Linda Harrison
Birthday: 26 July 1945, Berlin, Maryland, USA
Height: 168 cm
A native of Berlin, Maryland, Linda Harrison was Miss Berlin at 16, then a model in New York's Garment Center. Homesickness brought her back to Maryland, where she entered and won the state beaut ...Show More
[on her character "Nova" in Planet of the Apes (1968)] I felt very intuitive that my particular pers Show more
[on her character "Nova" in Planet of the Apes (1968)] I felt very intuitive that my particular personality and nature were like Nova. Automatically, I'd say that's about 80% of the part. The director, the producer and the writer talked with me about her, and they described her as "sub-human." We hadn't really had an actress play "sub-human" before. Nova's not like Raquel Welch's character in One Million Years B.C. (1966). She was more primitive because of the apes' suppression. We played it by ear and experimented. It was really a moment-to-moment thing. Hide
Linda Harrison's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (20)
Linda Harrison'S roles
Nova
Winnie
Susan
