Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian international television actress, model, producer and an author.
Early life
Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada of partially Finnish ancestry (her paternal grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, left Finland in 1908). As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (well past midnight, at 4:08 in the morning), the newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby". After her birth, her parents Barry and Carol Anderson moved to the town of Comox with baby Pamela.
Acting and Modeling Career
Anderson's first major television role was on the United States hit television sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1993). She gained attention from the viewers, which got her the role of C J Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch. Later, she quit "Home Improvement." In the meantime, Anderson was still modeling for Playboy and was still appearing on the cover of the magazine. Her role as C.J. Parker gave Anderson more popularity and attention from international viewers.
In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, which failed to achieve commercial success; and in 1998 she appeared in her own television series, V.I.P., which ran for four seasons. After turning down the offer to star as a member of the original ensemble cast of Desperate Housewives, as of April 13, 2005, Anderson returned to television as the star of a new FOX TV series, Stacked as Skylar Dayton.
Personal life
In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has gotten a great deal of press attention for her flamboyant personal life. She married rock star Tommy Lee of the band Mötley Crüe on February 19, 1995, after knowing him for only 96 hours, and subsequently bore him two sons, Brandon and Dylan. After reported incidents of spousal abuse and alcoholism on the part of Lee, Anderson filed for divorce twice and reconciled twice, before the couple finally broke up for good. During the period of her marriage, she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. Since her divorce, she has become engaged to Marcus Schenkenberg and Kid Rock. She broke up with Schekenberg in 2001, and broke up with Kid Rock in 2003.
Anderson has also had relationships with Scott Baio, "Baywatch" co-star David Charvet, and musician Bret Michaels of the band Poison. She has also allegedly has had affairs with celebrities including Sylvester Stallone, Dean Cain, Rikki Lee Travolta, surfer Kelly Slater, Ben Affleck, Fred Durst, reality TV star Eric Nies, and Stephen Dorff.
A pornographic home video of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the company, the Internet Entertainment Group, that was distributing the video. Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney fees for their share of the profits.[1] The popularity and profitability of the video sparked a miniature genre within the porn film industry, and since then many homemade porn videos of celebrities have been released to the public through home video and Internet channels (either with or without the participants' co-operation). Frames of the video first appeared in Penthouse Magazine in March of 1998.
On April 15, 1999, Anderson decided to remove her breast implants. The main reason was that Anderson's modeling career was on the downfall. She needed to raise her children and possibly retire, but about a year later, Anderson decided to get breast implants back. The new implants were bigger than the first ones she claimed.
In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of trespassing and was deported to her home country, France. The woman had been arrested while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson's home, but she was only charged with trespassing and not the more serious crime of stalking.
In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. Lee denies having the disease. Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern's radio show that she does not expect to live more than ten or fifteen years [2], but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many Internet sites and tabloids. By then, Anderson's career was on the downfall.
In 2004, Anderson's career may have been reborn. In May 2004, Anderson appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine. This time, she appeared fully naked on the cover. Later, she posed nude for Stuff magazine.
Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004, while retaining her Canadian citizenship, for the purpose of sponsoring her parents (or at least her mother) for a green card. She has lived in southern California since 1989.
Anderson has often spoken revealingly about her private life. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004, she said she had not been dating for some time, and when Letterman asked her how she was coping, she responded, "There's not a square corner left anywhere in my house!" Letterman left that comment unanswered while the audience hooted.
Throughout her modeling career, she posed naked for many magazines mostly Playboy showing her breasts. She was one of the most famous people in the pornography and modeling industry throughout the 1990's. This made her the new sex symbol and the new "Marilyn Monroe" of our generation.
As of 2005, Pamela Anderson is 38 years old. She is getting older, but it doesn't look like she has any plans of getting out of the public eye. She still poses for magazines and is considered to be a hot single mom. She is currently starring in FOX's "Stacked."
Novelist
In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach fame. After this, she began touring across the States, signing autographs to fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
A sequel, Star Struck, released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the travails of celebrity life.
Animal rights
In 1999, Anderson received the Linda McCartney Award for animal rights protectors.
In 2001, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken; stating, "What KFC does to 750 million chickens, each year, is not civilized or acceptable." She later made a video about KFC's treatment of chickens for www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.
In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" advertising campaign.
Filmography
- Barb Wire (1996)
- The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
- Snapdragon (1993)
- Raw Justice (1994)
- Naked Souls (1995)
- Barb Wire (1996)
- The Making of Bret Michaels (2002) (documentary)
- Scooby-Doo (2002) (Cameo)
- Earthlings (2003) (documentary)
- Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- No Rules (2005) (Cameo)
TV work
- Home Improvement (cast member from 1991-1993)
- Baywatch: River of No Return (1992)
- Baywatch (cast member from 1992-1997)
- Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994)
- Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise (1995)
- V.I.P. (1998-2002) (also executive producer)
- Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
- Stripperella (2003) (voice)
- Stacked (2005-present)
Her appearances in Playboy Special Editions
| Pamela Anderson | |
|---|---|
| Preceded by | Peggy McIntaggart |
| Succeeded by | Deborah Driggs |
| Personal details | |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
- Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 7 June 1991.
- Playboy's Nudes December 1991 - cover.
- Playboy's International Playmates January 1992.
- Playboy's Girls of Summer '92 June 1992.
- Playboy's Girls of Summer '93 June 1993 - pages 6-7, 44.
- Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1993.
- Playboy's Video Playmates August 1993.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 33 September 1993.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 34 November 1993.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 35 January 1994.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 36 March 1994.
- Playboy's Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 38-43.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 37 May 1994.
- Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994.
- Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994.
- Playboy's Nudes November 1994.
- Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - page 15.
- Playboy's Nude Celebrities June 1995 - cover.
- Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003 - cover.
Disappearing labia: In the original Playboy spread, one of Pamela's poses was a little more revealing than Playboy normally provides. In subsequent reprintings in Newstand Specials, as well as in a mass-market poster, that area was airbrushed.
Pro wrestling
- Pamela made an appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's Wrestlemania XI on April 2, 1995 as the guest valet for WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel. Diesel was wrestling Shawn Michaels who had Jenny McCarthy as his guest valet. Diesel left after pinning Michaels with Anderson & McCarthy.
Trivia
- She has appeared on the cover of Playboy Magazine a total of 11 times.
- Has been called the ultimate hot blonde by E!
- Has a small bald patch on her scalp due to a injury involving the removal of a brunette wig. [3]
- Has said that she has a pole in her house, and does pole dancing like strippers do.
- Lycos Search Engine named her the most searched person on the internet during the 1990's.
- Has appeared 11 times on the cover of Playboy (1989-2004).
- Suffered a miscarriage during the filming of "Barb Wire" in 1995.
- Has been called the modern sex symbol.
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