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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lisa Pelikan (born July 12, 1954) is an American stage, film and television actress. She was born in Berkley, California, the daughter of American parents Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. 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). Pelikan's first regular Television work was as maid Kate Mahaffey on the CBS soap opera...
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Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries • 1999
Murder, She WroteSeries • 1984
Strong MedicineSeries • 2000
Happy DaysSeries • 1974
The EqualizerSeries • 1985
HotelSeries • 1982
Cagney & LaceySeries • 1982
The GuardianSeries • 2001
The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1985
KojakSeries • 1973
Brooklyn BridgeSeries • 1991
LionheartMovie • 1990
Return to the Blue LagoonMovie • 1991
CircleMovie • 2015
JuliaMovie • 1977
It's My PartyMovie • 1996
GhouliesMovie • 1984
Shadow of DoubtMovie • 1998
10,000 DaysMovie • 2014
Swing ShiftMovie • 1984
Jig-SawMovie • 1979
JenniferMovie • 1978