Linda Hardisty

was an American who worked in Japan as an actress and English teacher. She played Dorothy Anderson in Ultraseven.
==Career==
Born in Boise, Idaho, Linda became an international student in Sophia University, Japan. In 1968, she appeared in Ultraseven, in episode 1 of Key Hunter as Elena, and in the Japan/US joint movie Green Slime as an unnamed nurse. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in English from the Boise State College in 1970, but is stated to have lived in Japan for several years, teaching English to Japanese students.
==Death==
On August 29, 1986, Hardisty passed away from a perforated ulcer at the age of 39 years old in Battle Ground, Washington, where she had been living for three years.http://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.my/2015/07/a-tribute-to-ultra-seven-actress-linda.htmlhttps://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2015/08/linda-hardisty-update-obituary-surfaces.html Her remains were cremated there, and she was survived by her mother and three sisters.
This information was discovered in July and August 2015 by journalist Brett Homenick. As Yuriko Hishimi had been searching for information on Hardisty, once tweeting that she had found a photo of her,https://twitter.com/ANNEinfinity/status/627074124272107521 she invited Homenick and others to her restaurant.https://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2015/08/celebrating-life-of-linda-hardisty-with.html He would later interview a friend of Hardisty's in 2016,https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2016/11/19/linda-hardisty-celebrated-author-mike-worley-remembers-the-beloved-ultra-seven-actress/ and the interview was translated into Japanese for an Ultraseven fan magazine.https://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicker.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-new-interview-in-pointer-magazine-new.html
==Roles==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1968	Ultraseven	Dorothy Anderson	Episode 14 "The Ultra Guard Goes West: Part 1"Episode 15 "The Ultra Guard Goes West: Part 2"
==References==
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