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name: "Lisa Pelikan"
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roles: []
born: "12 July 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:57:07.722009+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lisa Pelikan

Actor. Born 12 July 1954 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Born:** 12 July 1954, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 1973–1977
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Pelikan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6558332, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0670852/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115888

## Biography

Lisa Pelikan is an American stage, film and television actress. Born on 12 July 1954 in Berkeley, California, she studied drama at the Juilliard School on a full scholarship and later earned an MFA from California State University, Long Beach.

She made her film debut as the young version of the title character in *Julia* (1977). Other film roles include the title character in the horror film *Jennifer* (1978) and Sarah Hargrave in *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991). Primarily a stage performer, she appeared on Broadway in *Romeo and Juliet* (1977) and won a Drama-Logue Award for her one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald, *Only a Broken String of Pearls*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Julia* (1977), Fi1m 60, as Young Julia — [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *Kojak* (1973), Fi1m 80, as Jennifer Campbell — [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Circle* (2015), as Cancer Survivor
- *10,000 Days* (2014), as Anna Hesse
- *Sacrifices of the Heart* (2007), as Virginia Doyle
- *For the People* (2002), series, as Amanda Jacobs
- *Off Season* (2001), as Ashley Manson
- *The Guardian* (2001), series, as Carol Ritter
- *Strong Medicine* (2000), series, as Babs Darner
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Dr. Elizabeth Garrison
- *Shadow of Doubt* (1998), as Leslie Saxon
- *Color of Justice* (1997), as Betty
- *It's My Party* (1996), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Jack's Place* (1992), series, Actor
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1991), series, Actor
- *Return to the Blue Lagoon* (1991), as Sarah Hargrave
- *Into the Badlands* (1991), as Sarah Carstairs
- *Lionheart* (1990), as Hélène Gaultier
- *Blacke's Magic* (1986), series, Actor
- *The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1985), series, as Nurse Ellen Hatch
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder
- *A Bunny's Tale* (1985), as Lee
- *Ghoulies* (1984), as Rebecca
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Jill Goddard, Allison Franklin
- *Swing Shift* (1984), as Violet Mulligan
- *The House of God* (1984), as Jo Miller
- *Hotel* (1982), series, Actor
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *The Best Little Girl in the World* (1981), as Gail Powell
- *The Women's Room* (1980), as Kyla
- *The Last Convertible* (1979), series, as Rosamond Ardley
- *L'Homme en colère* (1979), as Anne
- *Studs Lonigan* (1979), series, as Lucy Scanlon
- *True Grit: A Further Adventure* (1978), as Mattie Ross
- *Jennifer* (1978), as Jennifer Baylor
- *Perfect Gentlemen* (1978), as Annie Cavagarno
- *Julia* (1977), as Young Julia — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/julia.md)
- *James at 16* (1977), series, as Paisley
- *The Blue Hotel* (1977), as Younger Daughter
- *I Want to Keep My Baby!* (1976), as Miranda
- *Valley Forge* (1975), as Tavis
- *The Country Girl* (1974), as Nancy
- *Happy Days* (1974), series, Actor
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Jennifer Campbell — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Nancy, Tavis

## Gallery

- ![Lisa Pelikan](https://film.one/media/person/468534/gallery-380565192d6f.jpg) Lisa Pelikan — NBC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Lisa_Pelikan%2C_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lisa Pelikan](https://film.one/media/person/468534/gallery-cd6698fb5891.jpg) Lisa Pelikan — Image via TMDB
- ![Lisa Pelikan](https://film.one/media/person/468534/gallery-add985406072.jpg) Lisa Pelikan — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award 1978: Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award (won), for *Jennifer*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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