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Having been bitten by the acting bug when she was just 11 years old, Christine Nguyen now makes her home in Los Angeles, California, where she works as an actress and model. Her first roles were in local school and theatre plays in her hometown of Houston, Texas. From there, Christine went on to train at the Los Angeles branch of the Australian Institute of Dramatic Arts. Christine has appeared in dozens of promos, infomercials, shorts, webisodes, episodics, commercials and features which have aired on CBS, NBC, FOX, Comedy Central, SPIKE, HBO, G4, Discovery, Showtime and theaters worldwide. Beyond acting, Christine is also a voiceover artist, host, spokesmodel, model and master of improv. Her full resume and any work-related questions may be obtained by sending an inquiry on the CONTACT page of her personal website and her representative will get back to you.- Actress
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Julie K Smith was born in Nuremberg, West Germany. Began acting at the age of 9. She is one of four girls to do both Playboy & Penthouse Magazine. She is considered the B-movie Parody Queen. She has worked w/ all the great B-movie Directors including the late great Russ Meyer. She continues to star in mostly late night T.V. Although she has recently added Producing, and writing to her Resume.- Actress
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Gorgeously voluptuous, buxom and shapely knockout Cynthia Brimhall was born on March 10, 1964 in Ogden, Utah. She was raised in Utah and attended public schools in her home state. Cynthia eventually moved to Hollywood, California. Brimhall first gained widespread public attention as a Playmate of the Month in the October, 1985 issue of "Playboy." Not surprisingly, Cynthia has appeared in a handful of "Playboy" related videos, posed for a sizable number of "Playboy" special editions, and has been featured in additional nude pictorials in subsequent issues of the popular men's magazine. Brimhall portrayed foxy nightclub owner and singer Edy Stark in six enjoyable low-budget action exploitation pictures for director Andy Sidaris: "Hard Ticket to Hawaii," "Picasso Trigger," "Guns," "Do or Die," "Hard Hunted," and "Fit to Kill." (She also sings songs on the soundtracks for most of these movies.) Moreover, Cynthia popped up as a model on the game-show "The New Price Is Right" from 1992 to 1993. Cynthia Brimhall has since gone on to become a successful showgirl in Las Vegas, Nevada: She starred in the adult song and dance revue "Skintight" at Harrah's from August, 2000 to September, 2001.- When Anheuser-Busch chose Amber Smith as the spokesperson for its new Michelob Ultra Amber lite beer, it was on a mission. Through posters, life-size standees and Point-of-purchase promotional materials, Amber's image was plastered across the nation. However, it was the 20-city "Meet Amber" tour that delivered on the campaign title!
A gifted high school student, Amber was discovered at an international modeling convention. The 15-year-old won and soon flew to Paris, where she worked hard and often and established a reputation for being passionate and expressive both on film and in print. Her "exotic" good looks drew the attention of top photographers such as the famous Helmut Newton, but it was her chameleon-like quality that got her on the covers of such prestigious magazines as "Vogue", "Elle", "Esquire", "Maxim" and "Playboy". Amber walked the runway for Chanel and represented Loreal Cosmetics and Wonderbra in their national advertising campaigns.
She then achieved the ultimate accolade for a fashion model: appearing in the coveted role of "Sports Illustrated" magazine's swimwear model. She has produced four award-winning calendars, two nationally released posters and a modeling documentary DVD, "Amber Smith Raw" (available in stores). Amber has already completed two movie scripts and has started on a how-to book that will contain her own stories, detailed experiences and opinions on the modeling and entertainment world.
After ripping through the modeling world, she added acting to her resume. She has worked with such acclaimed directors as Curtis Hanson, Abel Ferrara, Paul Mazursky and Barbra Streisand and landed parts in two Academy Award-winning movies, L.A. Confidential (1997) and American Beauty (1999), as well as a host of others. Her television credits include Just Shoot Me! (1997) and Friends (1994) (as "Amber Smith, Supermodel").
In 2005 E! Entertainment chose Amber for a reality show pilot, titled "The Amber Smith Project," which follows Amber's efforts to open up a modeling agency in Miami Beach. She also filmed yet another pilot, "The Anchorwoman," in which she will take over the life of a broadcast journalist. "The Anchorwoman" is in development.
