Michele Matheson

Michele Matheson is an American former actress and novelist. She authored the 2006 semi-autobiographical novel Saving Angelfish, and her last role was in a 2017 video short.

Early life

Matheson is the daughter of actors Don Matheson and Deanna Lund. Her parents met while performing together in the Irwin Allen science fiction series Land of the Giants and married soon after the show was cancelled. Michele has two half-siblings. She attended Marymount High School in Los Angeles.

Career

Matheson began her career on the television shows Life Goes On and Mr. Belvedere before starring in the direct-to-video movie Howling VI: The Freaks and appearing in Threesome. In 2002 she co-starred in the Academy Award nominated short film Johnny Flynton. She is also a singer/keyboardist and has recorded with a band, The Black Tales. In 2006, Tin [House Books] published Saving Angelfish, a story loosely based on her life.