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Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film, and television actress. Born in Berkeley, California, Pelikan studied drama at the Juilliard School on a full scholarship. She subsequently made her Broadway debut in a 1977 production of Romeo and Juliet.
Lisa Pelikan. Actress: Lionheart. Lisa made her feature film debut as the young 'Julia' in Fred Zinnemann's JULIA sharing the title role with Vanessa Redgrave, her television debut as the ingénue in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of THE COUNTRY GIRL with Jason Robards and Shirley Knight, and her theatrical debut starring as 'Wendla' in ...
As a child, Lisa was raised in Italy, Japan, and France where her father was the financial attaché for the US government, and Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); and her mother was a prominent social psychologist.
Actress: Lionheart. Lisa made her feature film debut as the young 'Julia' in Fred Zinnemann's JULIA sharing the title role with Vanessa Redgrave, her television debut as the ingénue in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of THE COUNTRY GIRL with Jason Robards and Shirley Knight, and her theatrical debut starring as 'Wendla' in SPRING'S ...
The lovely young redhead in question is Lisa Pelikan, whose vivid portrayal of the sophisticated and cosmopolitan young Julia, combined with her uncanny resemblance to Ms. Redgrave won her rave reviews and made Lisa one of the most sought after young actresses in Hollywood today.
Lisa filmed the first season of the futuristic web series, 10,000 DAYS, starring as Anna Hesse, and released as a feature film, written and directed by Eric Small. Lisa’s cult classic film, JENNIFER (aka The Snake Goddess), has finally been released in high-def Blue-ray and DVD!
Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known to film audiences for her film debut as the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's title character in Julia (1977) (for which Redgrave won an Oscar), and her role as the widowed mother Sarah Hargrave in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).
