Here is the biography of Loni Anderson:
Loni Anderson was born on August 5, 1945, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to a chemist father. She was a dark-haired art student at the University of Minnesota, who won beauty contests on the sly, including a Miss Minnesota runner-up placing in 1964. Married and divorced from Bruce Hasselberg before age 21, she took on a teaching position to support herself and baby daughter Deidre while completing college.
Developing an interest in acting, she apprenticed in local commercials and theater shows. She played in several early 1970s productions, including "Born Yesterday", "Send Me No Flowers", "Can-Can", and "The Star-Spangled Girl". She even played Tzeitel in "Fiddler on the Roof" and appeared in a production of "The Threepenny Opera".
Remarried in 1973 to actor Ross Bickell, the couple moved to Los Angeles in 1975 to pursue film and television work. Pounding the pavement, she eventually went blonde and secured minor but sexy roles on series such as S.W.A.T., Police Woman, Barnaby Jones, The Bob Newhart Show, and Three's Company. By the time she landed the role of Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati in 1978, she had grown as an actress.
Loni and Howard Hesseman became the breakaway stars of the sitcom, and she skyrocketed to sexy status, earning two Emmy nominations. Her instant fame led to the breakup of her second marriage to Bickell in 1981. She found hit-and-miss success outside the sitcom, starring in television-movies such as The Jayne Mansfield Story and White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd.
Loni also appeared in Bob Hope's classic television specials and had a chance to work in feature films such as Stroker Ace. She was given a chance to work in feature films such as Stroker Ace, meeting and co-starring opposite mega-star Burt Reynolds. She was married to Reynolds from 1988 to 1993, producing an adopted son Quinton.
In later years, Loni showed incredible perseverance, playing up the glam but downplaying the dramatics. She has enjoyed playing a number of hearty vixens in sitcoms and series guest spots, including regular roles in Nurses and The Mullets. She has been married four times, including to musician Bob Flick since 2008. Her autobiography, "My Life in High Heels", was published in 1997.
