Lori Lethin

{{Infobox person

| name = Lori Lethin

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|8|4}}

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1979–1999

| spouse = {{marriage|Loring Pickering|1981|1984}}

}}

Lori Ann Lethin (born August 4, 1955) is an American retired actress, known for her appearances on television and in several horror films in the 1980s.

Early life

Lethin was born August 4, 1955 in Los Angeles{{Citation needed |date=October 2022}} to Paul Lethin.{{cite news|work=Palm Beach Daily News|title=Lori Lethin Marries Loring Pickering IV|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35968336/palm_beach_daily_news/|date=September 6, 1981|page=9|location=Palm Beach, Florida|via=Newspapers.com}}

Career

She made her feature debut in the slasher film The Prey, filmed around 1980 but released in 1983.{{cite book|last=Stine|first=Scott Aaron|year=2003|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-1-476-61132-7|pages=232, 251}} She subsequently had a lead role in Bloody Birthday (1981) opposite Susan Strasberg, about a group of children who begin committing murders.

Lethin starred as Charlene Matlock in the 1986 Matlock pilot film, Diary of a Perfect Murder.{{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018|page=274|last=Terrace|first=Vincent|publisher=McFarland|location=Jefferson, North Carolina|isbn=978-1-476-67206-9|year=2018}} She was replaced by Linda Purl in the subsequent series. She later starred in the comedy horror film Return to Horror High (1987), playing multiple roles. Lethin had a minor role in Jonathan Kaplan's 1999 drama Brokedown Palace, playing the mother of Kate Beckinsale's character.

Personal life

On July 19, 1981, Lethin married actor Loring Pickering in Catalina Island.

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:65%"
style="width:2%"\| Year ! style="width:23%"\| Title ! style="width:25%"\| Role ! Notes ! style="width:1%" class="unsortable"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Bloody Birthday \| Joyce Russell \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Goliath Awaits \| Maria \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1983 \| The Prey \| Bobbie \| Filmed in 1979-80 \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1983 \| The Day After \| Denise Dahlberg \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1984 \| For Love or Money \| Betty \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1985 \| Brotherly Love \| Tina \| Television film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1985 \| Means and Ends \| Kelly \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lori-lethin-p42020\|work=AllMovie\|title=Lori Lethin\|access-date=September 14, 2019}}
scope="row"\| 1987 \| Return to Horror High \| Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1989 \| The Magic Boy's Easter \| Mother \| Short film \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1989 \| A Platinum Triangle \| Karen Masters \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite web\|title=Lori Lethin\|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17ea4a1\|access-date=2021-01-31\|website=BFI\|language=en}}{{dead link\|date=October 2023\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}
scope="row"\| 1999 \| Brokedown Palace \| Lori Davis \| \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{cite web\|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-lethin/credits/162710/\|work=TV Guide\|title=Lori Lethin Credits\|access-date=September 14, 2019}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:65%"

style="width:2%"| Year

! style="width:23%"| Title

! style="width:25%"| Role

! Notes

! style="width:1%" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"| 1981

| Bloody Birthday

| Joyce Russell

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| Goliath Awaits

| Maria

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1983

| The Prey

| Bobbie

| Filmed in 1979-80

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1983

| The Day After

| Denise Dahlberg

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1984

| For Love or Money

| Betty

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1985

| Brotherly Love

| Tina

| Television film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1985

| Means and Ends

| Kelly

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/lori-lethin-p42020|work=AllMovie|title=Lori Lethin|access-date=September 14, 2019}}

scope="row"| 1987

| Return to Horror High

| Callie Cassidy / Sarah Walker / Susan

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1989

| The Magic Boy's Easter

| Mother

| Short film

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1989

| A Platinum Triangle

| Karen Masters

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web|title=Lori Lethin|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba17ea4a1|access-date=2021-01-31|website=BFI|language=en}}{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

scope="row"| 1999

| Brokedown Palace

| Lori Davis

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lori-lethin/credits/162710/|work=TV Guide|title=Lori Lethin Credits|access-date=September 14, 2019}}

