India Allen (born India Juliana Orban on June 1, 1965, in
Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American actress and
model
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Models c ...
. Allen appeared as a centerfold in the December 1987 issue of ''
Playboy
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'' magazine
and was subsequently named
Playmate of the Year
This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine.
List of Playmates of the Year
*1953: Marilyn Monroe
*1954:
*1955:
*1956:
*1957:
*1958:
*1959:
*1960: Ellen Stratton ...
in 1988.
Career
Allen was initially encouraged by her mother when she turned eighteen to pursue modeling and to try out for Playboy, but she was not interested. The suggestion came up again a few years later when her casting agent sent her to do a small role in a short film parody of Beverly Hills Cop II, in a role as a Playmate in the Playboy Mansion West scene. On the set of the film, Allen met
Monique St. Pierre
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, Playboy's
Playmate of the Year
This is a list of models who were chosen as a Playboy Playmate of the Year for the American edition of ''Playboy'' magazine.
List of Playmates of the Year
*1953: Marilyn Monroe
*1954:
*1955:
*1956:
*1957:
*1958:
*1959:
*1960: Ellen Stratton ...
in 1979. Allen was surprised when one of the film's producers mentioned that St. Pierre was a Playmate and the two became friends. After looking through Allen's portfolio of modeling assignments, St. Pierre took her to Playboy's West Coast photo studios on Sunset Boulevard for test shots.
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After her first pictorial, Allen continued to act and also appeared in a series of
''Playboy'' videos.
Personal life
Allen was born in
Portsmouth, Virginia and grew up in the South -
Virginia
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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Places
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, and
South Carolina
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.
In the early 1980s Julie was married to her Ball State University college beau. In the early 1990s she was married for a short time to American sports broadcaster
Bill Macatee
Bill Macatee (born November 17, 1955) is an American sports broadcaster for CBS Sports and Tennis Channel.
Early life and career
Macatee was born in Rome, New York, and grew up in El Paso, Texas. He graduated from Burges High School in El Pas ...
.
In 1996, Allen was a witness in the
civil trial
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of
O. J. Simpson and testified that she had seen Simpson strike his then-wife
Nicole Brown Simpson in 1983, when Allen was employed by a veterinary hospital in
Beverly Hills, California.
Filmography
* ''Tattoo, a Love Story'' (2002)
* ''The Force'' (1994)
* ''
Silk Degrees
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'' (1994)
* ''Seduce Me: Pamela Principle 2'' (1994)
* ''
Wild Cactus'' (1993)
* ''Round Numbers'' (1992)
See also
*
List of people in Playboy 1980–1989
References
External links
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1980s Playboy Playmates
Playboy Playmates of the Year
People from Portsmouth, Virginia
Actresses from Virginia
1965 births
Living people
American film actresses
21st-century American women
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