Audrey Landers
American actress and singer (born 1956)
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Audrey Landers (born July 18, 1956) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Afton Cooper on the television series Dallas and her role as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985).[1]
Columbia University
- Actress
- singer
- writer
- producer
Audrey Landers | |
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Landers at the 24th Annual Genesis Awards in 2010 | |
| Born | July 18, 1956 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School Columbia University |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1971–present |
| Spouse |
Donald Berkowitz (m. 1988) |
| Children | 2 |
| Mother | Ruth Landers |
| Relatives |
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| Website | audrey-landers |
Career
Before joining Dallas, she guest-starred in numerous television series, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Fantasy Island, The Love Boat and Battlestar Galactica and appeared as a panelist on Match Game in 1979 and on Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour in 1983–84. In the 1990s, she appeared in the television miniseries of Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances. From 1990 to 1992, she played the role of Charlotte Hesser, eldest daughter of upstate Pennsylvania mob boss Carlo Hesser on the ABC daytime series One Life to Live.[2]
After she left Dallas in 1984, she was cast by director Richard Attenborough as Val Clarke in the film version of A Chorus Line (1985). In 2013, she reprised her role of Afton Cooper in several episodes of the second season of the revival of Dallas.[3][4]
With her young sons as inspiration, Landers created the children's television series, The Huggabug Club in 1996,[2] for which, in addition to writing the scripts, she also wrote the 250+ original songs in the series. Her partner (and mother), Ruth Landers, produced the series and donated it to Public Television for its five-year run.
In 2006, she co-wrote, and co-directed the family adventure film, Circus Island, a Ruth Landers production. Landers and her mother have also created a fashion line called Landers STAR Collection which is gaining global popularity through QVC UK, and in Italy, Canada, Germany, and the U.S.[5]
Personal life
Audrey is sister of actress Judy Landers, and has acted with her in several roles, including multiple episodes of The Love Boat and The Hitchhiker episode "Split Decision", as well as Circus Island and Ghost Writer, films produced by Ruth Landers. Audrey and Judy Landers were on the cover and in a non-nude pictorial of the January 1983 issue of Playboy.[6]
Landers married businessman Donald Berkowitz in May 1988. They have twin sons, Adam and Daniel, born in 1993.[7]
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972–1973 | The Secret Storm | Joanna Morrison Landers #1 | |
| 1973 | Search for Tomorrow | Connie | |
| Room 222 | Donna | 1 episode | |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Tracy Robbins | 1 episode | |
| The F.B.I. | Janine Winchell | 1 episode | |
| Emergency! | Marsha | 1 episode | |
| 1974–1976 | Somerset | Heather Lawrence | |
| 1975 | One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest | Actress On TV Screen (Uncredited) | |
| 1977 | Happy Days | Kitty | 1 episode |
| Police Woman | Nancy | 1 episode | |
| 1978 | The Waverly Wonders | Ginger | 1 episode |
| Battlestar Galactica | Miri | 1 episode | |
| 1979 | Charlie's Angels | Donna Rossitter | 1 episode |
| Highcliffe Manor | Wendy Sparkles | 5 episodes | |
| B.J. and the Bear | Carol Cain | 1 episode | |
| Young Maverick | Sara Lou Mullen | 1 episode | |
| 1941 | USO Girl | ||
| 1979–1984 | Fantasy Island | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 1980–1984 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Billie Jean/Gail Flatt | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Underground Aces | Annie Wenders | |
