Linda Harrison (born 26 July 1945) is an American model and actress.
Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She starred as Paulette Douglas, a starlet under contract to a major movie studio, in the short-lived (Sept. 1969-Dec. 1970) NBC tv series Bracken's World (which also featured Laraine Stephens and Karen Jensen in similar roles). She is known for her role as Charlton Heston's sexy female mate "Nova" in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, and i...
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Linda Harrison (born 26 July 1945) is an American model and actress.
Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She starred as Paulette Douglas, a starlet under contract to a major movie studio, in the short-lived (Sept. 1969-Dec. 1970) NBC tv series Bracken's World (which also featured Laraine Stephens and Karen Jensen in similar roles). She is known for her role as Charlton Heston's sexy female mate "Nova" in the 1968 film Planet of the Apes, and its 1970 sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She also had a cameo in Tim Burton's 2001 remake Planet of the Apes. She was married to the film producer Richard D. Zanuck from 1968 to 1978. She is also the first actress to play a live-action version of Wonder Woman, which she did in a failed 1967 pilot for a Wonder Woman television series. Eleanor "Ellie" Duncan Wood Walker played the role of Diana Prince.
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