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American actress (1945–2025)

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Loni Anderson was an American female artist active from 1966 to 2023. She was associated with genres including American, country, country pop, country singer, and Nashville sound. Anderson was born on August 5, 1945, and died on August 3, 2025. She had two children.

Her recorded works include the title *My life in high heels*. She is listed as an author with one work in library records and has five works counted in academic databases. Her music has been played twice on Last.fm by two listeners.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1945
Works
1

Top works

  • My life in high heels

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1947-09-26
Active to
2015-07-30
americancountrycountry popcountry singernashville sound

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
2

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/loni+anderson">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · loni anderson

Quotes

  • I'm a real woman with a real heart and I have to live with a beautiful body and a pretty face which is not nearly as easy as it sounds.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

Key facts

Born
Loni Kaye Anderson , ( 1945-08-05 ) August 5, 1945, Saint Paul, Minnesota , U.S.
Died
August 3, 2025 (2025-08-03) (aged 79), Los Angeles , California, U.S.
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1966–2023
Known for
WKRP in Cincinnati , Nurses (Season 3)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Anderson
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Saint Paul
Place of death
Los Angeles
Occupation
actor
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Lutheranism
Notable work
Nurses
Field of work
television
Hair colour
blond hair
Image
Loni Anderson 1992 cropped.jpg
Number of children
2
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Commons category
Loni Anderson
date of birth
1945-08-05
described by source
The Daily Telegraph
start of work period
1966-00-00
date of death
2025-08-03
birth name
Loni Kaye Anderson
end of work period
2023-00-00
ethnic group
White Americans
name in native language
Loni Anderson
cause of death
leiomyosarcoma
manner of death
natural causes
Sources (10)

via Wikidata · CC0

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Encyclopedic overview

Loni Kaye Anderson (August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025) was an American actress. She is best known for playing receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982), which earned her nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and two Emmy Awards.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Loni Anderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.