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Policewoman Centerfold
''Policewoman Centerfold'' is a 1983 television movie starring Melody Anderson and Ed Marinaro, loosely based on the story of police officer Barbara Schantz who posed for ''Playboy'' magazine in 1982.(17 October 1983)Picks and Pans Review: Policewoman Centerfold ''People'' Cast * Melody Anderson as Jennifer Oaks * Ed Marinaro as Nick Velano * Donna Pescow as Sissy Owens * Greg Monaghan as Chris Sands * Bert Remsen as Captain David Buckman * David Spielberg as Steve Jones * Michael LeClair as Skip Oaks * Andrea Howard as Margo Syms * David Haskell as Todd Walker * Jerry Supiran as Tommy Oaks Reception It first aired on Monday, October 17, 1983, and was the seventh most-watched prime time program in the United States for the week, out-drawing ''Monday Night Football ''ESPN Monday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''MNF'' and also known as ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'' for simulcasts) is an American live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reza Badiyi
Reza Sayed Badiyi (also known as Reza Badiei; Persian: رضا بدیعی; April 17, 1930 – August 20, 2011) was an Iranian-born American film and television director. His credits also include developing the opening montages for '' Mission: Impossible'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''Get Smart'', and ''The Mary Tyler Moore Show''. Early life and education Badiyi was born April 17, 1930, in Arak, Pahlavi Iran. His parents were from Isfahan, Iran. He graduated from the Academy of Drama in Iran. He worked with the Audio Visual Department in Tehran, (Honarhayeh Zeeba), and completed 24 documentary films, prior to leaving the country. Badiyi moved to the United States in 1955, in order to continue his film studies at Syracuse University. He was invited by the United States Department of State to continue his studies in America after winning an international film award for ''Flood in Khuzestan''. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in filmmaking. Career Badiyi moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. Known for its centerfolds of nude and semi-nude models (Playmates), ''Playboy'' played an important role in the sexual revolution and remains one of the world's best-known brands, having grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. (PEI), with a presence in nearly every medium. In addition to the flagship magazine in the United States, special nation-specific versions of ''Playboy'' are published worldwide, including those by licensees, such as Dirk Steenekamp's DHS Media Group. The magazine has a long history of publishing short stories by novelists such as Arthur C. Clarke, Ian Fleming, Vladimir Nabokov, Saul Bellow, Chuck Palahniuk, P. G. Wodehouse, Roald Dahl, Haruki Murakami, and Margaret Atwood. With a regular display of full-page c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Television Films
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning of the true Internet). * January 24 – Twenty-five members of the Red Brigades are sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1978 murder of Italian politician Aldo Moro. * January 25 ** High-ranking Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. ** IRAS is launched from Vandenberg AFB, to conduct the world's first all-sky infrared survey from space. February * February 2 – Giovanni Vigliotto goes on trial on charges of polygamy involving 105 women. * February 3 – Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser is granted a double dissolution of both houses of parliament, for elections on March 5, 1983. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, Bill Hayden resigns as leader of the Australian Labor Party, and in the subsequent lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monday Night Football
''ESPN Monday Night Football'' (abbreviated as ''MNF'' and also known as ''ESPN Monday Night Football on ABC'' for simulcasts) is an American live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games currently airing on ESPN, ABC (select games), ESPN2 ("Manningcast" alternate broadcast) and ESPN+ in the United States. From to , it aired on ABC before moving exclusively to ESPN, which remains the main channel for the broadcast. In it returned to ABC, in select simulcasts with ESPN, and beginning in will also feature select exclusive telecasts. ''Monday Night Football'' was, along with ''Hallmark Hall of Fame'' and the Walt Disney anthology television series, one of the longest-running prime time programs ever on commercial network television, and one of the highest-rated, particularly among male viewers. ''MNF'' is preceded on ESPN by ''Monday Night Countdown''. ''Monday Night Football'' is also broadcast in Canada on TSN and RDS, and in most of Europe. On S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Supiran
Jerry Michael Supiran (born March 21, 1973) is an American former child actor. Supiran is best known for playing Jamie Lawson on the science-fiction sitcom ''Small Wonder (TV series), Small Wonder'', which aired from 1985 to 1989. Career Supiran has been credited with roles in nineteen television and movie performances, including guest-starring roles in several noted series of the era, including ''Galactica 1980'', ''Little House on the Prairie (TV series), Little House on the Prairie'', ''Mr. Belvedere'', ''Newhart'', ''Highway to Heaven'', ''Trapper John, M.D.'', ''St. Elsewhere'', and ''Archie Bunker's Place'', along with several Television film, made-for-TV movies and a feature film called ''Uncommon Valor''. Personal life As an adult, Supiran worked in a variety of Henderson, Nevada restaurants. In 2012 it was reported that Supiran was destitute, working as a full-time volunteer at a California homelessness, homeless shelter. Supiran claimed that a former adviser and girlfr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Haskell
David Michael Haskell (June 4, 1948 – August 30, 2000) was an American film, stage and television actor and singer best known for his performance in Godspell. Early life He was born in Stockton, California. David graduated from Terra Linda High School, San Rafael, California, in June 1966. He attended the College of Marin before transferring to Carnegie Mellon University. He was also a Past Master Councilor of the Mill Valley Chapter, Order of DeMolay. Career Haskell is best remembered for his dual performance in the 1970s in the New York City, New York, Off-Broadway musical-theatre production ''Godspell'' and its subsequent film adaptation '' Godspell: A Musical Based on the Gospel According to St. Matthew'' (1973) appearing as both John the Baptist and Judas Iscariot. He also appeared as Claudio in the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival off-Broadway theatre production (1976), at the Delacorte Theater, of the play ''Measure for Measure'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Howard
