Lisa Gerritsens acting career spanned the years of 1968 to around 1977 She was introduced to acting in a local summer parks department production when she was eight Soon afterward she began pursuing a professional career Encouraged by her mother and grandfather veteran screenwriter True Boardman she weathered the disappointments of numerous casting calls until she landed her first professional role in an episode of Doris comédie 1968 in 1968 She went on to gueststar in several TV shows including Bonanza 1959 The Courtship of Eddies Father 1969 Le Virginien1962 and Cher oncle Bill 1966 to name just a few She was also cast in several episodes of Gunsmoke 1955 one of which helped her to land a regular role in the 1969 NBC comedy series My World and Welcome to It 1969 which starred William Windom and Joan Hotchkis In 1970 she was cast in her most notable role Bess Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970 She appeared in a total of ten episodes between 19701975 Lisa went on to reprise the role of Bess as a regular in the 19751977 spinoff series Phyllis 1975 In addition to her numerous TV appearances she also was cast in several movies She made her first bigscreen appearance in Airport 1970 playing the role of Burt Lancasters daughter Libby Bakersfeld Her most memorable movie role was as Linda in The War Between Men and Women 1972 which starred Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris She also starred in several other movies including Les hurlements de la forêt 1971 Locusts 1974 and Mixed Company 1974 IMDb Mini Biography
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