Anne Carlisle

{{short description|American actress}}

{{for|the professor|Anne Carlisle (professor)}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Anne Carlisle.jpg

| image_caption = Carlisle at a screening of Liquid Sky at the Quad Cinema, New York City, in 2017 |

| name = Anne Carlisle

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}

| birth_place = United States

| spouse = Kenneth Master

| children =

| occupation = Actress, writer, artist

| yearsactive = 1982–2000

}}

Anne Carlisle (born 1956) is an American artist, actress, performance artist, acting teacher, author, and model.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/10962/Anne-Carlisle/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629213829/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/10962/Anne-Carlisle/biography|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-06-29|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2013|title=Anne Carlisle}}

Career

Carlisle is known for co-writing and playing both the lead female and male counterpart roles in the 1982 film Liquid Sky.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title='LIQUID SKY,' HIGH FASHION AND A U.F.O.|authorlink=Janet Maslin|first=Janet|last=Maslin|date=July 22, 1983|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E03E0DA143BF931A15754C0A965948260}} She also played a minor role of Victoria in the 1985 Susan Seidelman film Desperately Seeking Susan, the cross dresser prostitute Gwendoline in Crocodile Dundee{{cite web|work=AMC|title=Story Notes for Crocodile Dundee|url=http://blogs.amctv.com/movie-blog/2012/09/story-notes-trivia-crocodile-dundee.php|first=Erica|last=Kelly|date=September 20, 2012}} and starred in an episode of TV series Miami Vice. Carlisle also adapted and wrote a novel version of her cult, new wave film Liquid Sky.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Anne Carlisle|encyclopedia=Science Fiction Encyclopedia|url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/carlisle_anne}}

Carlisle posed for Playboy in 1984.{{cite web|work=Playboy|title=Anne Carlisle|url=http://www.playboy.com/girls/view/anne-carlisle|access-date=2013-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707110852/http://www.playboy.com/girls/view/anne-carlisle|archive-date=2013-07-07|url-status=dead}}

In 2014, in an interview with The Awl it was confirmed by Liquid Sky director Slava Tsukerman, a sequel, Liquid Sky 2, was in the works.{{cite web|work=The Awl|url=http://www.theawl.com/2014/02/the-liquid-sky-sequel-is-coming|title=The "Liquid Sky" Sequel Is Coming: A Chat With The Director Of The Best Film About New York|first=James|last=Ramsay|date=February 18, 2014|access-date=May 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808215328/http://www.theawl.com/2014/02/the-liquid-sky-sequel-is-coming|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=dead}} Anne Carlisle would be returning in the sequel in the role of Margaret.

Carlisle has practiced as a fine artist for five decades, having studied under her mentor Reuben Hale at Palm Beach Community College (A.A. 1975) in Lake Worth, FL, then at the School of Visual Arts (B.F.A. 1979) in New York, NY, and then in the New York University, SEHNAP Art Therapy Program (M.A. 1995) in New York, NY. She currently has an art studio in Boynton Beach, FL, and is a founding member of the board of directors for The Artwork of Reuben Hale, a nonprofit in West Palm Beach, FL. Established in 2019, they plan to open the artist's former home to the community as a historic artist's studio and sculpture garden.{{Cite web |title=The Artwork of Reuben Hale, Inc. |url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/84-2875734 |access-date=October 3, 2023 |website=GuideStar}}

Filmography

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|+ Anne Carlisle film and television credits

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

1981

| New York Beat Movie

| Fashion Show Model

| Film

1982

| Liquid Sky

| Margaret / Jimmy

| Film

1984

| Perfect Strangers

| Sally

| Film

1985

| Desperately Seeking Susan

| Victoria

| Film

1986

| Miami Vice

| Lydia Sugarman

| TV series, 1 episode

1986

| Crocodile Dundee

| Gwendoline

| Film

1987

| The Equalizer

| Advertiser

| TV series, 1 episode: "A Place to Stay"

1988

| The Suicide Club

| Catherine

| Film

1988

| Bum Rap

| Grace

| Film

1988

| Nick & Hillary

| Kathy Watson

| TV series, 1 episode

1990

| High Score

| Olympia

| Film

2000

| Downtown 81

| Fashion Show Model

| Film

References

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