Birthday
1945/07/26 (79 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Berlin, Maryland, USA
Also know as
Augusta Summerland, Linda Melson Harrison, لیندا هریسون
Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She is best remembered for portraying Nova alongside co-star Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She went on to appear in many films and then made a cameo in 2001's Planet of the Apes film directed by Tim Burton. She retired from acting for family reasons until returning to co-star in 2018's Midnight Massacre, a modern day version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar directed by Travis Bowen. Linda is considered Hollywood royalty as her family created 20th Century Fox.
(1968) Planet of the Apes
as Nova
(1970) Beneath the Planet of the Apes
as Nova
(1985) Cocoon
as Susan
(1967) A Guide for the Married Man
as Miss Stardust
(1974) Airport 1975
as Winnie
(2021) Midnight Massacre
as Quinia Brutus
(2001) Planet of the Apes
as Woman in Cart
(2015) Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters
as (archive footage)
(2023) The Kill Room
as Charlene Proube
(2008) From Alpha to Omega: Building a Sequel
as Self
(1966) Planet of the Apes Test Reel
as Dr. Zira
(1998) Behind the Planet of the Apes
as Self
(1966) Way... Way Out
as Peggy
(1967) Wonder Woman: Who's Afraid of Diana Prince?
as Wonder Woman's Reflection
(1966) The Fat Spy
as Treasure Hunter
(1971) Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1995) Wild Bill
as Madam
(1988) Cocoon: The Return
as Susan
(1966) Batman
as Cheerleader II
(1969) Bracken's World
as Paulette Douglas