Lisa Lucas (born 1961) is an American former

child actress The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated ...

best known for her role as "Addie Mills" in the Emmy-winning Christmas television special, ''

The House Without a Christmas Tree ''The House Without a Christmas Tree'' is a 1972 television movie, novelized into a children's book by Gail Rock in 1974, that centers on the relationship between Adelaide "Addie" Mills (Lisa Lucas), a bright and energetic only child, and her mela ...

''.

Career

Lucas also played Shirley MacLaine's daughter in the 1977 film '' The Turning Point'', and

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's daughter in 1978 film ''

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''. In its review of ''An Unmarried Woman'', ''

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'' said the part of the daughter was "smartly embodied by sharp-featured young actress Lisa Lucas" and Lucas was nominated for the

New York Film Critics Circle Award The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York ''Daily News''. Its membership includes over 30 film critics from New York-based daily and weekly newspapers, magazi ...

for Best Supporting Actress. Lucas also had roles in the films ''

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'' (1983) and ''

Heart and Souls ''Heart and Souls'' is a 1993 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Ron Underwood. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Thomas Reilly, a businessman recruited by the souls of four deceased people, his guardian angels from childhood, to ...

'' (1993), the 1976 PBS series ''

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'' and the 1980 television film ''A Perfect Match''. In 2002, Lucas appeared in a Denver stage production of '' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Lisa Living people American child actresses American television actresses American film actresses American stage actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 1961 births