Anjanette Comer

Anjanette Comer (born August 7, 1939 (some sources give 1942) is an American actress, born to Rufus Franklin and Nola (Dell) Comer.

Career

Her first major television credit was a guest appearance in a 1963 episode of Gunsmoke, followed by roles in several other dramatic series of the 1960s, such as Dr. Kildare and Bonanza. She made her feature film debut as the female lead in the 1964 comedy Quick, Before It Melts followed by a memorable role in the 1965 satire The Loved One, playing a seductive mortician who offers Robert Morse a choice for his uncle's funeral arrangements of "Inhumement, entombment, inurnment, immurement? Some people just lately have preferred ensarcophagusment."

In 1966, Comer had another leading role as a love interest to Marlon Brando and John Saxon in the Western adventure The Appaloosa (1966). The film, shot on location in Mexico, presented Anjanette as a Mexican peasant girl, a role she repeated in the 1968 Anthony Quinn vehicle Guns for San Sebastian. In between she starred with Robert Wagner and Jill St. John in the golf-themed 1967 film Banning.

Comer's movie activity dropped off in 1970 after she played Ruth in the film version of John Updike's Rabbit Run (1970). She later claimed she let her love life interfere with her work. Comer's most recent films include Fire Sale (1977) and the made-for-TV The Long Summer of George Adams (1983). In subsequent years, she was frequently cast as mysterious or exotic characters. Today, more than four decades after her debut, Comer is still active in films and television, having been in over 55 productions.^{[1] [2]}

Personal life

Comer was formerly married to Walter Koenig of Star Trek fame. From 1976 to 1983 she was married to Robert Klane; they were divorced.

Filmography

• Screen Door Jesus (2003) as Vernalynn Cunningham
• The Pennsylvania Miners' Story (2002) (TV) as Sue Unger
• Profiler as Barbara Henkley (1 episode, 1999)
• Deadly Family Secrets (1995) (TV) as Hilda Potter
• Streets of Laredo (1995) TV mini-series as Beulah
• Underneath (1995) as Mrs. Chambers
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo (1992) (TV) as Nora Turner
• Netherworld (1992) as Mrs. Palmer
• Jake and the Fatman as Vera Lake /(3 episodes, 1991)
• Hotel as Maggie (1 episode, 1988)
• The Long Summer of George Adams (1982) (TV) as Venida
• Barnaby Jones as Vivian Harper (1 episode, 1980)
• Fire Sale (1977) as Marion Fikus
• Dead of Night (1977) (TV) as Alexis
• Baretta as Det. Ann Harley (1 episode, 1976)
• Jigsaw John as Mavis Bellamy (1 episode, 1976)
• The Blue Knight (1 episode, 1975)
• Barbary Coast as Mary Louise (1 episode, 1975)
• S.W.A.T. as Alicia Woodward (2 episodes, 1975)
• Harry O as Grace Duvall (1 episode, 1975)
• The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975) as Arlevia Jessup
• Petrocelli as Mary Thorpe (1 episode, 1975)
• Lepke (1975) as Bernice Meyer
• Death Stalk (1975) (TV) as Pat Trahey
• Terror on the 40th Floor (1974) (TV) as Darlene Foster
• Night Games (1974) (TV) as Jenny Kenedisis
• Police Story as Constantina (2 episodes, 1974)
• The Baby (1973) as Ann Gentry
• Search as Anne Ramon (1 episode, 1973)
• Shadow of Fear (1973) as Danna Forester
• Wide World Mystery as Danna Forester (1 episode, 1973)
• Mannix as Gina Hunter /(1 episode, 1972)
• Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) as Jenifer Welles
• Noche de los mil gatos, La (1972) as Cathy
• Lady Boss (1971) TV episode as (segment "Love and the Hiccups")
• Billie Joe (segment 'Love and the Roommate')
• The Deadly Hunt (1971) (TV) as Martha Cope
• Five Desperate Women (1971) (TV) as Lucy
• Dr. Simon Locke (1 episode)
• Banyon (1971) (TV) as Diane Jennings
• The Most Deadly Game as Gretchen (1 episode, 1971)
• The Firechasers (1971) as Toby Collins
• Rabbit, Run (1970) as Ruth
• The Mod Squad (1 episode, 1970)
• Then Came Bronson as Vhea Samos (1 episode, 1970)
• The Young Lawyers (1969) (TV) as Bonnie Baron
• In Enemy Country (1968) as Denise
• Bataille de San Sebastian, La (1968) as Kinita
• Banning (1967) as Carol Lindquist
• The Appaloosa (1966) as Trini
• The Loved One (1965) as Aimee Thanatogenous
• Quick, Before It Melts (1964) as Tiara Marshall
• Combat! as Annette (1 episode, 1964)
• Bonanza as Joan Wingate (1 episode, 1964)
• Dr. Kildare AS Carol Montgomery (2 episodes, 1964)
• Arrest and Trial as Annabelle (1 episode, 1963)
• Ben Casey (1 episode, 1963)
• Gunsmoke as Cara Miles (1 episode, 1963)
• My Three Sons as Janie Stempel (1 episode, 1962)

References

External links

• Anjanette Comer at the Internet Movie Database