Updated: August 05, 2023

Deanna Lund ( born May 30, 1937 ) is an American film and television actress best remembered for her role in the Irwin Allen television series Land of the Giant's, where she played the character of Valerie Ames Scott. Early life after the series was cancelled, she married co-star Don Matheson, but they were divorced in the late 1970s. Their daughter Michele Matheson is an accomplished actress herself. Lund is an alum of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

In 1995, she dated Larry King, and the couple got engaged five weeks after they met. However, the relationship soon broke off. Career Valerie in Giantland, a novella written by Lund, is based on the Land of the Giant's series, and set ten years later; written from the point of view of Lund's character, Valerie Ames. She also played the lead role in the 1989 Christmas horror film Elves.