--- name: "Luana Anders" canonical: "https://film.one/person/luana-anders" fi1m_id: "luana-anders" imdb_id: "nm0026035" tmdb_id: 77485 wikidata_id: "Q6694988" roles: ["Actor"] born: "12 May 1938" died: "21 July 1996" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-26T16:56:16.214653+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." --- # Luana Anders ## Identity Luana Anders - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/luana-anders - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** luana-anders - **IMDb ID:** nm0026035 - **TMDB ID:** 77485 - **Wikidata ID:** Q6694988 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luana_Anders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694988, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77485 Actor. Born 12 May 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 21 July 1996. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 12 May 1938, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 21 July 1996 - **Active:** 1959–1969 - **Also known as:** Luana Margo Anderson - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luana_Anders, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6694988, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026035/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77485 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Easy Rider*](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Luana Anders (born Luana Margo Anderson) was an American actress and screenwriter. Born in New York City on 12 May 1938, she died in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, on 21 July 1996. She began her career in the 1950s working as a bicycle messenger at MGM alongside Jack Nicholson and trained at Jeff Corey's Professional Actors Workshop. Anders appeared in numerous low-budget films directed by Roger Corman, including *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1961) as Catherine Medina, and in Francis Ford Coppola's *Dementia 13* (1963). She played Lisa in *Easy Rider* (1969) and had roles in films by Robert Altman and Dennis Hopper, as well as several projects with Nicholson such as *The Last Detail* (1973) as Donna. Anders also worked extensively in television, including an appearance as Julie in the series *Bonanza* (1959). She wrote screenplays, including under the pseudonym Margo Blue, and was a lifelong Buddhist. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Easy Rider* (1969), Fi1m 76, as Lisa — [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md) ## Complete filmography (74) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Clones at Greaser's Palace* (2006), Actor - *American Strays* (1996), as Martha - *Cannes Man* (1996), as Agent on Phone - *Wild Bill* (1995), as Sanatorium Woman - *The Point of Betrayal* (1995), as Nurse Rhonda - *Criminal Passion* (1994), as Martha - *Fire on the Amazon* (1993), Writer - *Heart and Souls* (1993), as Records Bureaucrat - *Doppelganger* (1993), as Ginger - *In My Daughter's Name* (1992), as Mrs. Samp - *In Sickness and in Health* (1992), as Dorothy - *Halloween Monster Bash* (1991), as Louise Haloran (archive footage) - *The Two Jakes* (1990), as Florist - *Limit Up* (1989), as Teacher · Screenplay - *You Can't Hurry Love* (1988), as Macie Hayes - *Movers & Shakers* (1985), as Violette - *Irreconcilable Differences* (1984), as "Atlanta" Widow - *Hunter* (1984), series, as Sarah Farrell - *One from the Heart* (1982), as Bit Performer (uncredited) - *Personal Best* (1982), as Rita Cahill - *Board and Care* (1980), as Carolyn - *Goin' South* (1978), as Mrs. Anderson - *Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women* (1977), as Mrs. Gerard - *The Missouri Breaks* (1976), as Rancher's Wife - *Shampoo* (1975), as Devra - *Little House on the Prairie* (1974), series, as Lottie McGinnis - *The Killing Kind* (1974), as Louise - *The Last Detail* (1973), as Donna - *Hitched* (1973), as Emily - *When the Legends Die* (1972), as Mary - *Greaser's Palace* (1972), as Cholera - *Evil Roy Slade* (1972), as Alice Fern - *The Manipulator* (1971), as Carlotta - *Easy Rider* (1969), as Lisa — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/easy-rider.md) - *That Cold Day in the Park* (1969), as Sylvia - *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Maggie - *You Are What You Eat* (1968), Actor - *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Cashier, Violet Henderson - *Adam-12* (1968), series, as Jane Tripton - *How Sweet It Is!* (1968), as Agatzi Girl - *Games* (1967), as Party Guest - *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor - *The Trip* (1967), as Waitress - *Ironside* (1967), series, as Nina Loring - *Dragnet* (1967), series, as Anna Marie Harmon - *That Girl* (1966), series, Actor - *The Magnificent Stranger* (1966), as Maddy Trager - *Sex and the College Girl* (1964), as Gwen - *Dementia 13* (1963), as Louise Haloran - *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, as Margaret - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Theresa Ames - *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Sybil Rockefeller - *The Young Racers* (1963), as Henrietta "Henny" Weston - *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor - *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor - *The Pit and the Pendulum* (1961), as Catherine Medina - *Night Tide* (1961), as Ellen Sands - *The Andy Griffith Show* (1960), series, as Miss Clark - *The Islanders* (1960), series, as Trina - *The FBI Story* (1959), as Mrs. Graham (uncredited) - *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Julie - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Alice Denning, Joan Goss - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Maddy Trager - *Lawman* (1958), series, as Ellie Phelan - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen* (1958), series, as Reporter - *Life Begins At 17* (1958), as Carol Peck - *The Man Who Died Twice* (1958), as Young Girl Addict - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958), as Gilda Hadley - *The Restless Gun* (1957), series, as Lucy Anne - *Sugarfoot* (1957), series, as Princess - *Reform School Girl* (1957), as Josie Brigg - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Ellen - *Video Valentino*, as Mr. Glerman ## Gallery - ![Luana Anders](https://film.one/media/person/3727696/gallery-959e1ccdfb82.jpg) Luana Anders — film screenshot (Roger Corman Prod. - AIP), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Luana_Anders_in_Dementia_13.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Luana Anders in film trailer for Dementia 13 (1963). (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/3727696/gallery-7e4543ce8891.jpg) Luana Anders in film trailer for Dementia 13 (1963). (2013) — Trailer for Dementia 13, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Luana-anders-trailer.jpg/1280px-Luana-anders-trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Luana Anders](https://film.one/media/person/3727696/gallery-66a85444fad1.jpg) Luana Anders — Image via TMDB - ![Luana Anders](https://film.one/media/person/3727696/gallery-ffd895a8aa81.jpg) Luana Anders — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/luana-anders