| Linda Harrison | |
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 Linda Harrison as Nova |
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| Born | July 26 1945 Berlin, Maryland |
Linda Harrison (born 26 July 1945) is an American model and actress. Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She is known for her role as Charlton Heston's attractive female mate "Nova" in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, and its 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes. She was married to the film producer Richard D. Zanuck from 1968 to 1978. She is also the first actress to play a live-action version of Wonder Woman, which she did in a failed 1967 pilot for a Wonder Woman television series.
Filmography
- The Fat Spy (1966)
- Way...Way Out (1966)
- A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
- Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? (1967), a TV pilot
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
- Airport 1975 (1974)
- Cocoon (1985)
- Cocoon: The Return (1988)
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
