Bo Derek

Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins, November 20, 1956 in Long Beach, California), is an American actress.and model. Derek is best known for the movie 10 with Dudley Moore and Julie Andrews. She acted in movies directed by her husband John Derek. These included Fantasies, Tarzan, the Ape Man (both 1981), Bolero (1984) and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), all of which got negative surveys. A widow since 1998, she lives with entertainer John Corbett. As of 2023, she was in semi-retirement, but has made some movie, television and narrative appearances.

 Career 
Derek began her acting career with movies such as Orca (1977), and 10 (1979). After the success of 10, she starred in the movies Fantasies (1981), Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981), Bolero (1984), and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989). These movies were directed by John Derek.

In the early 1990s, she worked in comedies and low-budget movies such as Amour et chocolat (1992) and Woman of Desire (1994, with Robert Mitchum).

Derek reappeared in 1995 in the comedy Tommy Boy (1995), as Beverly. After Tommy Boy, she worked on several films: Sunstorm (2001), Frozen with Fear (2001), Malibu's Most Wanted (2003), and Life in the Balance (2004).  

 Television 
In the late 1990s, Derek began making appearances on television show The Drew Carey Show, Wind on Water, Family Law, Queen of Swords.  

In the year 2006 she obtained the role of Maria Gianni, in the drama TV series Fashion House.

 Filmography 

+ Movie Year Títle Role Note 1977 Orca  Annie    1979 10    Jenny Hanley   1980 A Change of Seasons    Lindsey Rutledge   1981  Fantasies  Anastasia  1981  Tarzan, the Ape Man  Jane Parker  1984 Bolero   Lida MacGillivery 1989  Ghosts Can't Do It  Katie O'Dare Scott 1992  Amour et chocolat  BJ Cassidy    TV movie 1994 Shattered Image  Helen Allgood  TV movie1994  Woman of Desire    Christina Ford   1995 Tommy Boy    Beverly 2000 Murder at the Cannes Film Festival    Thada Pryce  TV movie2001  Sunstorm    Victoria Warren  2001 Frozen with Fear  Katherine Sullivan 2001  Horror 101  Miss Allison James 2003 Malibu's Most Wanted  Bess Gluckman  2004 Life in the Balance  Kathryn Garr   2005 Crusader  Nicola Markham  TV movie 2006 Fashion House   Maria Gianni   TV series

References

 Other websites 

Official website 
Interview with Bo Derek

Category:American television actors
Category:American movie actors
Category:Actors from Long Beach, California
Category:1956 births
Category:Living people