Andrea Howard (born February 10, 1947) is a former American actress who worked in film and television in the 1970s and 1980s. Her more notable films include ''The Nude Bomb'' as Agent 22 (1980), and '' Thank God It's Friday'' as Sue (1978). Some of her notable television credits include the American daytime soap opera '' Santa Barbara'' as Veronica Gayley (1984–85) and the comedy series ''Holmes & Yoyo'' as Maxine Moon (1976–77). Howard married her first husband at the age of eighteen and had two children from the marriage but was divorced by the age of twenty five. Her first job in the business was as a production assistant at Universal Studios and shortly after that made the change to acting. Andrea retired from acting in the early 1990s after a 20-year career. She then went into the real estate business with her second husband and also studied interior design. In later years Howard has owned a winery in Bennett Valley with her husband, and a bed and bath boutique store ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Spielberg
David Spielberg (March 6, 1939 – June 1, 2016) was an American television and film actor. Early years Spielberg was born in Weslaco, Texas, and was a resident of Mercedes, Texas. His father was a Romanian-Jewish immigrant, and his mother was a Mexican-American teacher. After serving in the Navy for two years, he enrolled in the University of Texas. Two summers' acting experience in New York City led him to drop out of the university and move to New York to pursue a career in acting. He was not related to American film director Steven Spielberg. Film Spielberg's screen debut was in ''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'' (1972). He also appeared in ''Newman's Law'' (1974), '' Law and Disorder'' (1974), '' Hustle'' (1975), ''American Raspberry'' (1977), '' The Choirboys'' (1977), ''Real Life'' (1979), '' Winter Kills'' (1979), ''Christine'' (1983), '' The Stranger'' (1987), '' Alice'' (1990), and '' Red Ribbon Blues'' (1996). Television Spielberg's roles in tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Remsen
Herbert Birchell "Bert" Remsen (February 25, 1925 – April 22, 1999) was an American actor and casting director. He appeared in numerous films and television series. Biography Remsen was born in Glen Cove, New York, on Long Island, the son of Helen (née Birchell) and Winfred Herbert Remsen. He played character roles in numerous films directed by Robert Altman, including ''Brewster McCloud'' (1970), '' McCabe & Mrs. Miller'' (1971), '' Thieves Like Us'' (1974), ''California Split'' (1974), '' Nashville'' (1975), ''Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' (1976), and '' A Wedding'' (1978). Remsen's other film credits included '' Fuzz'' (1972), ''Baby Blue Marine'' (1976), '' Uncle Joe Shannon'' (1978), ''Fast Break'' (1979), ''Carny'' (1980), '' Borderline'' (1980), ''Inside Moves'' (1980), ''Second-Hand Hearts'' (1981), ''Lookin' to Get Out'' (1982), ''The Sting II'' (1983), ''Places in the Heart'' (1984), ''Code of Silence'' (1985), ''TerrorVision' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Pescow
Donna Gail Pescow is an American film and television actress and director. She is known for her roles as Annette in the 1977 film ''Saturday Night Fever'', Angie Falco-Benson in the 1979-1980 sitcom '' Angie'', Donna Garland in the sitcom '' Out of This World'' and Eileen Stevens in the Disney Channel sitcom ''Even Stevens''. Early life Pescow was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 24, 1954, to a Jewish family. Her father Marty owned and ran a newsstand in downtown New York City at 17 Battery Place. Pescow attended Sheepshead Bay High School in Brooklyn and studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Around 1973, she had a leading role in an Off-off Broadway musical entitled ''Poor Old Fool'', though it closed after just a few weeks. Career In 1977, Pescow played Annette in the John Travolta film ''Saturday Night Fever''. To prepare for the role, she had to relearn her Brooklyn accent, which she had significantly reduced for professional reasons. For this role, she wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara Schantz
Barbara Schantz was a police officer in Springfield, Ohio when she appeared nude in the May 1982 issue of ''Playboy''. Her pictorial was photographed by staff photographer Pompeo Posar. She was born in Enon, Ohio. Her story was made into the 1983 movie ''Policewoman Centerfold'' featuring Melody Anderson Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian retired actress, social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. As an actress, her most high-profile role was playing Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation .... Schantz still resides in Springfield and is retired from the police force. See also * Carol Shaya References {{DEFAULTSORT:Schantz, Barbara Living people American municipal police officers Year of birth missing (living people) People from Clark County, Ohio People from Springfield, Ohio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melody Anderson
Melody Anderson (born December 3, 1955) is a Canadian retired actress, social worker and public speaker specializing in the impact of addiction on families. As an actress, her most high-profile role was playing Dale Arden in the 1980 adaptation of ''Flash Gordon''. She later starred in the 1986 film '' Firewalker'', with Chuck Norris. While singing, she also trained as an actress, leading to roles in films and television during the late 1970s and 1980s. Early life After high school, Anderson completed a bachelor's degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Anderson served a brief stint as an on-air reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation before travelling to Southeast Asia and Australia where she worked as one of the first non-Australian female reporters working for a Sydney newspaper. Career Acting Returning to North America, Anderson's first national exposure was as a guest star in the 1977 series ''Logan's Run'' and as a " Sweathog" in a 1977 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
