Linda Harrison
Born: 1945-07-26 in Berlin, Maryland, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She is best remembered for portraying Nova alongside co-star Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She went on to appear in many films and then made a cameo in 2001's Planet of the Apes film directed by Tim Burton. She retired from acting for family reasons until returning to co-star in 2018's Midnight Massacre, a modern day version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar directed by Travis Bowen. Linda is considered Hollywood royalty as her family created 20th Century Fox.
Filmography
2025
- Midnight Massacre as Quinia Brutus
2023
- The Kill Room as Charlene Proube
2015
- Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters as (archive footage)
2008
2001
- Planet of the Apes as Woman in Cart
1998
- Behind the Planet of the Apes as Self
1995
- Wild Bill as Madam
1988
- Cocoon: The Return as Susan
1985
- Cocoon as Susan
1974
- Airport 1975 as Winnie
1971
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes as Nova
1969
- Bracken's World as Paulette Douglas
1968
- Planet of the Apes as Nova
1967
- A Guide for the Married Man as Miss Stardust
- Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? as Wonder Woman's Reflection
1966
- Batman as Cheerleader II
- The Fat Spy as Treasure Hunter
- Way... Way Out as Peggy
- Planet of the Apes Test Reel as Dr. Zira