Louan Gideon

Louan Gideon
Born	(1955-11-12)November 12, 1955 Erath County, Texas, U.S.
Died	February 3, 2014(2014-02-03) (aged 58) Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater	Baylor University (1978)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–2013
Spouse	Walt Borchers ​ ​ (m. 2011; died 2014)​

Louan Gideon (November 12, 1955 – February 3, 2014) was an American actress best known for her role as antagonist Danielle Atron on Nickelodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack. She was also the last actress to play Liza Walton Sentell on the long-running soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

Biography

Born in Erath County, Texas, Gideon was a jazz singer in Europe and Asia before becoming an actress in the US. Gideon earned Bachelor of Arts degree at Baylor University in Waco, Texas (1978); she majored in oral communications (radio-television-film). In her freshman year, she was voted as a "Baylor Beauty" - rare for a freshman.

In 2006, she left Los Angeles for the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina, where she continued her career as a writer and stage actress. She successfully battled breast cancer in 2009, and in 2011 married her long-time partner, veteran entertainment executive Walt Borchers. The ceremony took place in Lake Como, Italy, and was presided over by their close friend Bryan Cranston. Her cancer returned in late 2013 and she died surrounded by loved ones on February 3, 2014, at age 58.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Easy Wheels	Molly Wolf
1993	Airborne	Mrs. Goosen
1999	P.U.N.K.S.	Ms. Grimes
1999	Treehouse Hostage	Mrs. Stevens
2013	10 Rules for Sleeping Around	Laura

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–86	Search for Tomorrow	Liza Walton Sentell	Regular role
1989	Where There's a Will	Cavatina Andretti	TV film
1989	Dragnet	Cheryl Dodds	"Cardiac Arrest"
1990	Night Court	Sonia Blair	"Can't Buy Me Love"
1991	They Came from Outer Space	Dr. B. L. Hinton	"Play Doctor"
1991	Eerie, Indiana	Betty Wilson	"Foreverware"
1991	Princesses	Wanda	"Luv Leddahs"
1991	Get a Life	Tammy	"Meat Locker 2000"
1992	Night Court	Heidi	"Party Girl: Part 2", "Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2"
1992	Saved by the Bell	Mrs. Becky Belding	"Earthquake"
1993	Beverly Hills, 90210	Gina	"Midlife... Now What?"
1994	One West Waikiki	Commander Benson	"Til Death Do Us Part"
1994–98	The Secret World of Alex Mack	Danielle Atron	Recurring role
1995	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Mrs. Belding	"The Christmas Gift"
1996	L.A. Firefighters	Donna Ryan	"So What Else Happened"
1996	The Home Court	Lisa	"Laborer of Love"
1996	Dark Skies	Tammy	"Dreamland"
1997	Seinfeld	Mrs. Hamilton	"The Millennium"
1998	The Tom Show	Maylee	"Tom vs. the PTA", "The Band"
2001	Sabrina, the Teenage Witch	Eleanor	"Tick-Tock Hilda's Clock"
2001	Six Feet Under	Grieving Woman	"Life's Too Short"
2003	Joan of Arcadia	Val Wyatt	"The Fire and the Wood"
2004	Malcolm in the Middle	Woman	"Dewey's Special Class"

External links

• Louan Gideon at IMDb