Ali MacGraw
Ali MacGraw got her start doing commercials. In 1970, she landed her first big role as Jenny in the film Love Story. Though the film was a success, MacGraw only went on to star in three more movies over the next ten years: Convoy, The Getaway, and Players. More recently, she appeared in the 1997 film Glam, and even reunited with her Love Story costar Ryan O’Neal, when they both took part in the stage production Love Letters.
Loni Anderson
Loni Anderson also experienced a bit of a slow start, spending most of the 70’s performing in bit roles on television. However, in 1978, she got her big break as Jennifer in WKRP in Cincinnati. After that, she acted in Partners in Crime, Easy Street, and the made for television movie, White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd. Anderson most recently starred alongside comedian Bridget Everett in Amazon’s Love You More.