Loni Kaye Anderson (born August 5, 1945) is an American actress who is best known for her four-year run as receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (1978–1982).

Biography

Anderson has been married four times; her first three marriages were to: Bruce Hasselberg (1964–66), Ross Bickell (1973–81), and actor (and one-time co-star) Burt Reynolds (1988–93). On May 17, 2008, Anderson married musician Bob Flick, one of the founding members of the folk band The Brothers Four. The couple had first met at a movie premiere in Minneapolis in 1963.

She has two children: a daughter, Deidre Hoffman (fathered by Hasselberg), who is a school administrator in California; and a son, Quinton Anderson Reynolds (born August 31, 1988), whom she and Reynolds adopted. Her autobiography, My Life in High Heels, was published in 1997.

Growing up with parents who smoked and were affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Anderson became the spokeswoman for the National Lung Health Education Program’s campaign and COPDTogether to increase awareness about COPD and caregiver support.

Anderson was raised as a Lutheran.