Loanne Bishop
Loanne Bishop is an American actress, of film and television.
Bishop was raised in Denver, Colorado. Her father was a Mennonite minister and her mother was a teacher. She first attended Denver University, where she was a theatre major, then transferred to the University of Colorado, where she was a German major.
Career
Loanne Bishop moved to Los Angeles in 1978; she worked as a singing waitress for several months. She was the lead in the independently-produced film The Wisdom Barrier.Bishop appeared on Kate Loves a Mystery and Barnaby Jones. Bishop played the character of Rose Kelly in the TV daytime soap opera General Hospital from 1980 until 1984. In 1984, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. During her time on General Hospital, she made appearances at various events. Bishop, a mezzo soprano who can pay the violin, performed on the album Love in the Afternoon with other soap opera stars. She did not want to sign a long-term contract for the show.
In 1985, Bishop was in Hostage Flight, she played a flight attendant.
She appeared on Hill Street Blues in 1987.
Personal life
She dated Peter Bergman in the 1980s.Filmography
- Rizzoli & Isles as Mona Evans
- The Call as Lorraine Parker
- Mad Men as Barb
- 101 Ways to Get Rejected as McKenzie's Mom
- Don Jon as Barbara's Mom
- Days of Our Lives as Mrs. Carlisle
- The Closer as Mrs. Gates
- Body of Proof as Liz Green
- Better with You as Elaine Dickinson
- Big Love as Nurse
- Glee as Waitress
- Without a Trace as Mrs. Feretti
- Close to Home as Melinda Joffe
- Justice as Mrs. Diggs
- Monk as Alumni Chairwoman
- In Justice as Rita Stillwell
- Cold Case as Mrs. Atwater
- Spectres as Suzanne
- Malcolm in the Middle as Woman
- Threat Matrix as Doctor
- The District as Commander Sarah Ochoa
- The Practice as Christina Wayne
- Dragnet as Brenda Hollister
- MDs as Soccer Mom
- Alabama Dreams as Tilly Sims
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer as 911 Operator
- Family Law as Female Wildlife Warden
- 7th Heaven as Sharon
- Kiss the Girls as Kate's Nurse
- Three Wishes as Bystander
- Step by Step as Becky Ann Covington
- The Middle Passage
- Kalifornia as Female Officer
- The Wonder Years as Class President
- Baby of the Bride as Nurse
- False Arrest as Nurse #2
- Hooperman as Frankie Childs
- Santa Barbara as Rita Grant
- Hill Street Blues as Billie Jo
- Hill Street Blues as Mrs. Metcalf
- Hostage Flight as Colette
- General Hospital as Rose Kelly
- Barnaby Jones as Laurie
- Mrs. Columbo as Young Woman