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Linda Harrison

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Linda Harrison

Born Jul 26, 1945 · 81 years20 titles 18 movies · 2 TV
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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.

Also known as

Augusta Summerland · Linda Melson Harrison · لیندا هریسون

Born

Jul 26, 1945

Berlin, Maryland, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

20

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

0

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1966 4 title(s)

1967 2 title(s)

1968 1 title(s)

1969 1 title(s)

1970 1 title(s)

1971 1 title(s)

1974 1 title(s)

1985 1 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1995 1 title(s)

1998 1 title(s)

2001 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2015 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)