Lenore Kasdorf


Lenore Kasdorf is an American actress. She is known for her role as the alluring and promiscuous nurse Rita Stapleton Bauer, whom she played from 1975 to 1981 in the soap opera Guiding Light. Her other credits include the films Missing in Action, L.A. Bounty, and Starship Troopers.

Early life

Kasdorf was born in Fort Totten, New York. Her father served in the United States Army and she attended International School Bangkok and Butler University in Indianapolis. She worked as a model while she attended Butler.

Career

She has since appeared on the soaps Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives, as well as a number of films. She costarred with Chuck Norris in 1984's Missing in Action. She also had a recurring role on the 1990s sitcom Coach. Other television credits include guest-starring roles on Jake and the Fatman, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Murder She Wrote, Barnaby Jones, 21 Jump Street, The Six Million Dollar Man, ''NYPD Blue, Beverly Hills, 90210, Magnum P.I, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Streets of San Francisco, In the Heat of the Night, and Babylon 5. Her last appearance was in the 2004 film Cellular''.

Personal life

Kasdorf married actor Phil Peters, and they have a daughter.