She launched the 2006 Michelob Ultra Amber Lite beer "Meet Amber" campaign, which was created entirely around her. All promotional materials feature her image, name and signature. The "Meet Amber" national tour was launched the summer of 2006 through the end of the year. - Actress
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Shannon Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She rose to stardom as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine. In 1982, Shannon began her film career and also appeared in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She became Playmate of the Year in 1982. She was briefly involved with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner but has carried on a long-term relationship with KISS member Gene Simmons since 1983. Tweed and Simmons married in 2011. She has become somewhat of a "B" movie "queen", appearing in numerous low-budget "erotic thrillers" and adventure films. She and Simmons have two children, a son named Nicolas (b. 1989) and a daughter Sophie (b.1992).- Actress
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Ingrid García Jonsson was born in Skelleftea, Sweden and raised in Spain. She started working as an actress at a very young age but became known for the movie "Hermosa Juventud" (2014) for which she won and was nominated for several awards internationally. Since then she has been working in both major and independent productions, and successful TV-shows, building a very interesting career.- Actress
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Amy Lindsay was born on 3 September 1966 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and assistant director, known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Stranger Adventures (2006) and Forbidden Sins (1999). She was previously married to Hoyt Richards.- Actress
Adorable petite blonde looker Kym Malin was born on July 31, 1962 in Dallas, Texas. Malin was on the diving team in grade school and won the title "The Most Perfect Body in Texas" in a local beauty pageant. Kym was the Playmate of the Month in the May, 1982 issue of "Playboy." Following her "Playboy" stint she acted in a handful of movies. Kym was very funny as the slutty Lola in the amusing lowbrow comedy "Joysticks." Malin had small roles in the mainstream features "Mike's Murder," "Weird Science" (Kym did her own stunt where she gets sucked up a chimney and winds up being launched into a pool in this particular picture), "Die Hard," and "Road House." She acted in four low-budget action flicks for director Andy Sidaris: "Picasso Trigger," "Guns," "Enemy Gold," and "The Dallas Connection." Malin eventually returned to her native Texas and attended community college. Kym Malin now lives in upstate New York and manages a pediatrician's office.- Born and raised in New York of a wealthy Hong Kong based shipping dynasty. Attended the private all-girl Spence School. Studied at New York Law School. Joined law firm Millbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCoy. Abandoned legal practice in favour of show business around 1990, moved to Los Angeles and started appearing in B-movies.
- Shapely and statuesque blonde knockout Dona Speir was born on February 7, 1964 in Norwalk, California. The former high school gymnast and track star enjoyed an active career as an international model and brand ambassador before (and after) her selection as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in the March 1984.
Appearances in a series of videos produced by Playboy followed, as did additional pictorials in national and international issues of the popular men's magazine. When Hollywood came calling, Dona Speir made guest appearances on episodes of popular TV shows including "Mike Hammer," "Matt Houston," "Knight Rider," and "Married with Children." Her career as an actress found its stride-and a new fan base--with her portrayal of tough, gun-toting (fictional) federal drug enforcement agent Donna Hamilton in (7) seven action features for director Andy Sidaris: "Hard Ticket to Hawaii," "Picasso Trigger," "Savage Beach," "Guns," "Do or Die," "Hard Hunted," and "Fit to Kill." Additional roles as a hard-edged veteran model in "Click: The Calendar Girl Killer", along with smaller parts in the major motion films "Dragnet," "Mortuary Academy" and "Doin' Time, kept her active and in front of a camera through the 1990s.
As the 20th century became the 21st century, Dona Speir focused attention on her work as a spokesperson, motivational speaker and personal growth counselor including working as Personal Recovery Assistant (PRI). In 2018, she earned accreditation as a NCRCI, NCRCII, NCIP (Recovery Coach I, II, Interventions) and has made her service to the addiction and recovery community a top priority.
In 2019, Dona will embark on a North American media tour to coincide with the 35th anniversary of her Playboy centerfold, running at the same time as speaking engagements in support of her first book "Naked Truth: The Fall and Rise of Dona Speir". Still a California resident, Dona has added collecting rare mineral specimens to her list of passions, which include; riding Harley-Davidson motorcycles, contemporary art, adventure travel and an advocacy for animal rights and rescue. - Michelle Ruben was born on 15 September 1970 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She is an actress, known for Boat Trip (2002), NYPD Blue (1993) and Back by Midnight (2004). She has been married to Marcos Resto since 1 August 2014.
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Radio talk show host, "reality" TV host, film and TV producer, former high-fashion model, popular pin-up girl, actress and spokes model... Samantha ("Sam") Phillips is a 20 year veteran of the entertainment industry and a highly sought after radio and TV personality as the host of, "The Single Life with Sam Phillips" (2009); formerly a radio show on 97.1 FM Talk (2004-2009), now a 26 episode series airing on the premium HD cable network Mav TV (2009).
Sam began her mainstream hosting career in 2001 with the breakout hit show Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (2000), the relationship television series from Columbia Tri-Star. The show was billed as "The talk show that gets men and women to really talk!" and Sam was the co-host who would do the embarrassing demonstration, try the unknown or ask the question everyone was thinking but not saying. As the host of Xtreme Fakeovers (2005), (XFO) on PAX-TV, Sam and professional Hollywood make-up artist, Kevin Yagher transformed everyday people via prosthetics, body padding and elaborate special effects make-up (a la Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)) into a totally new person and then pulled elaborate hidden-camera pranks on their unsuspecting family family and friends (a la Punk'd (2003)). It was the everyday people practical joke show with the super bonus of Hollywood special effects.
Sam's radio career began at Xtra Sports Radio on "The Big Show with Steve Mason and John Ireland" (1998), which was also simulcast on Fox Sports West II. For the past decade 97.1 FM Talk has been Sam's radio home and in that time she's hosted 19 different shows. She's widely known as the modern day Dear Abby on the radio, except Sam's the cooler, hipper, hotter version. Speaking of hot, Sam's Penthouse Magazine Centerfold for June 1993 was published in more countries than any other Pet's. At the time, Bob Guccione predicted on his editors page that Sam's issue would become a collectors edition.
