
Berlin, Maryland, USA
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.

as Woman in Cart

as Cheerleader II
1966

as Nova
1968

as Woman in Cart
2001

as Paulette Douglas
1969

as Nova
1970

as Susan
1985

as Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971

as Winnie
1974

as Susan
1988

as Charlene Proube
2023

as Miss Stardust
1967

as Madam
1995
as (archive footage)
2015

as Quinia Brutus
2025

as Charlene Proube
2023

as (archive footage)
2015

as Self
2008

as Woman in Cart
2001

as Self
1998

as Madam
1995

as Susan
1988

as Susan
1985

as Winnie
1974

as Nova (archive footage) (uncredited)
1971

as Nova
1970

as Nova
1968

as Miss Stardust
1967

as Wonder Woman's Reflection
1967

as Peggy
1966

as Treasure Hunter
1966

as Dr. Zira
1966
as Cheerleader II
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