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los angeles , california larry zerner

larry zerner

lawrence j. zerner -lrb- born september 8 , 1963 -rrb- is an american lawyer and former actor who is perhaps best known for his role in the 1982 hit horror film `` friday the 13th part iii '' as shelly .
his only other film role was in the 1984 movie `` hadley 's rebellion '' .
he made a guest appearance on the television series `` fame '' .
zerner was born in los angeles , california .
he was discovered on a street corner in westwood , los angeles , california handing out passes to a screening of `` the road warrior '' .
larry 's character in `` friday the 13th part 3 '' brought the hockey mask -lrb- among other items -rrb- to scare his friends .
the hockey mask became jason voorhees 's trademark .
zerner is now an entertainment lawyer in hollywood .
in 2005 , larry represented jeff bergquist in a copyright infringement lawsuit against daniel knauf and hbo over the television series carnivàle .
also in 2005 , zerner represented george lutz in a lawsuit against the makers of the remake of `` the amityville horror '' .
larry was a contestant on the abc prime time version of `` who wants to be a millionaire '' but did not make it to the `` hot seat '' with regis philbin .
on february 9 , 2007 , larry was the $ 250,000 winner of the last man standing edition of 1 vs. 100 , defeating , among others , ken jennings , annie duke , brad rutter , kevin olmstead and nancy christy .
in 2009 , he appeared on doug benson 's comedy podcast `` i love movies '' where he donated a total of 1,800 usd to the los angeles food bank .
