Background
Lisa Freeman was born in Los Angeles and grew up in coastal communities between Los Angeles and Hawaii, where her father Leonard Freeman created and produced the iconic television series, Hawaii Five-O.
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Freeman embarked in an acting career after graduating from Palisades High School. Freeman performed at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood and appeared regularly on the Rick Dees in the Morning radio show. Freeman’s most notable film credits include Mr.
Mom, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, and Back to the Future I and World War II In 1980, she made her acting and television debut on an episode of Knots Landing.
Freeman landed her first recurring television role in the series In Trouble, co-starring with Nancy Cartwright and Deena Freeman (no relation). Freeman was also part of the Los Angeles underground spoken word scene and performed with Harvey Kubernick, Exene Cervenka, and Drew Steele of The Surf Punks.
Her albums include Hollyword, Neighborhood Rhythms, and her solo effort, Rough Road, all produced on New Alliance Records. After a decade in front of the camera, Freeman left acting to pursue academia and a writing career.
She began working with Kate Braverman in 1990 at the Los Angeles Writers Workshop, which soon led to academic studies at Antioch University, where she earned her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts in Fiction and Pedagogy in the Art of Writing.
Membership
She was a student of Jeff Corey, Mary Carver, Joanne Baron, and a member of the Harvey Lembeck Comedic Workshop.
