| BIOGRAPHY
An aspiring model, 16-year-old Bo Derek was introduced to actor/director/cinematographer
John Derek in 1971. Just as he'd done with previous "protegés"
Ursula Andress and Linda Evans, Derek literally molded her into
a highly desirable superstar.
In 1974, the 48-year-old Derek capped his makeover by marrying
the sexy 18-year-old Bo.
In her first film, the Jaws rip-off Orca, Bo showed up long enough
to have her lovely leg chewed off by a killer whale.
Her next film was far more rewarding: Blake Edwards' 10 (1979),
in which, bouncing along the beach in slow motion to the pulsating
rhythms of Ravel's Bolero, the scantily clad, cornrow-coifed Bo
became the instant object of star Dudley Moore's affections.
An overnight pinup favorite, Bo followed her 10 triumph with
a brace of adventure films directed by her husband: Tarzan the
Ape Man (1981) and Bolero (1984).
After six years away from films, she returned before the cameras
in another Derek/Derek co-production, the unsuccessful Ghosts
Can't Do It (1990).
Big breasted Bo has since occasionally appeared in such films
as the Italian Sognando La California (1991) and the American
Woman of Desire (1994).
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FILMOGRAPHY
• Malibu's Most Wanted (2003)
• The Master of Disguise (2002)
• Horror 101 (2000)
• Sunstorm (2000)
• Shattered Image (1995)
• Tommy Boy (1995)
• Woman of Desire (1993)
• Hot Chocolate (1992)
• Ghosts Can't Do It (1990)
• Bolero (1984)
• Fantasies (1981)
• Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
• A Change of Seasons (1980)
• 10 (1979)
• Orca: The Killer Whale (1977) |
