Life and career

She was born in Berkeley, California, the daughter of Helen L., a psychologist, and Robert G. Pelikan, an international economist who served as the minister-counselor from the United States at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris. She attended the Juilliard School with a full scholarship to its drama division. Pelikan is primarily a stage actor and director, but is also known to film audiences for her film debut as the younger version of Vanessa Redgrave's title character in Julia (1977) (for which Redgrave won an Oscar), and her role as the widowed mother Sarah Hargrave in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).

Pelikan's first regular Television work was as maid Kate Mahaffey on the CBS soap opera Beacon Hill. Other high points in her career include her performances as the lusty Lucy Scanlon in the Television miniseries Studs Lonigan (1979), and the title character of the horror film Jennifer (1978).

She also won a Drama-Logue Award for the one-woman play about Zelda Fitzgerald by Willard Simms entitled Only a Broken String of Pearls. Her stage credits are numerous.

She was married first to actor Robert Harper from 1981 to 1984, then to actor Bruce Davison from 1986 to 2006, with whom she has one son, Ethan.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1977	Julia	Young Julia
1978	Jennifer	Jennifer Baylor
1979	L'Homme en colère	Anne
1984	House of God, TheThe House of God	Jo Miller
1984	Swing Shift	Violet
1985	Ghoulies	Rebecca
1990	Lionheart	Helene
1991	Return to the Blue Lagoon	Sarah Hargrave
1998	Shadow of Doubt	Leslie Saxon
2015	Circle	Cancer Survivor

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Country Girl, TheThe Country Girl	Nancy	TV film
1975	Valley Forge	Tavis	TV film
1976	I Want to Keep My Baby!	Miranda	TV film
1977	Happy Days	Michelle	Episode: "The Graduation: Part 1"
1977	Kojak	Jennifer Campbell	Episode: "Lady in the Squadroom"
1977	Best of Families, TheThe Best of Families	Mary Margaret Rafferty	TV miniseries
1977	James at 15	Paisley	Episodes: "Friends", "The Apple Tree, the Singing and the Gold"
1978	Perfect Gentlemen	Annie Cavagnaro	TV film
1978	True Grit: A Further Adventure	Mattie Ross	TV film
1979	Studs Lonigan	Lucy Scanlon	TV miniseries
1979	Last Convertible, TheThe Last Convertible	Rosamond Ardley	TV miniseries
1980	Women's Room, TheThe Women's Room	Kyla	TV film
1981	Best Little Girl in the World, TheThe Best Little Girl in the World	Gail Powell	TV film
1983	Trapper John, M.D.	Rachel	Episode: "Life, Death and Vinnie Duncan"
1984	This Is the Life	Bonnie	Episode: "Reprise for the Lord"
1984	Remington Steele	Christy Cordaro	Episode: "High Flying Steele"
1985	Bunny's Tale, AA Bunny's Tale	Lee	TV film
1985	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Nurse Ellen Hatch	Episode: "Night Fever"
1986	Hotel	Laura Shafer	Episode: "Enemies Within"
1986	Equalizer, TheThe Equalizer	Anne Fitzgerald / Diane Snyder	Episode: "Counterfire"
1987	Cagney & Lacey	Frances Gorelik	Episode: "Divine Couriers"
1989	Murder, She Wrote	Jill Goddard	Episode: "Prediction: Murder"
1991	Sons and Daughters	Melanie	Episode: "Melanie"
1991	Into the Badlands	Sarah Carstairs	TV film
1991	In the Heat of the Night (TV series)	Jeanette Marshall	Episode: "Obsession"
1991	Murder, She Wrote	Allison Franklin	Episode: "Terminal Connection"
1992	Brooklyn Bridge	Bernice	Episode: "Rainy Day"
1993	Jack's Place	Lizzie	Episode: "The Pipes Are Calling"
1997	Color of Justice	Betty	TV film
2001	Guardian, TheThe Guardian	Carol Ritter	Episode: "The Men from the Boys"
2001	Off Season	Ashley Manson	TV film
2002	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Garrison	Episode: "Waste"
2002	For the People	Amanda Jacobs	Episode: "Nascent"
2003	Strong Medicine	Babs Darner	Episode: "The Hero Heart"
2007	Marlowe	Laura Devin	TV film
2007	Sacrifices of the Heart	Virginia Doyle	TV film
2010	10,000 Days	Anna Hesse	Regular role (12 episodes)
2013	Rake	Lorraine Wilson	Episode: "1.1"

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