=Television=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:60%"
style="width:2%"\| Year ! style="width:%"\| Title ! style="width:20%"\| Role ! Notes ! style="width:1%" class="unsortable"\| {{abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
scope="row"\| 1979 \| Charlie's Angels \| Bo Fleming \| Episode: "Teen Angels" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1979 \| A Man Called Sloane \| Helen \| Episode: "Architect of Evil" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1979 \| Barnaby Jones \| Susan Cooper \| Episode: "The Final Victim" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1980 \| The Dukes of Hazzard \| Lori \| Episode: "Southern Comforts" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1980 \| Freebie and the Bean \| Alice \| Episode: "The Seduction of Bean" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| Palmerstown, U.S.A. \| Carrie Simms \| Episode: "Vendetta" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1981 \| The Wave \| \| ABC Afterschool Special \| style="text-align:center;"\|{{Cite news\|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel\|location=Santa Cruz, California\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35968527/santa_cruz_sentinel/\|title=ABC Afterschool Special Planned\|date=May 28, 1981\|page=27\|via=Newspapers.com}}
scope="row"\| 1981 \| The Wonderful World of Phillip Malley \| Meredith Carswell \| Pilot \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1982 \| Hill Street Blues \| Diane Koslow \| Episode: "Rein of Terror" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1983 \| Magnum, P.I. \| Gail Blassingame \| Episode: "The Big Blow" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1983 \| The Mississippi \| Mary Penn \| Episode: "G.I. Blues" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1984 \| The Master \| Jill Pattersen \| Episode: "Out-of-Time-Step" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1984 \| The A-Team \| Jennifer Teasdale \| Episode: "Harder Than It Looks" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1984 \| E/R \| Tina \| Episode: "Sentimental Journey" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1985 \| Diff'rent Strokes \| Karen Kimball \| Episode: "A Special Friend" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1985 \| The Insiders \| Billie \| Episode: "Gun Runners" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1986 \| Matlock \| Charlene Matlock \| Episode: "Diary of a Perfect Murder" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1986 \| Murder, She Wrote \| Christy Olson \| Episode: "If a Body Meet a Body" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1986 \| Stingray \| Lanie Harmon \| Episode: "Abnormal Psych" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1986 \| Throb \| Roberta \| Episode: "The Party" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1987 \| Starman \| Joanna 'Dusty' Haley \| Episode: "Dusty" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1987 \| Werewolf \| Julie \| Episode: "Eye of the Storm" \| style="text-align:center;"\|
scope="row"\| 1987 \| Ohara \| Paula Goode \| Episode: "And a Child Shall Lead Them" \| style="text-align:center;"\|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0; width:60%"

style="width:2%"| Year

! style="width:%"| Title

! style="width:20%"| Role

! Notes

! style="width:1%" class="unsortable"| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}

scope="row"| 1979

| Charlie's Angels

| Bo Fleming

| Episode: "Teen Angels"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1979

| A Man Called Sloane

| Helen

| Episode: "Architect of Evil"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1979

| Barnaby Jones

| Susan Cooper

| Episode: "The Final Victim"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1980

| The Dukes of Hazzard

| Lori

| Episode: "Southern Comforts"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1980

| Freebie and the Bean

| Alice

| Episode: "The Seduction of Bean"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| Palmerstown, U.S.A.

| Carrie Simms

| Episode: "Vendetta"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1981

| The Wave

| ABC Afterschool Special

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|location=Santa Cruz, California|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35968527/santa_cruz_sentinel/|title=ABC Afterschool Special Planned|date=May 28, 1981|page=27|via=Newspapers.com}}

scope="row"| 1981

| The Wonderful World of Phillip Malley

| Meredith Carswell

| Pilot

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1982

| Hill Street Blues

| Diane Koslow

| Episode: "Rein of Terror"

| style="text-align:center;"|

scope="row"| 1983

| Magnum, P.I.