In the late 1970s, Loni Anderson was a familiar face on American television. She portrayed receptionist Jennifer Marlowe on the CBS comedy WKRP in Cincinnati.

Loni Anderson rose to fame playing the seductive, curvy Jennifer on CBS’ WKRP in Cincinnati.

Loni Anderson won three Grammys for the program, which aired from 1978 to 1982 and followed the ups and downs of the crew of a struggling fictional radio station in Ohio.

“I think women loved the fact I was sexy and smart,” she said. “I know it sounds crazy to people today but in 1978, when we came on, not many women were doing both in comedy.”

The upper middle class actress from Minnesota was born there and showed an early interest in acting. But that wasn’t the only early development she experienced.

”I was the first girl in school to wear a bra. And it was a pain. At first it was very exciting, everything was wonderful. And then I realized I was the only one having to go through all that. Then I was embarrassed,” Loni told Tampa Bay Timers in 1980 and added:

”A lot was made of my figure. I put up with a lot of stuff”.

Loni, a brunette back in the day, made her acting debut in the 1966 film Nevada Smith with Steve McQueen.

She continued to appear on television ever since, including in S.W.A.T., Phyllis, Police Woman, and Harry O. Loni Anderson was a poster girl in addition to being a working actress. The best-seller was an image of Loni in a bikini.

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