As a brunette, I had previously been this serious actress.Then I became a blonde and got to play a completely different, comic role.-Loni AndersonLoni Anderson(August 5, 1945 – August 3, 2025)Loni Anderson'sacting debut came with a bit part in the filmNevada Smith(1966), starringSteve McQueen. After that, she was mostly unemployed as an actress for nearly a decade, then she received guest roles on television series in the mid-1970s.She appeared in two episodes ofS.W.A.T., then on the sitcomPhyllis,