Sam got her experience for hosting from previous reporting, guest hosting and celebrity guest appearances on numerous shows, including a three year stint on Playboy Channel's "Sexcetera" (1998-2000), Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2007), Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew (2005), The Test (2001), CBS' The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999), FX Network, "The Howard Stern Show" (2004), "The Joan Rivers Show" (1995), "Jenny Jones" (1995),"The Maury Povich Show" (1994), "Hard Copy" (1994), "Inside Edition" (1996), "Extra" (1996), "Entertainment Tonight" (1996), and HBO. She has also been cast in a slew of music videos, including ones for ''Weird Al' Yankovic', 'Van Halen', Amy Grant, Mötley Crüe, Simply Red, Scorpions, The Doobie Brothers, Dave Koz, Iron Maiden, Jeff Foxworthy and Alice Cooper, to name a few.
Sam has also hosted and emceed many public events including "ASYM's 14th, 15th, and 16th Annual Spring and Benefit Awards Show" (2006-2009), "ASYM's 2nd - 6th Annual Hollywood Live Music Showcase" (2005-2009), "The Prism Awards" (2006), "The Diversity Awards" (2005-2006), "The Singles Festival (2003), "Your Night of Stars at Edwards Air Force Base" (2001), "Wilmington's Most Wanted Charity Event" (2001), and several years of "The Best of L.A. Festival" (1998-2000). Sam co-created and hosted the popular "Improv's Red Light Comedy District" (2002-2005), and she is famous for producing all the campy, T&A "Busty Cops" films that star all her centerfold friends and have a large fan following.
Her first gig as a leading lady in a motion picture came in London in 1987. Love Potion (1987) was the brainchild of Monty Python alumni Graham Chapman (writer, producer) and Julian Doyle (director). Sam enjoyed acting so she moved to Los Angeles, where she became a film veteran, having acted in over 40 movies. She has starred in Deceit (1990), Phantasm II (1988), Angel 4: Undercover (1994), The Other Man (1994) and Fallen Angel (1997), and has appeared in Weekend at Bernie's II (1993), Spy Hard (1996) and Rescue Me (1992), among many others. Most recently she co-starred in the N.Y. Independent Film Festival award winner Just for the Time Being (2000).
Sam Phillips is widely known as a 1980s pop icon after her recent appearance in Patrick McMullan's photographic diary of the decade entitled "So 80s." She began as an international teen modeling sensation and spent a decade working with Wilhelmina Models in New York, Paris, London and Japan. She became one of the most sought-after models of the time, appearing in magazines such as "Italian Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", "Lei", "Elle", "Mademoiselle" and "Seventeen". She was featured on ad campaigns for Jordache, Esprit, Sebastian Hair Care Products, and the #1 pantyhose company in Europe, DIM Pantyhose, to name just a few.- Daughter of English hair stylist Vidal Sassoon and American actress Beverly Adams, she was born and lived her tender years in Manhattan, New York, then in Los Angeles, California.
At 14, she dropped out of Beverly Hills High School to pursue a modeling career in New York, due to the persuasion of talent agent John Casablancas. She signed with the Prestige Agency and was considered with their best junior models, svelte and with beautiful gray eyes, and long reddish hair. She traveled to London with her father, and made that city her new hometown while modeling in Europe.
During a visit to Los Angeles, she was invited to do a film test, and soon she earned a nickname, the title of her first big movie, Tuff Turf (1985). Managing her schedules, she continued her fashion model career while taking part in TV series like Amazing Stories (1985), Out of This World (1987), Hardball (1989), and The Fanelli Boys (1990).
The big movies came next, and the first of a series of five films she signed for with producer Roger Corman. Angelfist (1993) was not her best film, but it certainly became popular and resisted two decades in video, portraying an undercover narcotics agent, Catara Lange (a name reminiscent of her real name, and Los Angeles), in the milieu of competitive and extreme martial arts. She invested for her new character by studying tae kwon do and arnis de mano, but did not fulfill her contract due to her premature death, during a New Year's Eve party.
Married twice, Catya Sassoon had three children: a son born in London, in 1995, and twin daughters Mycca and Syke born in the spring of 2000. - Tall (5'8"), buxom, and luscious blonde bombshell Peggy Trentini was born on June 22, 1960 in Wilmington, California and adopted by Reynold and Yolanda Trentine. Peggy started modeling right out of high school after being scouted by an agent; among the companies she did full-time modeling gigs for are Clairol, Target, Olga Lingerie, Ujena Swimwear, JC Penney, Sears, Catalina Swimwear, and Fredericks of Hollywood. Trentini made her film debut in 1982 with a small part in the comedy romp "Young Doctors in Love." Peggy played a member of the Swedish Bikini Team in a series of memorable TV commercials for Old Milwaukee Beer. In addition, she has made guest appearances on episodes of such TV shows as "Married with Children," "Erotic Confessions," "Beverly Hills Bordello," and "Nightcap." Trentini was featured in a pictorial for the January, 1992 issue of "Playboy." Moreover, Peggy was a Carson Art Player on "The Tonight Show" for three years. After retiring from acting in 2001, Trentini went on to obtain a BA and Real Estate License from college (she majored in business and minored in English literature). More recently Peggy wrote the autobiography "Once Upon a Star: Kiss and Tell Celebrity Stories." She lives in Orange County, California and owns her own real estate company.
