LINDA HARRISON

Linda Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland in 1945 where she became Miss Berlin at age 16. She was discovered during the Miss International contest in California and was subsequently cast in some minor roles in "The Fat Spy", "Way...Way Out", and "A Guide for the Married Man", then she received her big break as Nova in "Planet of the Apes" and "Beneath the Planet of the Apes". The same year as "Planet of the Apes", she married producer Richard D. Zanuck (they divorced 10 years later but she still appeared in 3 more of his films). She also appeared in Airport 1975, Cocoon, and Wild Bill, and then she pretty much retired from acting, but she had a cameo role in Tim Burton's remake of "Planet of the Apes", and she has resumed acting with 2015's "Midnight Massacre"!