American actress and director
Daughter of the actor Jerry Hardin and the teacher/manager Diane Hardin.
Attended Rocamora School.
Younger sister of producer Shawn Hardin.
Daughters: Rory Jackson (born 29 September 2001) and Piper Quincey Jackson.
Was cast as "Jennifer Parker" in Back to the Future after actress Claudia Wells dropped out of the film during preproduction. Wells had recently filmed a television pilot ( "Off the Rack" ) that had been picked up by ABC for a six-episode run and the shooting schedules would have conflicted. Melora never shot a single frame of the movie, however; she was let go when Eric Stoltz was replaced by Michael J. Fox as the original Marty McFly because she was considered too tall to be his girlfriend. Wells was then brought back as Martys girlfriend when her series didnt get picked up by ABC for a full season.
Has a niece named Cleo Elizabeth Hardin.
Sister-in-law of Kara Meyers.
Acting coach. Students included Jody Stevenson.
Like her father Jerry Hardin , she has made guest appearances on "Little House on the Prairie" , "Murder, She Wrote" , "Matlock" , "Quantum Leap" , "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" "Diagnosis Murder" and "The Division" .
Appeared in a PSA for Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE).
I do believe everyone on this earth is an artist - some people more than,others. But I do believe we are all artists in a certain way. We all,have unique abilities. There are people who are meant to make it their,life and that is a different kind of person who would choose to be on,that path.