- Stunning and statuesque 5'8" brunette Mia Zottoli was born on April 6, 1968 in Boston, Massachusetts. Zottoli was raised in a conservative Catholic family. Mia was both studious and athletic in her childhood days: She not only studied dance and did gymnastics, but also was a cheerleader. Zottoli graduated from college with a double major. After moving to Los Angeles, California in 1997, Mia landed an audition with Playboy. A subsequent career as an actress in various low-budget B movies and late night soft-core cable TV fare followed soon thereafter.
- Gorgeously buxom, sultry and voluptuous brunette looker Roberta Vasquez was born on February 13, 1963 in Los Angeles, California. She's of Mexican descent. Roberta was the Playmate of the Month in the November, 1984 issue of "Playboy." Vasquez subsequently appeared in a handful of "Playboy" videos and special edition publications. A former California state police officer (she played lady cop Heather Torres in the Clint Eastwood action vehicle "The Rookie"), Roberta is also a bodybuilder and martial artist. She popped up in the music video for "Born in East L.A." by Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. Vasquez acted in several enjoyably lowbrow exploitation features made in the 80s and 90s. Roberta portrayed sexy villainess Pantera in "Picasso Trigger" for director Andy Sidaris. Vasquez then played Federal agent Nicole Justin in four additional films for Sidaris: "Guns," "Do or Die," "Hard Hunted," and "Fit to Kill." Roberta Vasquez still occasionally appears as a guest at Glamourcon conventions.
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Cristina Umana was born on the 24th of December in Colombia. Today she is doing what she dreamed of as a child: acting. Known by the public for her performances as Robin, Paquita Gallego and Lorenza, she has achieved a decade of professional acting experience. Cristina has performed in theater, television and film.
Her first steps as an actress began with childhood games in her birthplace, Ibagué, Colombia. At age nine, Cristina moved to Bogotá, where she took part in short literature and theater workshops as well as dramatizing some of her pieces of homework at school. Her evident talent led her to become part of the school's ("Las esclavas del Sagrado Corazon de Jesus") theater group.
When she was 18 years old, Cristina decided to travel to Mexico to study acting. In Mexico, Cristina was granted a scholarship by the production company "Televisa", and during a three year period she studied and learned the acting profession at the company's Center for Artistic Education - CEA. There, she demonstrated her great talent and was involved in several end of term stage productions.
Nostalgia for family and friends motivated Cristina to move back to Colombia, where she was chosen to star in the youth series "Cartas a Harrison" by the then production company "Punch". Therafter, she was selected out of 40 actresses for the part of Robin in "La mujer del presidente", a Caracol TV production. These performances won her critical acclaim and as a result Cristina won the "Shock" and "Tv Novelas" awards that year.
Shortly after, production company RTI spotted Cristina's talent and gave her the starring role in the soap opera "Yo amo a Paquita Gallego". This production achieved great success and public acceptance, and as a result both the magazines "Tv y Novelas" and "Semana" voted Cristina as personality of the year.
During this period Cristina was also asked to star in Jorge Echevery's feature film: "Malamor". In this production Cristina plays the role of a confused teenager who develops destructive behaviors. The film won national public acceptance and was also featured at the Moscow film festival.
In addition to all this, Cristina continued training in order to reinforce her acting technique; she took short courses on dramaturgy, clown and physical training.
Having finished her work commitments in Colombia, Cristina soon left the country again for a few months; this time she visited Spain, France, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.
A proposal from production company Caracol to star in soap opera "Traga Maluca" forced Cristina to stop her travels and return to Colombia. During that time she also starred in the theater play "Como aprendi a manejar" and the short film "Quien paga el pato?". At the end of this period, Cristina packed her bags again and moved to New York, where she took part in a workshop with John Stransberg.
Cristina came back to Colombia and again signed a contract with Caracol to act in soap opera "Siete veces amada". That same year Cristina got married to musician Cesar Lopez, and got divorced two years later.
Around that same time, Cristina played as "Blanca" in the film "El Rey"; thereafter working in two productions by RCN: "Punto de Giro" and "Todos quieren con Marilyn". In the latter she performed the character of Lorenza, which earned Cristina the "Tv y Novelas" award for best villain.
Cristina went back to theater to star, alongside Fabio Rubiano, Fanny Mickey's "Hombres en Escabeche", which played for a period of five months. This play, which was comprised of various monologues, allowed Cristina to demonstrate her comedy skills and her ability to memorize long texts.
Together with a theater director and four other actresses, Cristina has recently developed her own independent theatrical project. So far they have performed the play "Carta a una desconocida". This is a current project with an independent and novel approach that looks for new and private spaces for public performance.
Currently Cristina is working on a Caracol television series, which will portray the experiences of a group of people that survive an air accident.- Actress
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A new reigning 1960s international sex symbol took to the cinematic throne as soon as Raquel Welch emerged from the sea in her purposely depleted, furry prehistoric bikini. Tantalizingly wet with her garb clinging to all the right amazonian places, One Million Years B.C. (1966), if nothing else, captured the hearts and libidos of modern men (not to mention their teenage sons) while producing THE most definitive and best-selling pin-up poster of that time.
