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Anne Archer
The daughter of actors John Archer and Marjorie Lord, noted actress Anne Archer began her own career in the early 1970s, landing her first important film role in the 1972 Bob Hope comedy Cancel My Reservation. A year later, Archer played the Natalie Wood part in a TV-sitcom adaptation of Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice. Often cast in vulnerable, imperiled roles, the actress gave one of her most memorable performances as Michael Douglas’ wife in Fatal Attraction (1987), for which she earned an Oscar nomination. She also proved her mettle as the wife of Harrison Ford in both Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994). In addition to being one of the industry’s most reliable onscreen spouses, Archer has done solid work in such films as Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (1993), in which she played a woman racked with moral conflict over her husband’s questionable behavior during a weekend fishing trip.
Career
Archer received a degree in drama from Pitzer College. In the early 1970s, she began appearing in a variety of guest roles on episodic television series such as Hawaii Five-O, Ironside, and Love American Style as well as an episode of Night Gallery opposite William Shatner called “Can a Dead Man Strike from the Grave?” Archer received the Miss Golden Globe honor in 1971 and her first major movie role was opposite Jon Voight in the 1973 film The All-American Boy. She then starred in the short-lived 1973 television version of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (based on the 1969 movie of the same name). Following this, she made several more guest appearances in episodic television series such as Little House on the Prairie, Mannix, Petrocelli, and McCloud. She was reportedly was one of the finalists for the role of Lois Lane in Superman: The Movie (1978) before the part ultimately went to Margot Kidder. Archer’s next major motion picture was the ill-fated Raise The Titanic in 1980. Following this, she appeared in Green Ice with Ryan O’Neal. With both films becoming box office flops, Archer then went to work off-Broadway during the early 1980s.
In 1984, Archer joined the cast of the primetime soap drama Falcon Crest, where she was billed as “special guest star”. The series was a Top 10 ratings hit at the time and her role, as scheming advertising agency boss Cassandra Wilder, lasted a year and reunited her with actor David Selby with whom she had co-starred in Raise The Titanic. A breakthrough role for Archer came in the 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction, in which she portrayed the wife of Michael Douglas. The film earned her an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress. She later played the physician wife of CIA analyst Jack Ryan in two films based on Tom Clancy novels, 1992’s Patriot Games and 1994’s Clear and Present Danger opposite Harrison Ford.
Archer also appeared in the much maligned Madonna vehicle Body Of Evidence in 1993, and also in Robert Altman’s 1993 film Short Cuts as a woman who performs at children’s parties as a clown. Not known for provocative roles, Archer accepted the leading role of Mrs. Robinson, including its nude scene, for London’s West End stage production of The Graduate, for which she received outstanding reviews.
More recently, Archer has appeared in recurring roles on several television shows. On The L Word she plays Lenore Pieszecki, the troubled mother of Alice Pieszecki (Leisha Hailey); on Ghost Whisperer she plays Beth Gordon, the mother of lead character Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), and on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia she plays Barbara Reynolds, the self-serving socialite mother of Dee and Dennis Reynolds (Kaitlin Olson and Glenn Howerton, respectively), and ex-wife of Frank Reynolds (Danny DeVito). She currently plays Laurel Limoges on The CW drama Privileged, starring Joanna García, Lucy Hale and Ashley Newbrough.
Personal life
Archer was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actors Marjorie Lord and John Archer.Archer married William Davis in 1968 though the couple divorced in the mid 1970s.She then married Terry Jastrow in 1978.Archer has two sons, one from each marriage.
Filmography
* The Honkers (1972)
* Cancel My Reservation (1972)
* The All American Boy (1973)
* The Mark of Zorro (1974)
* The Log of the Black Pearl (1975)
* Trackdown (1976)
* Lifeguard (1976)
* Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
* Paradise Alley (1978)
* Hero at Large (1980)
* Raise the Titanic! (1980)
* Green Ice (1981)
* Waltz Across Texas (1982)
* The Naked Face (1984)
* Too Scared to Scream (1985)
* The Check Is in the Mail (1986)
* Fatal Attraction (1987)
* Love at Large (1990)
* Narrow Margin (1990)
* Eminent Domain (1991)
* Patriot Games (1992)
* Body of Evidence (1993)
* Short Cuts (1993)
* Family Prayers (1993)
* The Last of His Tribe (1994)
* Clear and Present Danger (1994)
* Mojave Moon (1996)
* Nico the Unicorn (1998)
* Dark Summer (1999)
* Rules of Engagement (2000)
* The Art of War (2000)
* The Gray in Between (2002)
* Uncle Nino (2003)
* Sophie’s Mother (2004)
* November (2004)
* The Iris Effect (2004)
* Man of the House (2005)
* End Game (2006)
* Felon (2008)
* Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
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Topics: Actress, Celebrities
Tags: Eminent Domain, Green Ice, Lifeguard, Narrow Margin, Paradise Alley, Trackdown, Waltz Across Texas
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