Ann Dusenberry
Actor · Born September 13, 1953 (73) · Tucson, Arizona, USA
Ann Dusenberry (born September 13, 1953) is an American film, television, and stage actress. As a young child Ann’s desire to work in the theatre was deeply nurtured at the local YWCA in Tucson, Arizona where she studied classical theatre with Mary MacMurtrie, performing in plays twice a year until she was 14. She came west to Los Angeles to complete her bachelor’s degree in theatre arts at Occidental College. With 8 years of summer repertory theatre at Occidental and her degree in hand Ann made her foray into Hollywood. She auditioned at Universal Studios and secured a position as an actor under contract there. Between 1976 and 1980 Ann was seen in most every television show Universal made, including ‘Remington Steele’, ‘Simon and Simon’, ‘Murder She Wrote’ and ‘Matlock’. Ann starred in Universal’s made for television mini-series “Little Women” and several other films for TV. While under contract with the studio Ann co-starred in “Jaws II”, and was loaned out to other studios to star in their films. Those films include “Cutter’s Way” with Jeff Bridges and “Heartbeat” with Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek. Her most memorable television series was “Life with Lucy” in which she played Lucille Ball’s daughter. While in L.A., Ann starred at the Los Angeles Theatre Company in Israel Horowitz’ “Strong Man’s Weak Child”, and Derek Walcott’s “Viva Detroit”. Before moving to Santa Barbara Ann went back to school to study psychology and received her MA in Marriage and Family Therapy. Ann then put her career on hold, married Brad Fiedel, a film composer, and became mother to two girls, Alixandra and Zoe. As her children have grown, Ann has ventured back into the theatre in Santa Barbara performing at the Garvin Theatre in “You Can’t Take It with You”, and at the Jerkowitz Theatre in “Anton in Show Business”. Ann has enjoyed working with young people in the theatre here in Santa Barbara. She has directed and produced plays at the Waldorf School that include “Romeo and Juliet”, “The Importance of Being Ernest”, “Much Ado About Nothing”, A Comedy of Errors” among others. Ann is currently serving as Artistic Director of Actors’ Conservatory Theatre in Santa Barbara where she lives.
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 13, 1953 (73)
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Actor
- 17 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
What are Ann Dusenberry's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 4
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 0 · Charged 6 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 2
A split, not a type: Resolved 3 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Heraldas Stevie in Heart Beat (1980)
- Allyas Donna in The Secret War of Jackie's Girls (1980)
- Allyas Jeannie in Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981)
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet3
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ann Dusenberry's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 17 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (6).
Subscription and free streaming for Ann Dusenberry's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
34 credits, 17 with a MovieCove page.
Play Nice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Life with Lucy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Men's Club(1986)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Long Time Gone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Matlock(1986)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
Basic Training (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
MacGruder and Loud (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
He's Not Your Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Murder, She Wrote(1984)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Lies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Close Ties (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Confessions of a Married Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Remington Steele(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Movie Madness(1982)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Killjoy(1981)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Cutter's Way(1981)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Magnum, P.I.(1980)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Heart Beat(1980)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Trapper John, M.D. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Desperate Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Little Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Jaws 2(1978)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Goodbye, Franklin High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Tarzana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
The Possessed(1977)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Captains and the Kings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)
White Line Fever(1975)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
Emergency!(1972)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
McCloud(1970)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 73rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 34 titles from 1970 to 1992; peak year 1982.
Film career
Peak 1982 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1975Screen debut· White Line Fever
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ann Dusenberry's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 30th percentile, the median of all 10; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up2
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th4
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 17 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Universally Panned1
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the acting 57/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Ann Dusenberry work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ann Dusenberry's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Ann Wedgeworth shares the most, 2.
Actors
- Ann WedgeworthShared titles: Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981), Killjoy (1981)See all 2 shared titles with Ann Wedgeworth
- John HeardShared titles: Cutter's Way (1981), Heart Beat (1980)See all 2 shared titles with John Heard
Composers
- Jack NitzscheShared titles: Cutter's Way (1981), Heart Beat (1980)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Nitzsche
