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Laurene Landon is a Actor American born on 17 march 1957 at Toronto (Canada)

Laurene Landon

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Birth name Laurene Landon Coughlin
Nationality USA
Birth 17 march 1957 (67 years) at Toronto (Canada)

Laurene Landon (AKA as Laurene Landon Coughlin) is an American film and television actress. Laurene first began appearing in movies in the eighties. She is best known for her roles in Maniac Cop and Maniac Cop 2, Hundra, Airplane II: The Sequel, and ...All the Marbles with Peter Falk. She is half Irish and half Polish and describes herself as being "Bi-Polish".

Biography

Early life
Landon was born on March 17, 1957, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and moved to California with her parents at the age of four. As a young woman she entered California State University and began training in their police academy program, but decided that law enforcement was not for her when she came to the realization that she may someday have to use a gun. So she decided to try her hand at acting and began her career as an extra in films. Recently, she starred opposite George Lazenby (James Bond—On Her Majesty's Secret Service) in HUNTER, plays Detective Higgins in SAMURAI COP 2: DEADLY VENGEANCE, and had a supporting role in the Melanie Griffith/Alexia Landeau feature film DAY OUT OUT OF DAYS directed by Zoe Cassavettes. She also just completed SKY starring opposite Diane Kruger, and Norman Reedus, She is currently filming FUTURE PUNKS, a hilarious retro-comedy along with a starring role in SYNDICATE SMASHERS opposite Mel Novak.


Acting career
Landon began acting in a bit part in 1979's Bitter Heritage, also released as Naked in My Grave. She was cast as a featured skater in Roller Boogie in that same year.

She gained a small role in 1981's Full Moon High, her first of many collaborations with director Larry Cohen. Landon had spent part of her early career as a model and in 1980 was a runner-up in the Miss Black Velvet pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

While there, a casting director told her to go see another casting director in Los Angeles (Rueben Cannon), regarding a feature film called ...All the Marbles. As she found modeling boring and was unable to sit still for hours at a time, she took his suggestion. She starred as Molly in ...All the Marbles, a film starring Peter Falk that had an alternate title, The California Dolls. She described this as her most satisfying role. She was chosen as one of the final four women for the role and was required to undergo rigorous training at a professional wrestling school. Even though she broke her foot during the last match of the tryouts, she and Vicki Frederick won their parts over 2,000 other young actresses trying out, including one young actress named Kathleen Turner. The successful film was the last directing effort by Robert Aldrich (whom she famously referred to as Robert Altman upon meeting him for the first time).

Landon went on to play Velda, right-hand woman to private eye Mike Hammer, in the 1982 film I, the Jury. She appeared as a stewardess in Airplane II: The Sequel. She is also known for appearing in Sci-Fi and fantasy films such as Hundra, Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold and Maniac Cop. According to friends, her sense of humor is unparalleled.


Recent success
Off movie screens since 1990, the 5' 9" Landon returned to film acting in 2005 appearing as "Birdy" in the television movie Masters of Horror: Pick Me Up, directed by Larry Cohen, and in the films Stand Up and Knife to a Gunfight. In August 2008 she was slated to begin filming Alien Vampz, for Monolith Pictures, playing a major role as Assistant U.S. Attorney Theresa Van Helsung, of the ancient and eccentric vampire-hunting Van Helsung family. She has been offered subsequent roles in two other film projects for Monolith, including Alien Vampz 2, the sequel to the first film (2009). Sometimes credited as Laureen Landon, one of the roles in the offering from Monolith Pictures is a funny divorcee in a raucous comedy named Strap-Off which was scheduled to be filmed in the latter part of 2008.


Personal life
Landon is single and never married, citing "Never met a man who wanted to follow me around with a mop and a can of Lysol the rest of his life-I'm a serial slob." She is still active in Hollywood as an actress, rescues pit bulls, and is also an award winning lyricist authoring rap music for the L.A. Metro Transit Authority video and a new song being played often on KROQ called "Captivity". She also enjoys writing screenplays in her spare time.

Usually with

Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
(10 films)
Spiro Razatos
Spiro Razatos
(3 films)
Fred Olen Ray
Fred Olen Ray
(1 films)
Ken Finkleman
Ken Finkleman
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Laurene Landon (21 films)

