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American actress

For the sportsperson, see Linda Harrison (canoeist).

Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, ) is an American television and film actress. She played Nova in the science fiction film classic Planet of the Apes () and the first sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes; she also had a cameo in Tim Burton's remake of the original. She was a regular cast member of the –70 NBC television series Bracken's World. She was the second wife of film producer Richard D. Zanuck (Jaws, Cocoon, Driving Miss Daisy, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory); her youngest son is producer Dean Zanuck (Road to Perdition, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

Early life and family

Linda Melson Harrison was born in Berlin, Maryland. She was the third of five daughters of Isaac Burbage Harrison, a nurseryman, and his wife, Ida Virginia Melson, a beautician. She was the middle child, with two older sisters, Kay and Gloria, and two younger sisters, Jane and Joa