StatsBirth Name: Lisa S. Blount Born: 1 July 1957 Died: 27 October 2010 Born and residing in:  United States Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
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Blount was raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas. She started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song (1969). After graduating from Jacksonville High School and studying theatre at Valdosta State University, she landed several small television roles.
She is likely best-remembered for her film role as Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman. Another memorable role was that of Jim Profit's outrageous stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the short-lived but critically acclaim
Blount was raised in Jacksonville, Arkansas. She started working in show business with her debut in Sam's Song (1969). After graduating from Jacksonville High School and studying theatre at Valdosta State University, she landed several small television roles.
She is likely best-remembered for her film role as Lynette Pomeroy in An Officer and a Gentleman. Another memorable role was that of Jim Profit's outrageous stepmother Bobbi Stakowski in the short-lived but critically acclaimed Fox TV series Profit. She starred in Prince of Darkness as the love interest to Jameson Parker, who would play a more important role in the story as it progressed. She appeared in season two (1986) of Moonlighting in the episode, "Sleep Talkin' Guy".
Blount later became a producer and, along with her husband Ray McKinnon, won the Academy Award for best live action short film for the 2001 film, The Accountant. That film also credits her as wardrobe mistress. Blount produced and acted in the film Chrystal, starring Billy Bob Thornton.
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Grew up in Jacksonville, Arkansas, and graduated from Jacksonville High School in 1975.
Voted "Favorite Female Newcomer" in 1983 by "US" magazine readers poll.
Quit high school at age sixteen and enrolled at the University of Arkansas despite not having a high school diploma.
Film career began at age 17 when, as a college student at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, she was cast by director James Bridges to play a James Dean-obsessed goth girl in September 30, 1955 (1977).
Was known as the "scream queen" star of a few 80s horror movies.
Best remembered as the cynical, ambitious but insecure best friend to Debra Winger whose paramour (played by David Keith) commits suicide when Lisa's character refuses to marry him because he has dropped out of the Navy's officer's training program in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982).
Her brother Greg Blount appeared on one episode of "American Gladiators" (1989) but was injured and unable to participate further.
Married to actor/writer/director Ray McKinnon in 1998, she executive produced The Accountant (2001) which was written and directed by McKinnon and won the Oscar for "best live action short".
Lisa Blount's second cousin is conservative filmmaker and inventor Cody G. Carson who is best known for being the founder of the Arkansas Movie Makers Organization (AMMO).
Lisa's mother, Louise, who found her daughter dead, claims that at the time of her daughter's death, she (Lisa) was suffering from idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), in which low levels of platelets keep blood from clotting and lead to bleeding and bruising.
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