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Birth:
20 November 1956
Birthplace:
Long Beach, California
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Best Known As:
Buxom co-star of the movie 10

Name at birth: Mary Cathleen Collins
Bo Derek made a splash as Dudley Moore's lust object in the 1979 comedy 10. Two years earlier she had married director John Derek, who had taken charge of her image and delivered her to Hollywood as Bo Derek. As a sex symbol Derek was a huge success, but only briefly; 1984's Bolero left a stink that erased the pleasant memory of 10, and Bo's career never recovered. Her marriage lasted, however, and after Bo was widowed in 1998 she returned to television in NBC's Wind on the Water. Her other films include Tommy Boy (1995, with Chris Farley) and Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981).

Extra credit: Derek's cornrow braids in 10 sparked a short national craze... The movie also created a renaissance for the haunting tune "Bolero" by classical composer Maurice Ravel.

Bo Derek appears with Melanie Griffith in our loop Mauled by Lions... Other movie stars of the early '80s include Molly Ringwald, Sigourney Weaver, Goldie Hawn and Adrienne Barbeau.

Filmography

Boom (2003)
Malibu's Most Wanted (2003) .... Bess Gluckman
Kentucky Derby, The (2002) (TV)
Life in the Balance (2001) .... Kathryn Garr
Sunstorm (2001) .... Victoria Warren
Frozen with Fear (2000) .... Katherine Sullivan
Horror 101 (2000) .... Miss Allison James
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (2000) (TV) .... Thada Pryce
"Queen of Swords" (2000) TV Series .... Mary Rose
... aka "Reina de espadas" (2000) (Spain)
... aka "Tessa, à la pointe de l'épée" (2000) (France)

"Wind on Water" (1998) TV Series .... Ciel Connolly
Tommy Boy (1995) .... Beverly Barish-Burns
Shattered Image (1994) (TV) .... Helen Allgood
Woman of Desire (1993) .... Christina Ford
Hot Chocolate (1992) .... BJ Cassidy
... aka Amour et chocolat (1992) (France)
Ghosts Can't Do It (1990) .... Katie O'Dare Scott

Bolero (1984) .... Lida MacGillivery
... aka Bolero: An Adventure in Ecstasy (1984)
Fantasies (1981/I) (as Kathleen Collins) .... Anastasia
... aka And Once Upon a Love (1981)
... aka Once Upon a Love (1981)
Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) .... Jane
Change of Seasons, A (1980) .... Lindsey Rutledge

10 (1979) .... Jenny Hanley
Orca (1977) .... Annie
... aka Killer Whale, The (1977)
... aka Orca: Killer Whale (1977)