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Actress

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films, 1h46
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry
Actors Menahem Golan, Molly Ringwald, Yoram Globus, Dolph Lundgren, Bo Derek, Marina Sirtis
Roles Self - Actress
Rating73% 3.696143.696143.696143.696143.69614
Mélangeant interviews, extraits de films et images d’archives, ce documentaire retrace l’histoire de la société de production Cannon Films, créée par Menahem Golan et Yoram Globus. Dans les années 1980, ces deux producteurs ont sans aucun doute produit les plus grands nanars du cinéma, s’emparant de force de la machine hollywoodienne, et changeant à jamais l’histoire du cinéma bis.
Sky
Sky (2015)
, 1h42
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Diane Kruger, Norman Reedus, Joshua Jackson, Gilles Lellouche, Lena Dunham, Lou Diamond Phillips
Roles Charlene
Rating58% 2.909072.909072.909072.909072.90907
Un couple de Français, Romy et Richard, sont en vacances dans la région du Nevada aux États-Unis. Les relations entre eux sont assez tendues du fait, en particulier, que leurs tentatives d'avoir un enfant se sont toutes soldées par des fausses couches. Au cours d'une dispute, Romy assomme Richard avec une lampe de chevet et s'enfuit, le laissant pour mort. Après deux jours d'errance, elle se rend dans un poste de police déclarer qu'elle a tué son mari. S'étant renseigné, l'inspecteur lui apprend alors que celui-ci est hospitalisé mais seulement légèrement blessé. Romy se rend à l'hôpital et annonce à Richard qu'elle ne rentrera pas en France avec lui.
Hunter
Hunter (2015)

