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”.
Anderson remains radiant by surrounding herself with the right people marrying her fourth husband and soul mate musician Bob Flick in 2008.
“I married the man I should have married in 1963 but then I wouldn’t have had all the wonderful people in my life,” Anderson mentioned.
“It’s so bizarre how we came together but it was destiny and we have wonderful grandchildren.”
In 2009, Loni’s daughter, Deidra Hoffman, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Loni broke down when she heard the news about Deidra, who she had with her first husband, Bruce Hasselberg.
“I fell apart,” Loni remarked in 2017.
“I mean, I didn’t want to fall apart in front of her because I knew she was struggling to just maintain herself, but it was very difficult to come to grips with,” she said.
Loni Anderson radiates happiness thanks to her positive outlook on life and surrounding herself with people who make her happy.
We could all learn a thing or two from this blonde bombshell’s perspective on life.