| 1981–1984, 1989 | Dallas | Afton Cooper | 84 episodes |
| 1982 | Tennessee Stallion | Charlotte | |
| 1982–1985 | The Love Boat | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1983 | The Hitchhiker | Priscilla Packard | 1 episode |
| Tom Jones Now! | Herself | 1 episode | |
| 1985 | A Chorus Line | Val Clarke | |
| 1986 | Popeye Doyle | Jill Anneyard | |
| Crazy Like a Fox | Dianne Bennett | 1 episode | |
| Getting Even | Paige Starson | ||
| Popeye Doyle | Jill Anneyard | ||
| 1987 | Johann Strauss: The King Without a Crown | Angelika Dittrich | |
| 1989 | Midnight Caller | Marie Devoe/Sandra | 1 episode |
| MacGyver | Carla Yeats / Roxy Yeats | 1 episode | |
| Ghost Writer | Angela Reid | ||
| 1990 | Lucky Chances | Marabelle | TV miniseries |
| 1990–1991 | One Life to Live | Charlotte Hesser | 39 episodes |
| 1991 | California Casanova | JB | |
| The Cosby Show | Cookie Bennett | 1 episode | |
| 1992 | Silk Stalkings | Liza Gutierrez | 1 episode |
| 1993 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Toots | 1 episode |
| 1994 | Burke's Law | Dancer | 1 episode |
| 1995–1997 | The Huggabug Club | Miss Audrey | 47 episodes |
| 1986, 1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Greta Bayer/Phyllis Walters | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Dallas: J.R. Returns | Afton Cooper | |
| 2006 | Circus Camp | Lena Anderson | |
| 2007–2008 | Burn Notice | Veronica | 4 episodes |
| 2008 | Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation | Bettina | |
| 2011 | Jackie Goldberg: Private Dick | Nadia | |
| 2013–2014 | Dallas | Afton Cooper | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Love at Sea | Maeve Grayham | Hallmark film |
| Murder at the Mansion | Ivy | ||
| The 5th Borough | Dr. Bashin | ||
Discography
- Albums
- 1983 Little River
- 1984 Holiday Dreams (European release)/Wo der Südwind weht (Germany release)
- 1985 Paradise Generation
- 1986 Country Dreams (European release)/Weites Land (Germany release)
- 1988 Secrets
- 1990 My Dreams For You (European release)/Meine Träume für dich (Germany release)
- 1991 Rendez-Vous
- 1991 Das Audrey Landers Weihnachtsalbum
- 2005 Spuren eines Sommers
- 2006 Dolce Vita
- 2010: Spuren Deiner Zärtlichkeit
- 2013 Dallas feels like home
- Singles
- 1978 Apple Don't Fall Far From the Tree
- 1979 You Thrill Me
- 1983 Manuel Goodbye
- 1983 Little River
- 1983 Playa Blanca
- 1984 Mi Amor (Camilo Sesto)
- 1984 Honeymoon In Trinidad
- 1985 Paradise Generation
- 1985 Jim, Jeff & Johnny
- 1985 Lucky
- 1985 "Reunited" Duet with Tom Jones
- 1985 Summernight In Rome
- 1986 These Silver Wings
- 1986 Yellow Rose of Texas
- 1986 Tennessee Nights
- 1987 Bella Italia
- 1988 Silverbird
- 1988 Never Wanna Dance (When I'm Blue)
- 1989 Gone With the Wind
- 1989 Sun of Jamaica
- 1990 Shine a Light
- 1990 Shadows of Love
- 1991 Santa Maria Goodbye
- 1991 Monte Carlo
- 1997 Heute habe ich an dich gedacht (with Bernhard Brink)
- 2004 Weil wir alle die gleiche Sonne sehen (with son Daniel)
- 2005 Sommernacht am Lago Maggiore
- 2006 In deinen Augen lag Dolce Vita
- 2007 Sommertraum
- 2009 "Weihnachten" (Christmas Time)
- 2009: Sommer, Meer und Sonnenschein
- 2010 "One Star" (Ein Stern)
- 2011 "Haïti Chérie"
- 2011 "Remember Yesterday" (An Jenem Tag)
Charts
Albums
Singles
| Year | Single | DE | AUS[12] | AUT | CH | NZ | BE | NL | SA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Manuel Goodbye[13] | 10 | 90 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Little River[14] | 28 | — | 6 | 15 | — | 34 | 38 | — | |
| Playa Blanca[15] | 38 | — | — | — | 47 | 6 | 3 | — | |
| 1984 | Honeymoon in Trinidad[16] | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | — | — |
| Mi Amor[17] | 52 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 26 | — | |
| 1985 | Summernight In Rome[18] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 1988 | Silver Bird | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1997 | Heute habe ich an dich gedacht[19] | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
