RECENT CREDITS
Viva Laughlin (TV)  Oct. 21, 2007
Tonight Show With Jay Leno (TV)  Nov. 23, 2005
Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV)  Sep. 14, 2005
All the Way (FILM)  Jun. 10, 2005
True Hollywood Story (TV)  Oct. 10, 2004


HIGHLIGHTS
At 14, she left home to move in with 22-year-old Don Johnson. They wed when she was 18 but divorced months later; the two later married and divorced again.
Studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
Was Miss Golden Globe 1975. Her daughter, Dakota Johnson, followed in her footsteps in 2006.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Shade  2004 -Eve
Actor
Film


Stuart Little 2  2002 -Margalo
Voice
Film


Cecil B. Demented  2000 -Honey Whitlock
Actor
Film


Crazy in Alabama  1999 -Aunt Lucille
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Celebrity  1998 -Nicole Oliver
Actor
Film


Lolita  1998 -Mother
Actor
Film


A Stranger Among Us  1992 -Emily Eden
Actor
Film


Shining Through  1992 -Linda Voss
Actor
Film


Paradise  1991 -Lily Reed
Actor
Film


The Bonfire of the Vanities  1990 -Maria Ruskin
Actor
Film


Pacific Heights  1990 -Patty Palmer
Actor
Film


In the Spirit  1990 -Lureen
Actor
Film


Working Girl  1988 -Tess McGill
Actor
Film


Stormy Monday  1988 -Kate
Actor
Film


The Milagro Beanfield War  1988 -Flossie Devine
Actor
Film


Cherry 2000  1988 -E. Johnson
Actor
Film


Something Wild  1986 -Audrey 'Lulu' Hankel
Actor
Film


Carter Country   -Tracy Quinn
Actor
TV


Once an Eagle   -Jinny Massengale
Actor
TV


Host
TV
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Actor
TV


Viva Laughlin  2007 -Bunny
Actor
TV
Expand


All the Way  2005 -Barbara Marx
Actor
Film


Mulholland Falls  1996 -Katherine Hoover
Actor
Film


Two Much  1996 -Betty Kerner
Actor
Film


Now and Then  1995 -Tina Tercell
Actor
Film


Nobody's Fool  1994 -Toby Roebuck
Actor
Film


Fear City  1985 -Loretta
Actor
Film


Body Double  1984 -Holly
Actor
Film


Smile  1975 -Karen Love/"Miss Simi Valley"
Actor
Film


Night Moves  1975 -Delly Grastner
Actor
Film


One on One   -The Hitchhiker
Actor
Film


Joyride   -Susie
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Milk Money   -V
Actor
Film


Shadow of Doubt   -Kitt Devereaux
Actor
Film


She's in the Army Now   -Sylvie Knoll
Actor
Film


RKO 281   -Marion Davies
Actor
Film


Roar   -Melanie
Actor
Film


Born Yesterday   -Billie Dawn
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Star Maker   -Dawn Bennett
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Tart   -Diane Milford
Actor
Film


Tempo   -Sarah
Actor
Film


The Drowning Pool   -Schuyler Devereaux
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Harrad Experiment   -Extra (uncredited)
Actor
Film




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Highlights

At 14, she left home to move in with 22-year-old Don Johnson. They wed when she was 18 but divorced months later; the two later married and divorced again.
Studied at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City.
Was Miss Golden Globe 1975. Her daughter, Dakota Johnson, followed in her footsteps in 2006.
Landed her first major film roles in 1975, appearing in back-to-back crime thrillers The Drowning Pool and Night Moves.
Auditioned for the title role in 1976 horror classic Carrie, but lost out to Sissy Spacek.


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