- When she was a teenager, her mother was very struck by an attractive actor on television and told Loni that was the kind of guy she ought to marry. The actor's name was Burt Reynolds, who she eventually did marry.
- Growing up with parents who smoked and were affected with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, she became the spokesperson for the National Lung Health Education Program's campaign and COPDTogether to increase awareness about COPD and caregiver support.
- Auditioned for the role of Chrissy Snow on Three's Company (1976), which went to Suzanne Somers.
- Possesses a massive collection of Snow White miniatures and other Disney memorabilia, animation art, dolls, music boxes, plates and dachshund figures (which she inherited from her mother) that occupies a sizable room in her home.
- Has an adopted son, Quinton A. Reynolds (aka Quinton Anderson Reynolds), b. 8/31/88, with former husband, Burt Reynolds.
- Won a bushel of local beauty contests as a teenager, including her hometown Miss Roseville pageant in 1963 which allowed her to compete (and become a finalist) in the Miss Minnesota competition. Among her other, less prestigious, titles were; Miss Thermo-Jac Clothing, Miss Thom McCann Shoes, Miss County Style Ford, Miss No Frost Eskimo and Queen of the Hole-In-One.
- As a high school senior, she was voted Valentine Queen of her school's winter formal.
- Described her early development and subsequent decision to have breast reduction surgery as follows,: "When I was 14 my measurements were 37D-20-32. Now I feel more in proportion at 36-24-36 instead of outrageous".
- On 1/16/08 she was engaged to her former flame, Bob Flick. They first met at a movie premiere when she was 17 and a model. They dated for six months before they married on 5/17/08.
- Attended and graduated from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, MN.
- Grandmother of McKenzie Hoffman and Megan Hoffman.
- Mother of Deidre Hoffman with her first husband, Bruce Hasselberg.
- Along with Anita Bryant and Joey Heatherton, Miss Anderson sang "Thanks for the Memory" with new lyrics written by Kathryn Stone at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood, California for a memorial service honoring the memory of Bob Hope. (August 2003)
- Attended and graduated from Alexander Ramsey High School in Roseville, MN, class of 1963.
- Has English and Swedish ancestry and was raised Lutheran.
- Had worked as a schoolteacher to support herself and her daughter, while completing her college education.
- Has appeared in two remakes of Jeanne Crain's films, Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and A Letter to Three Wives (1949), although she did not play Crain's character in either films.
- Mentioned in The Stakeout (1990).
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