Overview

• Her longtime publicist Cheryl J. Kagan said Anderson succumbed to a prolonged illness days before turning 80.
• She became a television icon as Jennifer Marlowe on WKRP in Cincinnati, appearing in nearly all 90 episodes from 1978 to 1982.
• Her work on the sitcom led to two Emmy and three Golden Globe nominations and challenged stereotypes of female sitcom characters.
• After co-starring with Burt Reynolds in Stroker Ace (1983), the couple married the same year and divorced in 1994.
• In 1995 she published her memoir My Life in High Heels and later returned to television in guest roles across multiple series.