Jeanne Basone (born May 19, 1969) is an American professional wrestler, actress, model and stuntwoman best known by her ring name Hollywood in the women's wrestling promotion

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, founded by

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. Hollywood won the United States Championship in a match against Tulsa on the 1993 pay-per-view. She is the only one to do the pilot and all 4 seasons of GLOW.

Career

After the cancellation of GLOW in 1989, Basone continued to compete on the

independent circuit In professional wrestling, the independent circuit or indie circuit is the collective noun, collective name of independent professional wrestling promotions which are smaller than major televised promotions. It is roughly analogous to a minor lea ...

as Hollywood. She appeared in several all-female wrestling promotions, including CRUSH, Beauty Slammers Hottest Ladies of Wrestling and

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Acting career

Basone appeared in numerous television series and films as an actress and stuntwoman, including '' JAG,'' ''

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,'' '' Married... with Children,'' ''

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,'' She also played Jane in the game ''

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'' for the 3DO home console and

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PC. She has teamed up with International Award Winning Film Maker Christopher Annino,

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Legend

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. and Producer Evan Ginzburg. She is in the first silent feature film in 80 years ''Silent Times'' and ''Confessions of Nick Sargenti and the Lollipop Gang''. Hollywood appeared on 15 episodes of

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and appeared on

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and

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. She appeared in the pictorial Dec 1989 issue of

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Magazine. Basone's first GLOW autobiography written with Dan Murphy is set for 2023 release. Basone currently owns an artisan soap company, Hollywood Botanika.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hollywood 1969 births American female professional wrestlers American professional wrestlers of Italian descent Living people People from Glendale, California Professional wrestlers from California 21st-century American women