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Anne is an expert [[w:Equestrianism|equestrian]]. She was won championships in cutting, reining, team penning, and barrel racing. In 1983, she helped found Pro-Celebrity Rodeos, a children's charity that has raised over 5 million dollars. | Anne is an expert [[w:Equestrianism|equestrian]]. She was won championships in cutting, reining, team penning, and barrel racing. In 1983, she helped found Pro-Celebrity Rodeos, a children's charity that has raised over 5 million dollars. | ||
She currently lives in Southern California. Most of her time is now spent with family, doing voice work, and raising money for her children's charity though rodeos and convention appearances. She appears regularly with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks, California, which she helped found in the 1990's as well as with the Santa Susana Repertore Theatre Company. She has said that she loves live acting, and really enjoys doing Shakespeare. Some of her | She currently lives in Southern California. Most of her time is now spent with family, doing voice work, and raising money for her children's charity though rodeos and convention appearances. She appears regularly with the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks, California, which she helped found in the 1990's as well as with the Santa Susana Repertore Theatre Company. She has said that she loves live acting, and really enjoys doing Shakespeare. Some of her favourite roles were "Mrs. Cratchit" in ''A Christmas Carol'', "Calpurnia" in ''[[w:Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'', "the Nurse" in ''[[w:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet]]'', "Mistress Quickly" in ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', and "Queen Margaret" in ''King Richard III''. | ||
== Early career == | == Early career == | ||
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Her first movie was "Dora" in ''Jory'' in 1972. At age 18, she played the daughter of [[w:Joan Crawford|Joan Crawford]] in 1972 television series ''The Sixth Sense''. It was Joan's last acting appearance. A popular rumor is that Anne turned down the role of "Laurie Strode" in [[w:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]'s 1978 thriller ''[[w:Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'', which was later cast for [[w:Jamie Lee Curtis|Jaime Lee Curtis]]. Mr. Carpenter says that he wanted her for the role, but that she turned it down. Anne does not remember being being contacted by John Carpenter, nor being offered the role. It is possible that one of her agents turned it down on her behalf without telling her. | Her first movie was "Dora" in ''Jory'' in 1972. At age 18, she played the daughter of [[w:Joan Crawford|Joan Crawford]] in 1972 television series ''The Sixth Sense''. It was Joan's last acting appearance. A popular rumor is that Anne turned down the role of "Laurie Strode" in [[w:John Carpenter|John Carpenter]]'s 1978 thriller ''[[w:Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'', which was later cast for [[w:Jamie Lee Curtis|Jaime Lee Curtis]]. Mr. Carpenter says that he wanted her for the role, but that she turned it down. Anne does not remember being being contacted by John Carpenter, nor being offered the role. It is possible that one of her agents turned it down on her behalf without telling her. | ||
She was initially chosen by [[Glen Larson]], who sent her a very preliminary script, for a role in the 1978 television series ''{{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica}}''. She rejected the role initially, as the character wasn't that strong. Later, Glen wrote a new part just for her, with a much stronger character named "[[Sheba]]". After reading the first 25 pages of the script "[[The Living Legend]], | She was initially chosen by [[Glen Larson]], who sent her a very preliminary script, for a role in the 1978 television series ''{{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Battlestar Galactica}}''. She rejected the role initially, as the character wasn't that strong. Later, Glen wrote a new part just for her, with a much stronger character named "[[Sheba]]". After reading the first 25 pages of the script "[[The Living Legend]]", she accepted immediately. The show ran for one season. | ||
She was a | She was a favourite of Glen Larson, and appeared in many of his other television series including ''[[w:The Hardy Boys|The Hardy Boys]]/[[w:Nancy Drew|Nancy Drew Mysteries]], [[w:B.J. and the Bear|B.J. and the Bear]], [[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' (where she played two characters, "Jennifer/Leila Markeson"), ''[[w:The Fall Guy|The Fall Guy]], [[w:Knight Rider|Knight Rider]]'' and ''[[w:Airwolf|Airwolf]]''. She did two episodes of ''[[w:Magnum P.I.|Magnum P.I.]]'': in one episode she plays the younger version of her mother's character, in the other she plays a younger version of herself. | ||
==Later career== | ==Later career== | ||
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