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Linda Harrison

Linda Harrison

Born: 1945-07-26 • Berlin, Maryland, USA

Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She is best remembered for portraying Nova alongside co-star Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She went on to appear in many films and then made a cameo in 2001's Planet of the Apes film directed by Tim Burton. She retired from acting for family reasons until returning to co-star in 2018's Midnight Massacre, a modern day version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar directed by Travis Bowen. Linda is considered Hollywood royalty as her family created 20th Century Fox.

Filmography
Midnight Massacre poster
Midnight Massacre
2025 • Quinia Brutus
The Kill Room poster
The Kill Room
2023 • Charlene Proube
Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters poster
Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters
2015 • (archive footage)
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel poster
From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
2008 • Self
Planet of the Apes poster
Planet of the Apes
2001 • Woman in Cart
Behind the Planet of the Apes poster
Behind the Planet of the Apes
1998 • Self
Wild Bill poster
Wild Bill
1995 • Madam
Cocoon: The Return poster
Cocoon: The Return
1988 • Susan
Cocoon poster
Cocoon
1985 • Susan
Airport 1975 poster
Airport 1975
1974 • Winnie
Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971 • Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes poster
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
1970 • Nova
Planet of the Apes poster
Planet of the Apes
1968 • Nova
A Guide for the Married Man poster
A Guide for the Married Man
1967 • Miss Stardust
Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince? poster
Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?
1967 • Wonder Woman's Reflection
Way... Way Out poster
Way... Way Out
1966 • Peggy
The Fat Spy poster
The Fat Spy
1966 • Treasure Hunter
Planet of the Apes Test Reel poster
Planet of the Apes Test Reel
1966 • Dr. Zira