Lara Lindsay

Birthday: 1 January 1942, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Birth Name: Gladys Jacobs

Lara Lindsay was born Gladys Jacobs in Chicago, began ice skating as a child and found herself in the Icecapades, also other professional shows by her teenage years. She eventually got married to an i ...Show More

Lara Lindsay was born Gladys Jacobs in Chicago, began ice skating as a child and found herself in the Icecapades, also other professional shows by her teenage years. She eventually got married to an interior designer, and they had a son together, born in 1963. Upon the break-up of her marriage, Lara began doing television commercials in Tucson, Arizona. Paramount's El Dorado (1967) rolled into Tuscon and she landed a stand-in part in the film. She was encouraged to head-off to Hollywood, plus obtain an agent. Her stage name was derived from the character Lara in Doctor Zhivago (1965). And Lindsay was her brother's first name. Lara also had extensive dental work done to fix-up her teeth.20th Century Fox's talent executives were impressed with Lara's abilities and attractiveness. She was among some of the very first students of their newly created in-house star building school. Lara was signed in December of 1966, and received promotional backing from the studio. However, by 1971 she was left abandoned in career, and then decided to try her luck behind the scenes. Lara eventually wound-up working directly for Producer Saul David as his assistant. A relationship developed from their time at 20th Century Fox. Saul personally cast her in his film Logan's Run (1976) as The Woman Runner. It also marked her final appearance in a Hollywood film. Hide