As TV Tropes (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HollywoodHypeMachine) likes to put it (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/HollywoodHypeMachine/ExamplesThatDidntHoldUp):
Loni Anderson (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/LoniAnderson) nabbed her Star-Making Role (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StarMakingRole) in 1978 as the savvy receptionist Jennifer Marlowe in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/WKRPInCincinnati). Anderson (https://www.filmboards.com/board/20000756/) remained onboard the series for its entire duration and was nominated twice for an Emmy Award (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/EmmyAward) for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. However, her career after it concluded went nowhere as the bulk of her post-WKRP TV appearances were recurring or guest spots. Her attempt at becoming a movie star failed when Stroker Ace (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/StrokerAce), which she starred in opposite Burt Reynolds (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/BurtReynolds) (whom she was briefly married to after this film was made), bombed badly with critics and audiences alike in 1983, with Anderson getting nominated for a Worst Actress Golden Raspberry Award (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/GoldenRaspberryAward). She too has only worked intermittently since the '90s.