She was born Jo Raquel Tejada on September 5, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, the first of three children of Bolivian-born Armando Carlos Tejada, an aerospace engineer, and his wife, Josephine Sarah (Hall). The family moved to San Diego, California (her father was transferred) when Raquel was only two. Taking dance lessons as a youngster, she grew up to be quite a knockout and nailed a number of teen beauty titles ("Miss Photogenic," "Miss La Jolla," "Miss Contour," "Miss Fairest of the Fair" and "Miss San Diego").
With her sights set on theater arts, she studied at San Diego State College on a scholarship starting in 1958 and married her first husband, high school sweetheart James Welch, the following year. They had two children: Damon Welch (born 1959), who later became an actor/production assistant, and actress Tahnee Welch (born 1961). Tahnee went on to take advantage of her own stunning looks as an actress, most notably with her prime role in Cocoon (1985).
Off campus, she became a local TV weather girl in San Diego and eventually quit college. Following the end of her marriage in 1962 (although Raquel and James Welch didn't divorce until 1964), she packed up her two children and moved to Dallas, Texas, where she modeled for Neiman-Marcus and worked as a barmaid for a time.
Regrouping, she returned to California and made the rounds of film/TV auditions. She found work providing minor but sexy set decoration on the small screen (Bewitched (1964), McHale's Navy (1962) and The Virginian (1962)) as well as the large screen (Elvis Presley's Roustabout (1964) and Doris Day's Do Not Disturb (1965)). Caught in the midst of the "beach party" craze, it's not surprising to find out that her first major film role was A Swingin' Summer (1965), which concentrated more on musical guests The Righteous Brothers and Gary Lewis & The Playboys than on Welch's outstanding assets. But 20th Century-Fox certainly took notice and signed her up.
With her very first film under contract (actually, she was on loan out to Britain's Hammer Studios at the time), she took on One Million Years B.C. (1966) (the remake of One Million B.C. (1940), in the role originated by Carole Landis), and the rest is history. Welch remained an international celebrity in her first few years of stardom. In England, she was quite revealing as the deadly sin representing "lust" for the comedy team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore in their vehicle Bedazzled (1967), and as the title secret agent in the spy spoof Fathom (1967). In Italy, she gained some exposure in primarily mediocre vehicles opposite such heartthrobs as Marcello Mastroianni.
Back in the U.S., however, she caused quite a stir in her groundbreaking sex scenes with black athlete Jim Brown in the "spaghetti western" 100 Rifles (1969), and as the transgender title role in the unfathomable Myra Breckinridge (1970). Adapted from Gore Vidal's novel, she created some unwelcome notoriety by locking horns with septuagenarian diva Mae West on the set. The instant cult movie certainly didn't help Welch's attempt at being taking seriously as an actress.
Box office bombs abounded. Try as she might in such films as Kansas City Bomber (1972) and The Wild Party (1975), which drew some good reviews for her, her sexy typecast gave her little room to breathe. With determination, however, she partly offset this with modest supporting roles in larger ensemble pieces. She showed definite spark and won a Golden Globe for the swashbuckler The Three Musketeers (1973), and appeared in the mystery thriller The Last of Sheila (1973). She planned on making a comeback in Cannery Row (1982), even agreeing to appear topless (which she had never done before), but was suddenly fired during production without notice. She sued MGM for breach of contract and ultimately won a $15 million settlement, but it didn't help her film career and only helped to label her as trouble on a set.
TV movies became a positive milieu for Welch as she developed sound vehicles for herself such as The Legend of Walks Far Woman (1980) and Right to Die (1987), earning a Golden Globe nomination for the latter project. She also found a lucrative avenue pitching beauty products in infomercials and developing exercise videos (such as Jane Fonda).
Welch took advantage of her modest singing and dancing abilities by performing in splashy Las Vegas showroom acts and starring in such plausible stage vehicles as "Woman of the Year" and "Victor/Victoria". She spoofed her own image on occasion, most memorably on Seinfeld (1989). Into the millennium, she co-starred in the Hispanic-oriented TV series American Family (2002) and the short-lived comedies Welcome to the Captain (2008) and Date My Dad (2017), along with the movies Tortilla Soup (2001), Legally Blonde (2001), Forget About It (2006) and How to Be a Latin Lover (2017).
Her three subsequent marriages were to producer/agent Patrick Curtis (who produced her TV special, Raquel (1970)), director André Weinfeld (who directed her in several fitness videos), and pizza parlor owner Richie Palmer, who was 14 years her junior. All these unions ended in divorce.
She died at 2:25 a.m. on February 15, 2023, aged 82, at her Los Angeles home after suffering a cardiac arrest. She had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease.- Katie Lohmann was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, on January 29, 1980. She is the youngest of three children (sister Christine and brother Michael). Her father Dan is a successful accountant and has owned several businesses. Her mother Sharon is the head of Payroll for Citibank. Her parents divorced in 1992.
Katie discovered early on that she loved performing on stage. Her first performance was singing a song from the Walt Disney classic The Little Mermaid (1989), at the age of eight, and she received a standing ovation. In 1989 a casting call took place for the new Disney Mickey Mouse show, The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989). Although she had never worked on a TV show, Katie felt that this would be the perfect opportunity and was told she was exactly what they were looking for. However, her mother felt she was too young and the show would interfere with her education. Katie decided to take her mother's advice and wait until she was finished with school before pursuing her career.
