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A pretty, dark-haired actress who often played roles of women not in control of the fraught environment around them, Anjanette Comer broke into feature films in the 1960s, added TV-movies to her repertoire in the 70s, took a sojourn from the cameras in the 80s and returned in supporting parts in the 90s.

Comer's first feature was the comedy "Quick Before It Melts" (1965), in which she played a woman brought to an Antarctica research station. That same year, she was the ditzy beauty Robert Morse lusts after in Tony Richardson's "The Loved One"....

Filmography

Screen Door Jesus - ( Vernalynn Cunningham / 2005 / Released / )
The Underneath - ( Mrs Chambers / 1995 / Released / )
Netherworld - ( Mrs Palmer / 1992 / Released / Gaga Entertainment )
Fire Sale - ( Marion Fikus / 1977 / Released / )
Lepke - ( Bernice Buchalter / 1975 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery - ( Arlevia / 1975 / Released / )
The Baby - ( / 1973 / Released / Scotia International )
La Noche de los Mil Gatos - ( / 1972 / Released / )
Rabbit, Run - ( Ruth / 1970 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Guns For San Sebastian - ( Kinita / 1968 / Released / )
In Enemy Country - ( Denise Marchois / 1968 / Released / Universal )
Banning - ( Carol Lindquist / 1967 / Released / Universal )
The Appaloosa - ( Trini / 1966 / Released / )
The Loved One - ( Aimee Thanatogenos / 1965 / Released / )
Quick, Before It Melts - ( Tiare Marshall / 1964 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
TV Credits
The Pennsylvania Miners' Story ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
The Practice ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Deadly Family Secrets ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
The Long Summer of George Adams ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Death Stalk ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Night Games ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Terror on the 40th Floor ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Banyon ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Five Desperate Women ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
The Deadly Hunt ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
The Young Lawyers ( 1969 / Released ): Actor
Profiler ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

A pretty, dark-haired actress who often played roles of women not in control of the fraught environment around them, Anjanette Comer broke into feature films in the 1960s, added TV-movies to her repertoire in the 70s, took a sojourn from the cameras in the 80s and returned in supporting parts in the 90s.

Comer's first feature was the comedy "Quick Before It Melts" (1965), in which she played a woman brought to an Antarctica research station. That same year, she was the ditzy beauty Robert Morse lusts after in Tony Richardson's "The Loved One". She had another good shot as Marlon Brando's cohort in "The Appaloosa" (1966), but her follow-up in "Banning" (1967), was a barren sturm und drang that did nothing to promote her career. Comer was burdened by a ridiculous script in "Guns for San Sebastian" (1968), in which she supported the zealous Anthony Quinn. In 1970, she played the semi-pro hooker who lures former athlete James Caan from his family in the dull "Run, Rabbit". Feature roles came less regularly in the 70s. Comer was wife to Public Enemy Number One "Lepke" (1975), played by Tony Curtis and was in the disastrous "Fire Sale" (1977). She appeared in the direct-to-video fantasy "Netherworld" (1992) and returned to the big screen as Peter Gallagher's mother in Steven Soderbergh's noirish "The Underneath" (1995).

While Comer had some TV experience in the 60s, and guest starred on the 1969 pilot for the ABC series "The Young Lawyers", her work on the small screen began in earnest with a burst of TV-movies in the 70s. Her first was "Firechasers" (1970), and in 1971, she played one of the women on a resort island stalked by an escapee from a mental institution in "Five Desperate Women" (ABC). She was also in jeopardy in "The Deadly Hunt" (CBS, 1971), in which Comer was in the grips of two paid assassins and stuck in the center of a forest fire at the same time. She was the wife of Joseph Campanella stuck above a fire in a skyscraper in "Terror on the 40th Floor" (NBC, 1974) and the abducted wife of Vincent Edwards in "Death Stalk" (NBC, 1975). Comer was a woman in jeopardy long before than genre became a mainstay of TV longforms. After "The Long Summer of George Adams" (NBC, 1982), Comer was little seen on either TV or in the movies, and then reappeared on the two-part season opener of "Jake and the Fat Man" (CBS, 1991). She has since resumed her work in TV longforms in supporting roles. She played Beulah, in the miniseries "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" (CBS, 1995) and was featured in "Deadly Family Secrets" (NBC, 1995).


Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Anjanette Comer
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Family
sister:Jerra Sue Comer (born in September 1935)

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Education
Baylor University Waco, Texas
Milestones (Back to top)
1999 Made guest appearance on "The Practice" (ABC), playing a nun
1995 Played supporting role in Steven Soderbergh's feature "The Underneath"
1995 Co-starred in miniseries "Larry McMurtry's Streets of Laredo" (CBS)
1992 Appeared in the direct-to-video fantasy "Netherworld"
1991 Guested on two-part opening episode of "Jake and the Fatman" season
1982 Starred in TV-movie "The Long Summer of George Adams" (NBC)
1977 Last feature film for over fifteen years, "Fire Sale"
1975 Played wife to Tony Curtis in "Lepke"
1970 Made TV-movie debut, "The Firechasers"
1965 Made feature film debut in "Quick Before It Melts"
Made frequent TV appearances as guest performer on various series


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