ANNE ARCHER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Anne Archer was born on August 24th, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, born to actress Marjorie Lord and actor John Archer. She followed in her parents footsteps pursuing a career in the entertainment industry.
After high school, Archer went on to study drama at Claremont College and by the early 1970's she was appearing on such television series as, "Hawaii Five-O", "The F.B.I.", "The Mod Squad", "Ironside", "Alias Smith and Jones" and "Love American Style".
She debuted in her first film in 1972 in, "The Honkers" followed by roles in the films, "Cancel My Reservation" (1972), "The All-American Boy" (1973), "Trackdown" (1976), "Life Guard" (1976) and "Paradise Alley" (1978) directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone along with Armand Assante, Kevin Conway, Joe Spinell, Terry Funk, Tom Waits, Frank McRae, Lee Canalito, Joyce Ingalis and Frank Stallone with cameos by Ted DiBiase, Bob Roop, Dick Murdoch, Dory Funk Jr., Don Leo Jonathan, Don Kernodle, Gene Kiniski, Dennis Stamp, Ray Stevens and Uliuli Fifita.
She made quite a name for herself with her role in the film, "Fatal Attraction" (1987) starring Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Fred Gwynne, Meg Mundy, Ellen Foley, Ellen Hamilton Latzen Stuart Pankin. For this role she was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and British BAFTA Academy Award. Archer is also well known for her Golden Globe performance in the film, "Short Cuts" (1993).
Other prominent film credits she has added to her resume include roles in, "Narrow Margin" (1990) starring with Gene Hackman, J. T. Walsh and M. Emmet Walsh, "Love at Large" (1990) starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins, Kate Capshaw, Annette O'Toole, Ted Levine, Ruby Dee, Barry Miller, Kevin J. O'Connor, Neil Young Dirk Blocker, Gailard Sartain, Robert Gould and Ann Magnuson, "Eminent Domain" (1990) starring Donald Sutherland, Paul Freeman, Anthony Bate, Jodhi May, Pip Torrens and Yves Beneyton, "Patriot Games" (1992) co-starring Harrison Ford, Patrick Bergin, Sean Bean, Thora Birch, Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Ellen Geer, Alex Norton, Samuel L. Jackson, James Fox, Hugh Fraser, Alun Armstrong, J.E. Freeman and David Threlfall, "Clear and Present Danger" (1994) starring Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Willem Dafoe, Miguel Sandoval, Belita Moreno, Joaquim de Almeida, Harris Yulin, Donald Moffat, Benjamin Bratt, Raymond Cruz, Ann Magnuson, Reg E. Cathey, Rex Linn, Thora Birch, Ellen Geer, Hope Lange and Dean Jones,, "The Art of War" (2000), "November" (2004), starring Courteney Cox, "Short Cuts" (1993) and "Man of the House" (2005).
Archer has also worked on a variety of television movies such as, "Nails" (1992), "The Last of His Tribe" (1992), "Jane's House" (1994), "Present, Tense, Past Perfect" (1995),
"Jake's Women" (1996), "Indiscretion of an American Wife" (1998), "My Husbands Secret Life" (1998) and "Night of the Wolf" (2002).
Archer also has quite a bit of stage experience. She has appeared in such productions as, "The Poison Tree", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", "The Graduate" and "Maude Mix".
Along with her career as an actress she has also had the opportunity to work on the other side of the industry co-producing and starring in the film, "Waltz Across Texas" (1982), the television movie, "Because Mommy Works" (1994) and the 1998 documentary, "World Fashion Premiere from Paris".
Her most recent roles include the television series, "Ghost Whisper" and "Privileged" and the films, "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" (2009) and "Lullaby" (2012).
Anne Archer is currently married to her second husband, Terry Jastrow whom she wed in 1978 and they have one child together. She also has another child from her first marriage to William Davis whom she wed in 1969 and divorced in 1977.
In addition to still working as an actress she remains very involved with the Church Scientology and at one time was a spokeswoman for Applied Scholastics which is sponsored by the church.
Filmography
2012 Lullaby
2009 Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2008-2009 Privileged
2008 Felon
2006-2008 Ghost Whisperer
2008 Family Practice
2007 Judicial Indiscretion
2006 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2006 End Game
2006 Cut Off
2005 The Iris Effect
2005 Man of the House
2004 The L Word
2004 November
2003 Uncle Nino
2003 Boston Public
2002 Night of the Wolf
2002 The Gray in Between
2000 Beggars and Choosers
2000 The Art of War
2000 Rules of Engagement
2000 Whispers: An Elephant's Tale
2000 Innocents
1999 Camino de Santiago
1998 My Husband's Secret Life
1998 Indiscretion of an American Wife
1998 Nico the Unicorn
1996 Mojave Moon
1996 Jake's Women
1995 Present Tense, Past Perfect
1995 The Man in the Attic
1994 Because Mommy Works
1994 Leslie's Folly
1994 There Goes My Baby
1994 Clear and Present Danger
1994 Jane's House
1993 Short Cuts
1993 Family Prayers
1993 Body of Evidence
1992 Nails
1992 Patriot Games
1992 The Last of His Tribe
1990 Eminent Domain
1990 Narrow Margin
1990 Love at Large
1988 Leap of Faith
1987 Fatal Attraction
1987 A Different Affair
1986 The Check Is in the Mail...
1985 Falcon Crest
1985 Too Scared to Scream
1984 The Naked Face
1984 The Sky's No Limit
1983 The Family Tree
1982 Waltz Across Texas
1981 Green Ice
1980 Raise the Titanic
1980 Hero at Large
1978 The Pirate
1978 Paradise Alley
1978 Good Guys Wear Black
1977 Seventh Avenue
1976 Lifeguard
1976 Trackdown
1976 The Dark Side of Innocence
1976 A Matter of Wife... and Death
1974-1976 Harry O
1975-1976 Petrocelli
1975-1976 Switch
1976 McCloud
1975 Little House on the Prairie
1975 The Log of the Black Pearl
1974 The Mark of Zorro
1973 The Blue Knight
1973 Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
1973 The All-American Boy
1973 Mannix
1972 Cancel My Reservation
1972 The Honkers
1972 The Sixth Sense
1971 Love, American Style
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1971 Ironside
1971 The Mod Squad
1971 The F.B.I.
1970 Hawaii Five-O
1970 Men at Law