Audrey Landers
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Audrey Landers, (born July 18, 1956, in Philadelphia), is an American actress and singer, who is probably best known for her role as Afton Cooper in the television drama series Dallas.
Landers was first noticed with a country song that she wrote and performed at the age of twelve, which led to a Nashville recording contract with Epic Records, a performance on the Merv Griffin show, and a year-long role on a daytime drama, The Secret Storm. During her teen years, she acted on the daytime drama Somerset and studied music at the Juilliard School in New York, while majoring in psychology at Columbia University. Her feature film debut came in The Tennessee Stallion (1978) with her younger sister, Judy Landers.
After college, she moved to Los Angeles and was given the role in Dallas, which she held from 1981 to 1989. Landers starred in Dallas during its highest rated seasons. In the four seasons in which Landers appeared frequently, Dallas was the #1 rated show three times (and #2 behind only 60 Minutes the other year). It never held the #1 ranking in a season in which Landers did not appear. She was the biggest star on Dallas and earned more than Larry Hagman. Her popularity gained her a Dallas spin-off called Secretary which is currently in syndication.
She is also remembered as "Val" from the film version of A Chorus Line (1985). Landers has had guest roles on many television series. From 1990-1991, she played the role of "Charlotte Hesser" on the ABC daytime series One Life to Live. Before joining "Dallas," she guest-starred in dozens of episodics, including 2 episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard in 1980, entitled "R.I.P. Henry Flatts", playing Flatts' daughter.
As a singer and composer, she has earned 10 gold singles, 4 gold albums and 2 platinum albums. Most are pop and disco records. Some of her biggest hits are "Mi Amor (Camilo Sesto)", "Manuel Goodbye", "Playa Blanca" and "Jim, Jeff & Johnny".
Landers can be seen occasionally in the current USA original series, Burn Notice. She is featured in the upcomimg comedy for Fox, Bachelor Party 2.
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[edit] Family
She is the older sister of actress Judy Landers, and has acted with her in several roles, including multiple episodes of The Love Boat. Audrey and Judy Landers were on the cover and in a non-nude pictorial of the January 1983 issue of Playboy.
She married businessman Donald Berkowitz in May 1988. They have 2 children, twins Adam and Daniel Berkowitz, born in 1993.
Audrey, Judy and their mother, Ruth Landers, jointly created the award-winning musical children's television series, The Huggabug Club, for PBS from 1995-2000. Audrey co-wrote the 250 original songs in the series. She also co-wrote the scripts and co-edited the series. In 2005-6, Audrey co-wrote and co-directed the family feature film, Circus Island.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1983 Little River
- 1984 Audrey Landers
- 1984 Holiday Dreams
- 1985 Paradise Generation
- 1986 Country Dreams
- 1988 Secrets
- 1990 My Dreams For You
- 1991 Rendez-Vous
- 2005 Spuren Eines Sommers
- 2006 Dolce Vita
[edit] 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 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
- 2004 Weil Wir Alle Die Gleiche Sonne Sehen
- 2005 Sommernacht Am Lago Maggiore
- 2006 In Deinen Augen Lag Dolce Vita
- 2007 Sommertraum
[edit] External links
- Audrey Landers at the Internet Movie Database
- Landers Productions - Ruth, Audrey and Judy Landers "Film and Television Production Team" Family home page
- retroCRUSH Audrey Landers interview includes many photos
- Audrey Landers at Battlestar Wiki
