Co-star Meredith MacRae, who joined the show in 1966, said in a 1960s interview that she and Lori were very close, "like the Bobbsey twins", since they were both married and had each replaced another actress on the series.

[3] In 2015, she appeared in a MeTV commercial promoting Petticoat Junction, along with fellow cast members Linda Kaye Henning and Gunilla Hutton.

[citation needed] In her early television years, Saunders appeared five times (credited as Linda Marie Hines) as four different characters on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

She appeared in the 1970 episode "Bringing Up Josh" of Daniel Boone, and also in the anthology series Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre.

Other films include: A Day at the White House (1972), So Sad About Gloria (1973),[4] Captive (1980), The Girls on the Beach, (1965) and Mara of the Wilderness (1965, as Linda Saunders).