Ten years later (2000) she graduated from high school and relocated to Los Angeles. She captured Hollywood by storm with her platinum blonde hair and beautiful hazel eyes. Katie had already been modeling for several years prior to moving to Los Angeles, and within a short time had been on the cover of numerous magazines all over the world. It wasn't long after that she came to the attention of Playboy magazine, and they decided to make her a centerfold. By the age of 20 she landed her first acting gig on Rude Awakening (1998), and soon found herself in such films as Tomcats (2001)_, Auto Focus (2002) and Dorm Daze (2003), starring Tatyana Ali and Danielle Fishel.
As for her current projects, she recently shot a pilot for the WB entitled "Hot Mama", with Gina Gershon, and has a role on Creating America's Next Hit Television Show (2004), directed by Richard Kline.
She currently resides in Woodland Hills, California, and hopes to do more comedy work in the future, utilizing her talents to become successful and respected. - Actress
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Tamie Sheffield was born on 27 July 1970 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Do It for Uncle Manny (2002) and Cheerleader Massacre (2003).- Angela Dodson moved from a small town in Texas to Los Angeles in 2002 to "chase the dream." She first got bitten by the acting bug when she was a finalist in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic International Pageant in Oahu in 2001. A made for TV special: Baywatch Hawaiian Wedding was being filmed and Angela was chosen to be an extra for the film. It was then and there she decided that she needed to give it a go. She was managing a chiropractic clinic in Beaumont TX at the time, so when she returned, she informed her boss that she would be moving to L.A. in 6 months. On March 17th, 2002 she loaded as many of her belongings into her Honda Accord and set out on the 25 hour drive to LaLa Land. She had made arrangements to "sublet" space in a make-up artist's living room for $350 a month. As she was looking for representation, she was sent out on an audition so the agent could get feedback from casting directors as to how she came across on camera. This audition was for The Joe Schmo Show. Angela booked the series regular role of Molly Crabtree that very day. The show aired on Spike TV and very quickly gained millions of fans. From there, Angela went on to small roles on shows such as the daytime drama, General Hospital as well as the FX hit, Nip/Tuck. Along the way, she hosted several on air and live shows such as "Christmas At the Grove" with Wayne Brady co-hosting. She went on to appear in the DTV movies, "National Lampoon's Pledge This" starring Paris Hilton and "Pretty Cool 2." In 2006, Angela received very sad news that her grandfather was dying of cancer back in Texas, so she returned to say her good-byes. While there taking care of her maternal grandfather, she lost her paternal grandfather to congestive heart failure. Four days later, her other grandfather passed. At that time, Angela decided that "Los Angeles will be there forever, my family won't." and moved back home. She presently works in the medical field, marketing for a diagnostic sleep lab. She has appeared in a few short films and the soon to be released Indie film, SKUM Rocks since returning home.
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Beautiful, buxom and shapely knockout Monique Gabrielle added an ample, alluring and invigorating dose of smoldering sex appeal to a bunch of enjoyably down'n'dirty horror and exploitation pictures made throughout the 80s and 90s.
The 5' 6" natural brunette was born Katherine Gonzalez on July 30, 1962 in Kansas City, Missouri and raised in Denver, Colorado. Gabrielle made her acting debut at age five portraying an angel in a church Christmas play. She started modeling while still in high school, entered her first beauty pageant at age 17 (she won the title of Miss American Legion and went on to participate in several other pageants, modeling competitions and nightclub contests), and moved to California in 1980 right after she graduated from high school.
Monique was the December 1982 Penthouse Pet of the Month. She had small roles in the mainstream features Airplane II: The Sequel (1982), Night Shift (1982), Young Doctors in Love (1982), Flashdance (1983), Hard to Hold (1984) and Fear of a Black Hat (1993). Gabrielle achieved her greatest enduring popularity as the enticing young woman who tries to seduce Tom Hanks in the uproariously raucous'n'raunchy Bachelor Party (1984) Her most memorable roles include a pathetic junkie snitch in the terrifically trashy babes-behind-bars classic Chained Heat (1983), the titular brazen and uninhibited sexual adventuress in the steamy Emmanuelle 5 (1987), a sweet princess and her evil twin in Deathstalker II: Duel of the Titans (1987), a nude model in the funny sketch comedy Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), a gutsy lady cop in Silk 2 (1989), feisty security chief Miss Poinsettia in the amusingly campy The Return of Swamp Thing (1989), and the nerdy, repressed Megan in the delightfully dippy Evil Toons (1992).
Gabrielle did guest spots on the TV shows Dream On (1990), Hardball (1989), and Hunter (1984). She was the onetime girlfriend of low-budget straight-to-video picture director Jim Wynorski; she popped up in a handful of his movies in both minor and more substantial parts alike. Monique cheerfully poked fun at her own B-flick queen persona in the entertainingly silly Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991).
Monique Gabrielle married adult film director Tony Angove in 2003. She moved to South Florida and ran a production company called Monique's Purrfect Productions.- Actress
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Christine Donlon was born on 15 September 1985 in Melrose, Massachusetts. She is an actress and writer, known for Entourage (2015), Escape Room (2017) and Casual (2015).- Sabina Gadecki is an American actress and model. She was born on September 28th in Holyoke, Massachusetts to Polish parents.
