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Bo Derek, Biography and Photos
Bo Derek was born Mary Cathleen Collins on November 20, 1956, Long Beach, California and is an American film actress and model of Irish, German and Dutch descent.
Bo Derek was married to an actor 30 years older, John Derek, from 1974 until his death in 1998. They met during filming of a movie, and subsequently, John Derek filed for divorce from his wife, actress Linda Evans.
Bo Derek appeared in Orca: the Killer Whale (1977), in which her character's (Annie) leg was bitten off when the whale attacked her home on a pier.
Bo Derek co-starred in the 1979 Blake Edwards film 10, in which Bo Derek vied with a foul-mouthed Julie Andrews for Dudley Moore's attention. Bo Derek's appearance in the popular sex farce shot her to instant stardom and status as a sex symbol.
The plotline of 10 involves a woman who seems better-than-perfect to the protagonist (Moore), until he actually gets to know her and realizes she cannot live up to his expectations. Subsequent films have not been well-received by either the public or critics. The 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man was a disappointment. The producers of the film were actually sued by the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate over the name of the film, since it focused more on how many ways to disrobe Jane (Derek's role), than on Tarzan himself.
