Lane Bradbury

Lane Bradbury

Lane Bradbury (born June 17, 1938) is an American actress and writer. She was born Janette Lane Bradbury in Buckhead, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. She studied ballet as a young girl. In the 1950s she moved to New York City and was admitted to the Actors Studio. She made her Broadway debut in J.B., performing alongside Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer. Bradbury was the first actress to play Dainty June in the original Broadway production of Gypsy.Lane Bradbury's television credits in the 1960s include Season 3, Episode 1 of The Fugitive entitled Wings of an Angel (regarded by fans as one of the series' top ten episodes) playing Janet Kegler, a woman taken hostage. Also in the 1960s she married actor Lou Antonio and the two relocated to Los Angeles, where Bradbury began a long career in television. She was most active in the 1970s, making guest appearances on such shows as The Rockford Files, The Mod Squad, Medical Center, The Partridge Family and Kung Fu. She was notably popular in repeat-appearances as Merry Florene on Gunsmoke.Her film credits include The Ultimate Warrior and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. She also appeared in the television films Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring and To Dance with the White Dog.Bradbury is the founder and artistic director of the Valkyrie Theater of Dance, Drama, and Film, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to introduce at-risk teens to the theatrical arts.

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