Sabina studied International Business and Communications at Fordham University, while pursuing a career in modeling and acting in New York. Gaining notice as the host of The World Poker Tour on The Travel Channel, she went on to sign with Ford Models. Sabina's striking physique and girl next door look earned her modeling jobs for global brands including Saks Fifth Avenue, Oil of Olay, Banana Republic and Jimmy Choo. Sabina studied acting with William Esper continuously for 4 years prior to moving to Los Angeles.
Gadecki has had major recurring roles in TV shows such as L.A.s Finest starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, and also appeared in Narcos, The Affair and House of Lies.
On the feature side, she played the role of Melanie, in the box office hit Entourage opposite Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier. Other films include, Dark Was The Night opposite Lukas Haas, False Positive with Pierce Brosnan, Ilana Glazer, and Justin Thoroux. Capps Crossing: Wrong Side of Dead opposite Beverly DeAngelo, Outlaw Prophet with Tony Goldwyn and Joey King. She also appeared alongside Christian Slater and Billy Burke in the feature film adaptation of an Elmore Leonard novel called Freaky Deaky. Gadecki currently resides in Los Angeles. - Tabitha Taylor, the actress and model, is the new GoDaddy Girl, playing the "perfect body" for actress/comedian Joan Rivers, in the national ad campaign launched during the Superbowl.
She has an extensive resume ranging from commercial campaigns for Dodge, Sony Playstation, Miller Lite, Comcast, and many more, to big budget features like "Dude, Where's My Car?", "Lake View Terrace", "Dirty Love", "Loaded", as well as many independent films.
Her television appearances are no less impressive including starring roles in such shows as "Nip Tuck", "Southland", "Entourage", "Monk", "Beauty and the Geek", "The Best Damn Sports Show", and a long list of credits, even starring in music videos, like her role as the villain for Shakira's "Obsession Tango" hit.
Tabitha is a Hawaiian native beauty, and grew up in the Los Angeles area with her parents and two sisters. Living so close to Hollywood, she was bitten by the acting bug early and studied extensively to live out her passion and dreams. Her comedic side, timing, and true natural talent, gives her the ability to transform into any role and add depth to any character, whether it be drama or comedy.
Tabitha is also a successful model, but acting is certainly her first desire and focus. She has been featured in a variety of publications including Playboy, Maxim, FHM, American Curves, Muscular Development, and countless others.
Her love for the craft is matched only by her hard work and dedication to give every project and producer, their true vision. She has an extensive resume in television, film, and commercials, and looks forward to building her talent, credits, and life experiences throughout her chosen career.
Whether in her chosen profession of acting, or her personal life of fitness and animal rights activism, Tabitha Taylor is following the footsteps of her idol Marilyn Monroe.
Her motto is simple: A strong work ethic, passion for what you love, and kindness along the way, is a life fully lived. - Actress
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Born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from age eight Nichole began participating in competitions. At the age of ten was selected to be featured on 60 Minutes story about beauty competitions and talent searches. After moving to Los Angeles Nichole began modeling. She then began appearing in commercials, then T.V. shows and eventually movies. Nichole has been schooled in dance and voice. Nichole is very grateful to her parents for supporting her career throughout the years.
Nicole's professional acting career began with roles in such movies as The Nutty Professor, with Eddie Murphy, and The Devil You Know, and countless television series including The Tim Conway Show and Father Murphy. She is best known to her fans, however, for her work on Star Trek Voyager, as photo and body double for the character 7of9, a member of Star Fleet, Holograms and a Borg. The looks of those characters inspiring her, Nicole went on to become a top make-up artist and hair stylist, mostly working with celebrities in movies, TV, commercials and print. Nicole McAuley also has her own comic book line including the titles Dakota Drake, Soula at Prey and THE Adventures of Chance Luna- Producer
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Devin Renee DeVasquez (born June 25, 1963 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in June 1985, after being featured in the October 1981 issue's college pictorial. Her centerfold was photographed by Richard Fegley Her father was from Madrid, Spain and her mother is of Irish descent.
To help those who were affected by Hurricane Katrina, DeVasquez created Devin's Kickass Cajun Seasoning and offered it through her business, DevRonn Enterprises.
DeVasquez won $100,000 on the television talent show, Star Search in 1986 and this win led to her being one of the first Hispanic Playmates featured on the cover of the November 1986 Playboy. DeVasquez went on to an acting career. She played the virgin in House 2. She had a supporting role in the high school film, Can't Buy Me Love. She played Clarissa Carlin in the thriller Society. In 1989 DeVasquez guest starred in "Her Cups Runneth Over", a third season episode of the FOX series, Married...With Children. She appeared in the film, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Busted, and Guns.
DeVasquez authored the book The Naked Truth About A Pinup Model, True Age, Timeless Beauty, My Husband's A Dog, My Wife's A Bitch, and The Day It Snowed In April.
DeVasquez writes for various magazines for Westlake magazine, Splash magazine and Primo magazine for Belgium. She is an active blogger for her website which chronicles her life and travels.
DeVasquez garnered three Emmys as a producer on the Amazon Prime series, The Bay.
