Monkee Girls
Out of curiosity (and a little boredom) I scoured IMDB for all the random actresses who appeared in Monkees episodes. Some interesting findings:
Murder victims: 1
Katherine Walsh, who played the young princess of a fictional country, was killed in London 4 years after she appeared on the show. No other details provided. Huh.
Prolific film make-up artists: 1
Judy Murdock, who played the under-appreciated sidekick/friend to a romantic lead, followed up her brief acting career with a long and apparently successful career as a make-up artist. She worked on such films as Hitch, Men In Black, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Hmm.
Successful voice actors: 1
Heather North, who played a girl who wore an equestrian riding helmet for no explicable reason, was the second voice of Daphne in the Scooby-Doo franchise.
Two-time Tony Award nominees: 1
Susan Browning played, appropriately, a melodramatic overactor in her one Monkees appearance.
Minor Teen Idols: 1
Donna Loren, known on the Monkees for her portrayal of a princess of unspecified Middle-Eastern heritage, appeared in Beach Blanket Bingo and several other movies in the same vein.
Children of Celebrities: 1
Deanna Martin, daughter of Dean Martin, played a cross-dressing rock singer on an episode of the Monkees. No kidding. It's not like the lack of context makes that sound more shocking than it really warrants, or anything....
And finally...
Playboy Playmates of the Month: 3
Both Christine Williams and Sharon Cintron appeared in Playboy in 1963, four and five years prior to their respective appearances on the Monkees (Christine played a biker chick, Sharon played a member of the crossdresser's band (see above)). Anne Randall appeared in Playboy a mere four months before her appearance on the Monkees as a harem girl (in the same episode that featured Beach Blanket Bingo girl).
Who was in charge of casting for these bit roles?? Tsk tsk. And they marketed the Monkees as a children's show....
Murder victims: 1
Katherine Walsh, who played the young princess of a fictional country, was killed in London 4 years after she appeared on the show. No other details provided. Huh.
Prolific film make-up artists: 1
Judy Murdock, who played the under-appreciated sidekick/friend to a romantic lead, followed up her brief acting career with a long and apparently successful career as a make-up artist. She worked on such films as Hitch, Men In Black, and How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Hmm.
Successful voice actors: 1
Heather North, who played a girl who wore an equestrian riding helmet for no explicable reason, was the second voice of Daphne in the Scooby-Doo franchise.
Two-time Tony Award nominees: 1
Susan Browning played, appropriately, a melodramatic overactor in her one Monkees appearance.
Minor Teen Idols: 1
Donna Loren, known on the Monkees for her portrayal of a princess of unspecified Middle-Eastern heritage, appeared in Beach Blanket Bingo and several other movies in the same vein.
Children of Celebrities: 1
Deanna Martin, daughter of Dean Martin, played a cross-dressing rock singer on an episode of the Monkees. No kidding. It's not like the lack of context makes that sound more shocking than it really warrants, or anything....
And finally...
Playboy Playmates of the Month: 3
Both Christine Williams and Sharon Cintron appeared in Playboy in 1963, four and five years prior to their respective appearances on the Monkees (Christine played a biker chick, Sharon played a member of the crossdresser's band (see above)). Anne Randall appeared in Playboy a mere four months before her appearance on the Monkees as a harem girl (in the same episode that featured Beach Blanket Bingo girl).
Who was in charge of casting for these bit roles?? Tsk tsk. And they marketed the Monkees as a children's show....
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