# Katherine Cannon

Katherine Cannon (born September 6, 1953, in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American actress.

## Career

Cannon's early roles included Hawaii Five-O (episode: "Time and Memories", 10/7/1970), Fools' Parade (1971), Private Duty Nurses (1971), Women in Chains (1972) Emergency! (1973) and Baa Baa Black Sheep. She appeared in two Barnaby Jones episodes, titled "Dangerous Summer" (02/11/1975) and "Killer on Campus" (03/24/77), respectively. She appeared in a recurring role on CHiPs (1978, 1979, and 1981) as female trucker Robbie Davis.
She first attracted notice in High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane (1980) playing Amy Kane. She later played schoolteacher Mae Woodward in the TV series, Father Murphy, and appeared in the sci-fi thriller The Hidden in 1987. She is currently best known for playing Felice Martin, the cheating and domineering mother of Donna Martin (Tori Spelling), on the long-running teen series, Beverly Hills, 90210.

## Personal life

Cannon was born on September 6, 1953, in Hartford, Connecticut. The daughter of a ballroom dancer, Cannon was raised in Laguna Beach, California. She was introduced to acting by Judy Farrell, wife of actor Mike Farrell.
In 1974, Cannon married commercial director Richard Chambers. The couple had one son, Colin Thomas Chambers, before divorcing in 1980. In 2001, she remarried, to actor Dean Butler who played Almanzo Wilder for several seasons on Little House on the Prairie. They met when Cannon auditioned for the female lead in the Michael Landon series Father Murphy.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | Private Duty Nurses | Spring | |
| 1971 | Fools' Parade | Chanty | |
| 1974 | Real Pleasure | Ericca | |
| 1984 | The Red Fury | Amelia | |
| 1987 | The Hidden | Barbara Becker | |
| 1993 | The Hidden II | Barbara Beck | Archive footage |
| 2002 | Shattered Lies | Betty Holt | |
| 2003 | Down the Barrel | Darla | |
| 2015 | Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Laura Ingalls Wilder | voice role |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1969 | The Survivors | Shelia Riley | 2 episodes |
| 1970 | Medical Center | Nancy | Episode: "The V.D. Story" |
| 1970, 1978 | Hawaii Five-O | Melissa Cole / Joan Wallis | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | The Young Lawyers | Penny Graham | Episode: "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down" |
| 1971 | Monty Nash | Gail Reynolds | Episode: "The Ambassador's Daughter" |
| 1971 | Bearcats! | Amy Latimer | Episode: "Bitter Flats" |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Christy Griswold | Episode: "The Allen Land" |
| 1972 | Women in Chains | Alice | Television film |
| 1972 | Assignment Vienna | Cindy | Episode: "Hot Potato" |
| 1973 | Emergency! | Mrs. Barton | Episode: "Audit" |
| 1973 | Gunsmoke | Susan | Episode: "Susan Was Evil" |
| 1973, 1975 | Ironside | Isabel Fredericks / Vicki Dunhill | 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Can Ellen Be Saved | Ellen Lindsey | Television film |
| 1974 | Cannon | Cheryl Blythe | Episode: "The Deadly Trail" |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Mary-Beth Hall | Episode: "Flags of Terror" |
| 1975–1977 | Barnaby Jones | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1977 | Most Wanted | Eileen Carson | Episode: "The White Collar Killer" |
| 1977 | Future Cop | Helen | Episode: "Girl on the Ledge" |
| 1977 | Lucan | Penny | Episode: "The Search" |
| 1977–1978 | Black Sheep Squadron | Dottie Dixon | 7 episodes |
| 1978 | Battlestar Galactica | Vella | Episode: "The Lost Warrior" |
| 1978 | Sword of Justice | Alice | Episode: "Judgement Day" |
| 1978–1981 | CHiPs | Robbie Davis / Mary Kate | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | B. J. and the Bear | Joanne | Episode: "The Murphy Contingent" |
| 1979 | The Runaways | Patricia | Episode: "Throwaway Child" |
| 1979 | The Incredible Hulk | Jackie Swan | Episode: "Metamorphosis" |
| 1980 | High Ice | Sandy | Television film |
| 1980 | B.A.D. Cats | Donna | Episode: "Life and Death of a Beauty Queen" |
| 1980 | The Contender | Jill Sindon | 5 episodes |
| 1980 | High Noon, Part II: The Return of Will Kane | Amy Kane | Television film |
| 1980, 1983 | Magnum, P.I. | Marsha Mackenzie / Linda Booton | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Gabe and Walker | Cassie | Television film |
| 1981–1983 | Father Murphy | Mae Woodward/Murphy | 34 episodes |
| 1982 | Will: G. Gordon Liddy | Fran Liddy | Television film |
| 1984 | Hotel | Dana Peterson | Episode: "Memories" |
| 1984 | The Red-Light Sting | Diane Marks | Television film |
| 1984 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Linda Shelton | Episode: "Dead Card Down" |
| 1984 | Matt Houston | DiDi Adams | Episode: "Deadly Games" |
| 1985 | Riptide | Sally Jennings | Episode: "The Twisted Cross" |
| 1985 | Airwolf | Megan Ravenson | Episode: "Fortune Teller" |
| 1986, 1990 | Hunter | Karen Brandt / Gail Morton | 2 episodes |
| 1986–1991 | Matlock | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 1986–1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Various roles | 5 episodes |
| 1988 | HeartBeat | Priscilla Gorshalk | 3 episodes |
| 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | Mrs. Hogan | Episode: "Wally's Game" |
| 1989, 1992 | Empty Nest | Laura / Dr. Kenney | 2 episodes |
| 1990 | Hardball | Monica Whitmore | Episode: "A Killer Date" |
| 1990 | Columbo | June Clark | Episode: "Columbo Goes to College" |
| 1990 | Matters of the Heart | Hope Harper | Television film |
| 1991 | Jake and the Fatman | Vicki Blane | Episode: "You Don't Know Me" |
| 1991 | Dallas | Beth Krebbs | Episode: "Conundrum" |
| 1991 | In the Heat of the Night | Faye Darnelle | Episodes: "An Eye for an Eye" |
| 1992 | Doogie Howser, M.D. | Dr. Julie Ross | Episode: "That's What Friends Are For" |
| 1992–2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Felice Martin | 40 episodes |
| 1992 | Blossom | Doris | Episode: "Kids" |
| 1997 | High Tide | Vivianne | Episode: "Two Barretts and a Baby" |
| 1997 | Mike Hammer, Private Eye | Mrs. Phillips | Episode: "Beat Street" |
| 1998 | JAG | Evelyn Clancy | Episode: "With Intent to Die" |
| 1998 | Seven Days | Grandma | 2 episodes |
| 2004 | She Spies | Galina West | Episode: "Wedding of the Century" |