FrameThrower · Actors · Audra Lindley
Audra Lindley
2 films · 60 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1971–1985
Born 24 September 1918 · Los Angeles, California, USA · died 16 October 1997
Audra Marie Lindley was an American actress, most famous for her role as landlady Helen Roper on the sitcom Three's Company and its spin-off, The Ropers.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Lindley was the daughter of show business parents. She got her early start in Hollywood by being a stand-in, which eventually progressed to stunt work. Nothing panned out, and she went to New York in her mid-20s to work in theater. Among her many Broadway plays were: On Golden Pond, Playhouse 90, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Horse Heavens. She took time off to get married and raise five children.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 60 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Audra takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 48% of their frames are day, 48% natural — the look of the work Audra takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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