Devin dated rock star Prince in 1985 and Sylvester Stallone in 1988 before she married Ronn Moss, who played Ridge Forrester on the CBS series The Bold and the Beautiful on September 25, 2009.- Producer
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Psychology Degree (Member of Phi Theta Kappa, Dean's List) GA Perimeter College (graduated with a 3.84 GPA) Fayette county high school (made all A's in grade school) After college, decided to step away from PreMed Psychology and becoming a cosmetic surgeon to pursue a career in real passion, entertainment. CEO of SO Enterprises - sells Tshirts, own calendar which fully produces (from wardrobe, to posing, layout, to styling, investing own money to print and then to sell) Designed and sold hats and shoes covered with Swarovski crystals (designed the Jordan's wore to first reunion on BGC 11 where came out in pigtails, handed each girl a custom "SO" shirt (so bad, so pretty, so lame, so boring which came on stage giving one to each girl)- Actress
Ava Fabian was born on 4 April 1962 in Brewster, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Dragnet (1987), Ski School (1991) and Three Sisters (2001).- Actress
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Author, entrepreneur, and health and fitness expert with more than a decade of experience in the entertainment industry, Divini Rae has gained international fame as a cover model for leading lifestyle publications, including Playboy Magazine and Australia's Inside Sport Magazine.
Born in Tanana, Alaska, the rural village that is the location of the popular Discovery Channel docu-drama, Yukon Men, Rae grew up in a log cabin without electricity or running water. She loved reading and excelled in her studies in high school, graduating a year early. Rae received numerous academic scholarships and studied psychology and journalism for three years in college before relocating to Australia.
While in Sydney she was discovered by a photographer, which began her swimsuit and lingerie modeling career. She also appeared in television commercials and guest starred on local television shows, all while founding and publishing the popular arts and entertainment magazine SWAY (Sydney Will Amaze You).
The November 2003 Playmate, Rae has traveled worldwide speaking at press conferences and hosting events on behalf of Playboy.
In addition to juggling motherhood and her philanthropic activities, Rae writes a health and nutrition blog and creates fitness videos for her website, DiviniRae.com. She works to raise funds for charity organizations including Save the Children and Infant Crisis Center of Oklahoma City.
Rae lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, a well respected spine surgeon, and their two young daughters.- Actress
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About Me
Max Wasa is a long-time industry professional.
Max is a classically-trained musician; LA Music Award winner for Life time achievement record producer; nationally-recognized children's writer; green product developer; the creative force behind Hopey The Hound Dog, The Delicate Dragonfly, Kid Fuel Beverages; and along with writing partner Carrie Magalski the author of the brand new graphic novel "Inspirit: Cherubs In Training."
In recent times, Max has produced the newest Dan Reed CD (entitled "Coming Up For Air"), with Clay Ostwald and Tommy Anthony from Miami Sound Machine and Santana. As producer and owner of Liquid Music Group, Max work's with some of the top artist in the industry. Max is also a working actor with numerous film, theatre, and television credits - having worked with name directors such as John Landis, Kevin Bright, Michael Mann, and Richard Benjamin (to name a few).
All of this, as well as being one of the most popular models ever to grace the pages of Playboy Magazine.
Her giving heart and unending talent set her apart from most of her contemporaries. Whether being behind the board in the recording studio; on stage in front of 60,000 people with Alice Cooper at Wembly; writing curriculum for advanced music academies; teaching voice lessons; writing for Paw Print Magazine; being the musical director for the documentary film "Seed Of Faith"; or shooting large and small-scale films, Max is an inspiration.
Look for her new films,"House of Manson,"Smoke filled lungs","The Wendigo","Impure","Isolated" ,"Death House,"Astro",Hell's Kitty",A Doggone Mystery"and "No Strings 2: Play Time In Hell." And, Max was given the top honor of being called "The greatest woman of horror and sci-fi today" look for the dvd doc out soon. And this just in, Max is in talks for 3 reality shows and a number of up coming films. Stayed tuned for details.
Be sure to catch Max at a comic con near you and don't miss Max-Ed out on youtube with Max and Edward Nyahay.and The Tortoise and the Hare Exsperience radio/pod show Where Max interviews the biggest stars in the business.- Anna Forrest is known for Blue Thunder (1983).
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Sarah Oliver is an actress, writer, and director living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She studied improv and sketch comedy at all of the now-deceased comedy theaters in LA; Second City Hollywood, iO WEST, and Nerdist. She was a writer and performer on house teams as well as a creator of digital comedic shorts with her sketch team "Tuesday Night Films". Sarah later studied with acting teacher Robert D'Avonzo for several years and completed the UCLA extension writer's program for screenwriting. She has toured the country in a political-musical comedy since 2021 portraying an assortment of politicians including, Mitch McConnell, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Richard Nixon. She also writes and hosts the comedy/educational podcast "Mythunderstood" with her longtime friend and writing partner, Paul Bianchi.- Actress
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Shannon Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. She rose to stardom as Miss November 1981 for Playboy magazine. In 1982, Shannon began her film career and also appeared in the soap opera Falcon Crest (1981). She became Playmate of the Year in 1982. She was briefly involved with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner but has carried on a long-term relationship with KISS member Gene Simmons since 1983. Tweed and Simmons married in 2011. She has become somewhat of a "B" movie "queen", appearing in numerous low-budget "erotic thrillers" and adventure films. She and Simmons have two children, a son named Nicolas (b. 1989) and a daughter Sophie (b.1992).