Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    18

  • Gender

    Female

  • Birthday

    July 26, 1945 ( 79 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Berlin, Maryland, USA

  • Also Known As

    Augusta Summerland

    Linda Melson Harrison

Linda Harrison

Linda Melson Harrison (born July 26, 1945) is an American television and film actress. She is best remembered for portraying Nova alongside co-star Charlton Heston in Planet of the Apes and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. She went on to appear in many films and then made a cameo in 2001's Planet of the Apes film directed by Tim Burton. She retired from acting for family reasons until returning to co-star in 2018's Midnight Massacre, a modern day version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar directed by Travis Bowen. Linda is considered Hollywood royalty as her family created 20th Century Fox.