Lisa Pelikan

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 ministercounselor 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 Redgraves 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 Pelikans 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 DramaLogue Award for her onewoman 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Lisa Pelikan licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia