Introduction
Ann Dusenberry (born September 13, 1952) is an American film and television actress.
Biography
Acting career
The Tucson, Arizona-born daughter of Bruce and Katie Dusenberry, Ann Dusenberry played Amory (alias Angel Collins) in Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (1977), and Amy March in Little Women in a two-part miniseries on NBC in 1978, and returned to the role in a full series the next year. In 1978, she appeared as beauty queen Tina Wilcox in Jaws 2. She co-starred as Margot in the 1986 Lucille Ball series Life with Lucy.
Education and family life
Dusenberry studied theater arts for four years, first at the University of Arizona, then Occidental College, where she earned her degree. She got her first role by circulating her resume and photograph within the Universal Studios offices using internal envelopes obtained by her boyfriend, a truck driver for Universal. She signed a seven-year contract with Universal.
Family
She is married to composer Brad Fiedel, whom she lives with in Santa Barbara, California; they have two daughters named Alixandra and Zoe. She received an MA degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, and works as Artistic Director of the Actors’ Conservatory Theatre in Santa Barbara.
Television
- Captains and the Kings (1976) - Anne-Marie
- McCloud (1976) - Peggy
- Eight Is Enough (1978) - Andrea Jenkins
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) - Ariela Dyne
- Magnum, P.I. (1982) - Katrina Tremaine
- Trapper John, M.D. (1982) - Maggie Nolan
- The Family Tree (1983) - Molly Nichols Tanner
- Remington Steele (1983) [1] - Tracy Crockett / Roxie Tyler
- Simon & Simon (1983) - Frankie Gillard - Compulsive Gambler
- Murder She Wrote (1986-1987) - Carol Selby / Elizabeth Gordon
- Life with Lucy (1986) - Margo Barker McGibbon
- Designing Women (1989) - Belva McPherson
- Matlock: The Parents (1991) - Amy Boggs
Theatre
- Our Town (1998) - Mrs Gibbs
- Noises Off (2014)