Bo Derek biography
Born Mary Cathleen Collins, to a California family of Irish/German/Dutch descent, Bo Derek was a beautiful teenager got her first modeling job at 15.
With years of experience being photographed for her advertising agent father, the young girl modeled for catalogues, won the Miss Teen California pageant, and began auditioning for acting jobs, the first being a TV commercial advertising a deodorant. It was also her first speaking part, all of three words.
At 16, Collins was introduced to actor/director/cinematographer John Derek, with whom she became both professionally and romantically involved.
Derek abandoned his wife and headed to Germany with his young love, who was still only a minor. The couple remained fugitives, until lawyers negotiated their return to the United States, where they were married when she turned 18.
As Bo Derek, she starred in 'Orca' in 1977, in a short-lived performance as the victim of a killer whale. Her next project proved to be her most successful and, as the ultra-sexy cornrowed Jenny in the Blake Edwards' comedy '10', Derek was instantly catapulted to international sex symbol status.
Unprepared for such success, and uncomfortable with the pressures of celebrity, Derek chose only to work with her husband, and the couple formed their own production company, but the films they produced together were generally poorly received.
Born Mary Cathleen Collins, to a California family of Irish/German/Dutch descent, Bo Derek was a beautiful teenager got her first modeling job at 15.
With years of experience being photographed for her advertising agent father, the young girl modeled for catalogues, won the Miss Teen California pageant, and began auditioning for acting jobs, the first being a TV commercial advertising a deodorant. It was also her first speaking part, all of three words.
At 16, Collins was introduced to actor/director/cinematographer John Derek, with whom she became both professionally and romantically involved.
Derek abandoned his wife and headed to Germany with his young love, who was still only a minor. The couple remained fugitives, until lawyers negotiated their return to the United States, where they were married when she turned 18.
As Bo Derek, she starred in 'Orca' in 1977, in a short-lived performance as the victim of a killer whale. Her next project proved to be her most successful and, as the ultra-sexy cornrowed Jenny in the Blake Edwards' comedy '10', Derek was instantly catapulted to international sex symbol status.
Unprepared for such success, and uncomfortable with the pressures of celebrity, Derek chose only to work with her husband, and the couple formed their own production company, but the films they produced together were generally poorly received.
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