Linda Harrison (actress)

Linda Melson Harrison is an American actress, internationally renowned for her role as Nova, Charlton Hestons mute mate in the classic 1968 science fiction film Planet of the Apes and the first sequel, Beneath the Planet of the Apes she also had a cameo in Tim Burtons 2001 remake of the original. She was the second wife of legendary film producer Richard D. Zanuck her youngest son is producer Dean Zanuck .

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 Joan. The Harrisons, like Lindas maternal Melson ancestors, had a long history in the Delmarva region. According to Ancestry.com, the Melson family were mid17th century immigrants to Maryland from Melsonby St James in North Yorkshire. The AngloWelsh Harrisons had been resident for generations in West Kirby, Cheshire, when one Richard Harrison , son of another Richard Harrison , emigrated in the early 17th century from West Kirby to the New Haven Colony in what is now Connecticut, thence to Maryland. Richards direct descendant, Harrisons paternal grandfather, Joseph G. Harrison, and Josephs older brother, Orlando Harrison , established J.G. Harrison amp Sons Nurseries, which were, at one time, the largest fruit

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