Susan Sykes (born May 9, 1961) is a television personality and actress who has appeared in films such as ''
The Dictator'' (alongside
Sacha Baron Cohen and
Sir Ben Kingsley) and ''Deported'', as well as several television shows, who performs under the
stage name
A stage name is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of reasons and they may be similar, or nearly identical, to an individu ...
Busty Heart.
Early life and education
Sykes is the daughter of an IBM executive and a school teacher. Sykes worked as an assistant at an investment firm and paralegal for a large law firm before her career in the entertainment business. Sykes graduated from the
Dana Hall School in
Wellesley, Massachusetts. She graduated from
Pine Manor College in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
in 1979.
Career
Sykes earned the nickname "Busty Heart" in high school, by which point her
oversized breasts had already developed. Her first claim to fame was as a spectator at a
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...
game in 1986. She had been given free tickets to a Celtics game, which happened to be seated next to NBA prospect
John Salley. As
CBS's cameras spotted Salley in the crowd, Sykes shook her breasts at the camera, breaking
Brent Musburger
Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939) is an American sportscaster, currently the lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN).
With CBS Sports from 1973 until 1990, he was one of the original members ...
's attention and prompting him to break into laughter. Sykes, who had previously been self-conscious about her large breasts and had otherwise avoided public appearances because of them, soon “parlayed
15 seconds of fame into a 30-year-career” and became a regular at Celtics games. The Celtics won the
1986 NBA Finals
The 1986 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1985–86 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs. It pitted the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics against the Western Confere ...
and appeared in (but lost) the
1987 NBA Finals
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship round of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1986–87 NBA season, 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the 1987 NBA Playoffs, season's playoffs. The Western Conference (NBA), Western Conferen ...
while Busty Heart was in the stands. She mostly ceased appearing at sporting events in 1990, when the
St. Louis Cardinals management accused her of public lewdness after attending a Cardinals game.
[
She appeared on the season finale of ''America's Got Talent'' (NBC) on October 1, 2008. She also appeared on ''Rude Tube'' on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom in November 2008. Among her most famous television appearances, she was on Comedy Central's '' The Man Show'', where she demonstrated her talent for crushing beer cans by slamming her breasts on top of them.
Busty Heart has done numerous TV shows, including Fox-TV's ''That's Just Wrong'', The WB's Steve Harvey-hosted '']Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge
''Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge'', also known as ''Steve Harvey's Big Time'' and ''Big Time'', is a television variety show that aired on the WB Network from 2003 to 2005, hosted by Steve Harvey
Broderick Stephen Harvey Sr. Also aired Aug ...
'' season finale, Endemol TV's ''Private Parts'' on Channel 5 in England, truTV's ''World's Dumbest'', Bravo TV's ''Outrageous and Contagious Viral Videos'', Fuji TV Tokyo Japan "2006 Bakademy Awards", E!'s ''Talk Soup'', and 2007 Spike TV
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles.
The channel was o ...
MANswers
''Manswers'' (spelt onscreen as ''MANswers: Faster & Harder'' in season three, and ''MANswers: Shock & Awe'' in season four) is an American late night comedy series that premiered on Spike on September 19, 2007.
The series is produced by reality ...
.
E! named a Busty Heart clip the #14 best video clip of 2005. On July 1, 2008, she demonstrated her "talents" on the third season of ''America's Got Talent
''America's Got Talent'' (often abbreviated as ''AGT'') is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell. The program is produced by Fremantle (as well as distribut ...
'', and received unanimous "No" votes.
However, during 2010's German talent show ''Das Supertalent'', she received all "yes" votes from the judges and even reached the semi-final round,(Top 40 out of 41.000 auditioners) where she missed the final because of the audience's voting. She later performed in Got Talent in other countries, such as Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia and France
Busty Heart appeared in the film '' The Dictator''; she plays the role of Etra, one of the titular dictator's bodyguards who uses her breasts as weapons. She appeared in the 2017 movie ''Deported'' as Paul's wife. She has also appeared in the E! television series '' Botched''.
Since 1996, she has operated Busty Heart's Place, a strip club
A strip club is a venue where strippers provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other Erotic dancing, erotic or exotic dances. Strip clubs typically adopt a nightclub or Bar (establishment), bar style, and can also ...
located in Turtlepoint, Pennsylvania
Turtlepoint is an unincorporated community in Annin Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 155, approximately northwest of Port Allegany. Turtlepoint has a post office
A p ...
.
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1961 births
American female adult models
America's Got Talent contestants
Sports spectators
Living people
Pine Manor College alumni
People from Boston
People from McKean County, Pennsylvania
Dana Hall School alumni
21st-century American women