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Lisa Gerritsen (born December 21, 1957) is a former American child actress. She is most famous for her role as Bess, the independent-minded daughter of Phyllis Lindstrom on ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show;'' she later carried the role over into the spinoff ''Phyllis.'' ==Biography== She was born Lisa Orszag, and is the granddaughter of child actor and screenwriter True Boardman, and the great-granddaughter of silent film actors True Boardman and Virginia True Boardman. Her acting career began when she was eight years old. Encouraged by her mother and grandfather, and after running the gamut of numerous casting calls, she landed her first professional role in an episode of ''The Doris Day Show'' in 1968. After ''The Doris Day Show'', Gerritsen had guest-star or cameo appearances in several television shows including ''The Odd Couple,'' ''Bonanza'', ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'', ''The Virginian'' and ''Family Affair''. She was also cast in several episodes of ''Gunsmoke'', one of which helped her to land a regular role in the 1969 NBC comedy series ''My World and Welcome to It'', which starred William Windom and Joan Hotchkis. The show was based on the cartoons and comedy of author James Thurber. On the December 28, 1970, ''Gunsmoke'' episode entitled "Jenny," Gerritsen played a 10-year-old who leaves St. Louis after the death of her mother to find her outlaw father, Lucas Pritchard, portrayed by Steve Ihnat. In 1970, she was cast as Bess Lindstrom, daughter of landlord Phyllis Lindstrom (Cloris Leachman) in ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show'', for which she received critical acclaim. Bess was a precocious child whose mother believed in progressive parenting — Bess always called Phyllis by her first name, read Phyllis' books on child rearing, and was educated on sexuality, etc.〔 Gerritsen returned in the role in the spinoff series ''Phyllis'' (1975–1977). In addition to her television roles, she also was cast in several movies. She made her first big-screen appearance in ''Airport'', playing the role of Libby Bakersfeld. She also appeared as Linda in ''The War Between Men and Women'', which starred Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris. Lemmon's character was loosely based on the life of author James Thurber.〔(The War Between Men and Women (1972) )〕 She lives with her husband, John Rustan,〔(Lisa Gerritsen - Biography )〕 (married 2000) and a son in northern California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lisa Gerritsen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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