Directed by Gregory Hatanaka
Actors Laurene Landon, George Lazenby, Kristine DeBell
Roles Major Sintel
Rating51% 2.5631552.5631552.5631552.5631552.563155
Drive
Drive (2011)
, 1h43
Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman, Oscar Isaac
Roles Actress (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8980653.8980653.8980653.8980653.898065
The unnamed driver (Ryan Gosling), who lives in an Echo Park, Los Angeles apartment, works repairing cars and as a part-time movie double. Managed in both jobs by auto shop owner Shannon (Bryan Cranston), the duo also provides a getaway driver service. With Shannon organizing the events, the driver gives criminals only five minutes to perpetrate robberies and reach his car. After meeting his new neighbor, Irene (Carey Mulligan), the driver soon becomes close to her and befriends her young son, Benicio (Kaden Leos), while Irene's husband, Standard Gabriel (Oscar Isaac), is in prison. After her husband is freed, Irene still asks the driver to visit them.
The Ambulance, 1h31
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée
Actors Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Red Buttons, Megan Gallagher, Janine Turner, Eric Braeden
Roles Patty
Rating58% 2.949322.949322.949322.949322.94932
Aspiring comic book artist Josh Baker (Eric Roberts) meets a young woman named Cheryl (Janine Turner) on the streets of New York City, who proceeds to collapse and is rushed to a hospital by an ambulance. When Josh arrives at the hospital, he is shocked to find that there is no record of Cheryl ever being admitted and he soon learns another startling discovery, Cheryl's roommate also vanished after being picked up by the same ambulance. Convinced that there is some sort of conspiracy going on, Josh proceeds to investigate the disappearances, despite the overt disdain and discouragement from Lt. Spencer (James Earl Jones).
Maniac Cop 2, 1h30
Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Slasher
Themes Medical-themed films, Christmas films, Prison films, Serial killer films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Leo Rossi, Robert Davi, Robert Z'Dar, Michael Lerner, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon
Roles Teresa Mallory
Rating58% 2.9499752.9499752.9499752.9499752.949975
After being impaled by a pipe and plunging into a river at the end of the previous film, the undead Maniac Cop Officer Matthew Cordell acquires a junked police cruiser and continues his killing spree through New York City. Finding a convenience store in the middle of a robbery, he kills the clerk; the thief is subsequently killed in a shootout with police. As Cordell stalks the streets, his enemies Officers Jack Forrest and Theresa Mallory are put back on duty by Deputy Commissioner Edward Doyle, who has the two undergo a psychiatric evaluation under Officer Susan Riley. While Jack is content that Cordell is long gone and wants to go on with his life, Theresa is convinced that Cordell is still alive and plotting his revenge.
Wicked Stepmother, 1h30
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Bette Davis, Barbara Carrera, Colleen Camp, Lionel Stander, David Rasche, Tom Bosley
Roles Vanilla
Rating39% 1.962691.962691.962691.962691.96269
The original plot cast Davis as the title character, a chain smoking witch named Miranda, who has married Sam while his vegetarian daughter Jenny and son-in-law Steve are on vacation. They return to find their new stepmother has filled their refrigerator with meat and played havoc with their collection of herbs. To explain Davis' absence, the script was rewritten to introduce Miranda's daughter Priscilla, who takes on a human form while her mother's spirit inhabits the body of a cat. Priscilla then sets out to get Jenny who has figured out that there is something going on. She accuses her of messing up the kitchen while Jenny's on a bike ride. Priscilla ends up sleeping with Jenny's husband. The entire time she refuses to switch bodies with Miranda. Jenny then figures out that they're witches and tries to stop them from ruining her family.
Maniac Cop
Maniac Cop (1988)
, 1h25
Directed by William Lustig
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Films about sexuality, Serial killer films, Zombie films
Actors Tom Atkins, Robert Z'Dar, William Smith, Bruce Campbell, Laurene Landon, Richard Roundtree
Roles Theresa Mallory
Rating60% 3.0012653.0012653.0012653.0012653.001265
In New York City, a waitress on her way home is assaulted by two muggers and seeks aid from a police officer, who breaks her neck. Over the next two nights, this "Maniac Cop" commits more murders, prompting Lieutenant McCrae (Tom Atkins), who was told by his superiors to suppress eyewitness accounts that the killer was wearing a police uniform, to pass on information to a journalist, in an attempt to protect civilians. Unfortunately, this causes panic and dissent among the city and results in innocent patrolmen being shot to death by paranoid people.
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive, 1h35
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, Gerrit Graham, Macdonald Carey, Neal Israel
Roles Sally
Rating49% 2.460422.460422.460422.460422.46042
Les bébés mutants ont été placés par décision juridique sur une île déserte. Touché par le cynisme de l’exploitation des enfants par le système judiciaire et les médias, le responsable de leur isolement organise une expédition pour les libérer…
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive, 1h35
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Michael Moriarty, Karen Black, Laurene Landon, Gerrit Graham, Macdonald Carey, Neal Israel
Roles Sally
Rating49% 2.460422.460422.460422.460422.46042
This film is set years after the first two. The monstrously deformed children are now living on an island. As they reach adulthood, one of the females gives birth to a child of her own.
America 3000, 1h24
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Laurene Landon, William Wallace, Shaike Ophir, Galyn Görg, Camilla Sparv
Roles Vena
Rating42% 2.10862.10862.10862.10862.1086
Quelque part au Colorado, 900 ans après une guerre thermonucléaire, l'humanité est revenue aux sources, à l'âge de pierre. La société est dirigée par un groupe d'amazones et les hommes sont partagés en deux catégories : les "seeder", c'est-à-dire les reproducteurs assurant la pérennité des guerrières, et les "macho" dont la condition tient davantage de l'esclavagisme. Korvis et un de ses amis parviennent à s'échapper et à fonder une nouvelle tribu…
Armed Response, 1h26
Directed by Fred Olen Ray
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako Iwamatsu, Laurene Landon, Lois Hamilton, Brent Huff
Roles Deborah Silverstein
Rating50% 2.5114552.5114552.5114552.5114552.511455
One of the men of dangerous Tanaka has subtracted a statuette that he had planned to use as a peace offering between local Yakusa and the rival Chinese Tong. It hired two private investigators for the exchange of bailout money to restore the statue, but the business to recover the statue gets worse and Clay Roth is killed. This infuriates the Roth brothers and father, all combat veterans, and go in search of justice
The Stuff
The Stuff (1985)
, 1h27
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Ken Foree, Garret Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom
Roles Stuff Commercial Spokeswoman
Rating59% 2.95012.95012.95012.95012.9501
A couple of railroad workers discover a yogurt-like white substance bubbling out of the ground. It's found to be sweet and addictive. Later, the substance is marketed as "The Stuff," and it's being sold to the general public in pint containers (incorrectly labeled ".474mL") like ice cream. It is marketed as having no calories and as being sweet, creamy, and filling. The Stuff quickly becomes a nationwide craze and drastically hurts the sales of ice cream.
Hundra
Hundra (1983)
, 1h49
Directed by Matt Cimber
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Actors Laurene Landon, María Casal, Ramiro Oliveros, Frank Braña, Eduardo Fajardo
Roles Hundra
Rating46% 2.313622.313622.313622.313622.31362
Hundra belongs to a tribe of Amazons. She is the only tribe member of her age who has never been with a man. She declares she would keep it like that. One day when she goes hunting, her tribe is outnumbered and slaughtered by barbarians. As the only survivor she travels to an old wise woman and asks her for advice. To her surprise she is told she ought to become a mother in order to prevent the final extinction of the Amazons. Subsequently Hundra seeks a father for her child. The first candidate has bad manners and it turns out that he is suffering with a sadistic personality disorder. While she continues her search she is confronted by a murderous robber baron who only wants to kill her. Later she encounters an effeminate pimp. Eventually she gets to know a gentleman who works as healer. She asks him to become the father of her child but she is told that a man won't get in the right mood if he is approached in an all too blunt way. Hundra asks other women to help her to live up to his expectations. Consequently she succeeds in seducing him, gets pregnant and delivers a child. Unfortunately now an evil pagan priest kidnaps Hundra's daughter. Thus Hundra is coerced into joining a sinister ritual where the priest's followers humiliate her. During this session she is informed that her new friends have freed the child. She fights back and returns to her home lands. The female narrator explains there was proof that Hundra's spirit kept on living in all women ever since.