/Modern Productions.
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