Bonnie Jean Beecher ( Boettcher), later known as Jahanara Romney, (born April 25, 1941) is an American activist, and retired actress and singer.

About

Bonnie Jean Boettcher was born April 25, 1941, in

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, to Art and Jean Boettcher. She knew

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

during his early career, they dated briefly in college, and she may have been the inspiration for his song "

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". However, it may have been about his high school girlfriend, Echo Helstrom Casey or another later girlfriend

Suze Rotolo Susan Elizabeth Rotolo (November 20, 1943 – February 25, 2011),''The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia'', 2006, pp. 592–594, Michael Gray, Continuum known as Suze Rotolo ( ), was an American artist, and the girlfriend of Bob Dylan from 1961 to 1964. ...

. Beecher's singing is heard on Dylan's 1960 bootleg recording known as the "Minneapolis Party Tape", which was recorded while they were dating. Some of Dylan's earliest recordings in 1961 were recorded at her Minneapolis home. She made her television debut ''

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'' episode, " Come Wander with Me" (1964). She also played Sylvia, Chekov's love interest in "

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", a 1968 episode of ''

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'' wherein the crew of the Enterprise re-enacts the gunfight at the OK Corral.

Personal life

Beecher married

Wavy Gravy Hugh Nanton Romney Jr. (born May 15, 1936), known as Wavy Gravy, is an American entertainer and peace activism, activist best known for his role at Woodstock, as well as for his hippie persona and counterculture of the 1960s, countercultural be ...

(born Hugh Romney) on May 22, 1967. She adopted the name Jahanara Romney shortly after marriage. The couple have a son together, born in 1971 as Howdy Do-Good Gravy Tomahawk Truckstop Romney, who has since become known as Jordan Romney. She has worked as administrative director of

Camp Winnarainbow Camp Winnarainbow is a circus and performing arts camp for all ages, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization co-founded by American entertainer and peace activist Wavy Gravy and his wife Bonnie Beecher. Wavy, Bonnie and Txi Whizz jointly co-directed ...

since 1983. Her husband serves as director of the camp, which is located near Laytonville, Mendocino County in

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Filmography

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