Eve Meyer (born Evelyn Eugene Turner; December 13, 1928 – March 27, 1977) was an American

pin-up A pin-up model (known as a pin-up girl for a female and less commonly male pin-up for a male) is a model whose mass-produced pictures see widespread appeal as part of popular culture. Pin-up models were variously glamour models, fashion models ...

model, motion picture actress, and film producer. Much of her work was done in conjunction with sexploitation filmmaker

Russ Meyer Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that fea ...

, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. She was killed in the

Tenerife airport disaster The Tenerife airport disaster occurred on March 27, 1977, when two Boeing 747 passenger jets collided on the runway at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The collision occurred when KLM Flight 4 ...

in 1977.

History

Born Eve Turner in

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, Georgia, Turner was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s and was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1955. Her unbilled film debut was in ''

Artists and Models ''Artists and Models'' is a 1955 American musical romantic comedy film in VistaVision directed by Frank Tashlin, marking Martin and Lewis's 14th feature together as a team. The film co-stars Shirley MacLaine and Dorothy Malone, with Eva Gabor ...

'' (1955). She worked frequently as a photographic model for Russ Meyer after their marriage, appeared in the film ''Operation Dames'' (1959), and took a lead role in Meyer's 1960 exploitation film ''Eve and the Handyman''. Eve Meyer served as producer, or associate or executive producer, on Meyer's 1960s and early 1970s films, including ''

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls ''Beyond the Valley of the Dolls'' is a 1970 American satirical musical melodrama film starring Dolly Read, Cynthia Myers, Marcia McBroom, Phyllis Davis, John LaZar, Michael Blodgett, and David Gurian. The film was directed by Russ Meyer and ...

'' (1970).

Death

On March 27, 1977, at

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in the Canary Islands, Meyer, onboard

Pan Am Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was an American airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States ...

Flight 1736 from New York, was one of 335 passengers killed when

KLM KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, legally ''Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V.'' (literal translation: Royal Aviation Company Plc.), is the flag carrier airline of the Netherlands. KLM is headquartered in Amstelveen, with its hub at nearby Amste ...

Flight 4805 collided with the Pan Am aircraft during take-off. The disaster is the deadliest in aviation history, with 583 total fatalities.

Filmography

Actress

* '' Operation Dames'' (1959) .... Lorry Evering * ''

Eve and the Handyman ''Eve and the Handyman'' is a 1961 American comedy film written and directed by Russ Meyer. The film stars Eve Meyer and Anthony-James Ryan. The film was released on May 5, 1961, by Pad-Ram Enterprises. It was Meyer's follow up to '' The Immoral ...

'' (1961) .... Eve/Other roles

Producer

* '' Lorna'' (1964) * '' Mudhoney'' (1965) * ''

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' is a 1965 American exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Jack Moran. It follows three go-go dancers who embark on a spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The fi ...

'' (1965) * '' Motorpsycho'' (1965) * ''

Mondo Topless ''Mondo Topless'' is a 1966 pseudo-documentary directed by Russ Meyer, featuring Babette Bardot and Lorna Maitland among others. It was Meyer's first color film following a string of black and white " roughie nudies", including ''Faster, Pussycat! ...

'' (1966) * ''

Common Law Cabin ''Common Law Cabin'' (original title ''How Much Loving Does a Normal Couple Need?'') is a 1967 exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer. The movie features Alaina Capri and Meyer regulars Babette Bardot and Jack Moran. Plot Dewey Hoople (Jack ...

'' (1967) * '' Good Morning and... Goodbye!'' (1967) * '' Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!'' (1968) * ''

Vixen! ''Vixen!'' is a 1968 American drama film and satiric softcore sexploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and starring Erica Gavin. It was the first film to be given an X rating for its sex scenes, and was a breakthrough success for Meyer. The ...

'' (1968) * '' Cherry, Harry & Raquel!'' (1970) * ''

'' (1970) * '' The Seven Minutes'' (1971) * '' The Jesus Trip'' (1971) * ''

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'' (1973)

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