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united states 97lbs katie strassman american 5 ft 2.5 in -lrb- 159 cm -rrb- 23 october 1951 playing lianna in '' the fantastic journey '' katie a saylor.gif katie saylor
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katie saylor

katie saylor -lrb- born october 23 , 1951 -rrb- is a former american actress .
adopted as a baby by fashion designer larry aldrich , saylor was born and raised in connecticut and studied with the american theater wing/academy of dramatic arts in new york city and at the shelton actors lab in san francisco .
after beginning her acting career in off-broadway theatre , saylor relocated to los angeles in 1973 and worked primarily as a b movie actress prior to landing the female lead in the nbc-tv science fiction series `` the fantastic journey '' .
the show began filming december 26 , 1976 , and premiered on february 3 , 1977 .
saylor 's character lianna , `` daughter of an atlantean father and an extraterrestrial mother '' , was introduced in the second episode .
she appeared in all subsequent episodes through episode six .
she was absent from episode seven , the last broadcast in its original time slot before the series ' cancellation .
an eighth episode was broadcast june 16 , 1977 , but it did not include saylor .
saylor married attorney harvey strassman in november 1976 .
strassman represented noah dietrich in dietrich 's lawsuit against his long-time employer howard hughes .
it has been alleged that saylor died of cancer in 1991 , but her father 's 2001 obituary in `` the new york times '' indicates that at the time , she was a surviving daughter .
also , there are current reports that harvey strassman and katie strassman reside in the studio city neighborhood of los angeles .
