Ola Ray - wikipedia Ola Ray Ola Ray ( 1960 - 08 - 26 ) August 26, 1960 ( age 58 ) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. Occupation Actress, Model Height 1.65 m ( 5 ft 5 in ) Ola Ray ( born August 26, 1960 ) is an American model and actress most notable for her role as the girlfriend of Michael Jackson in the short film Thriller. Contents 1 Career 2 Filmography 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Career Ray modeled for Playboy and was the Playmate of the Month for the June 1980 issue. Ray complained in the past about difficulties collecting royalties from her participation in Thriller. At first, Ray blamed Michael Jackson. She ultimately sued Jackson in May 2009 in a dispute to obtain uncollected royalties. Jackson died less than two months later on June 25 at age 50, after suffering cardiac arrest. In 2012, The Michael Jackson Family Trust settled the lawsuit. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1981 Body and Soul Hooker # 1 1982 Night Shift Dawn 1982 48 Hrs. Vroman 's Dancer 10 to Midnight Ola The Man Who Loved Women 1984 Fear City Honey The Night Stalker Sable Fox Beverly Hills Cop II Playboy Playmate 2015 Toy Soldier Betty Television Year Title Role Notes 1984 Automan Joanne Episode : `` Murder MTV '' 1984 Gimme a Break ! Deanna Episode : `` The Center '' 1984 Cheers Andrea Episode : `` King of the Hill '' 1985 What 's Happening Now ! ! Paulette Episode : `` Married or Not '' Music Video Year Title Role Artist 1980 `` Give Me the Night '' George Benson `` Thriller '' Michael 's Girlfriend Michael Jackson See also List of people in Playboy 1980 -- 1989 References ^ Jump up to : `` Playmate data ''. wekinglypigs.com. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Jump up ^ Rockwell, John ( December 18, 1983 ). `` Recent Releases ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Farber, Jim ( January 27, 2009 ). `` For Ola Ray, it was ' Thriller ' of a lifetime ''. New York Daily News. Jump up ^ `` The San Francisco Chronicle ''. Jump up ^ Dillon, Nancy ( May 6, 2009 ). `` Gloves are off ! ' Thriller ' star sues for royalties ''. New York Daily News. Jump up ^ Griffin, Nancy ( June 24, 2010 ). `` Michael Jackson 's `` Thriller '' : How an Iconic Music Video Was Made ``. Vanity Fair. Jump up ^ `` Hoofdrolspeelster clip Thriller krijgt alsnog geld '' ( in Dutch ). Novum Nieuws. May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2012. External links Ola Ray on IMDb Ola Ray at Playboy Online Playboy Playmates of 1980 Gig Gangel Sandy Cagle Henriette Allais Liz Glazowski Martha Thomsen Ola Ray Teri Peterson Victoria Cooke Lisa Welch Mardi Jacquet Jeana Tomasino Terri Welles Playmates of 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 WorldCat Identities LCCN : n85151652 VIAF : 30973001 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ola_Ray&oldid=862420924 '' Categories : 1960 births African - American Playboy Playmates African - American female models American female models African - American actresses American film actresses American television actresses Living people Actresses from St. Louis Playboy Playmates ( 1980 -- 1989 ) 20th - century American actresses Michael Jackson Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from June 2017 CS1 Dutch - language sources ( nl ) Articles with dead external links from January 2018 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 Polski Suomi Edit links This page was last edited on 4 October 2018, at 08 : 02 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who played the girl in the thriller video
Answer: Ola Ray