Graduated La Jolla High School, La Jolla, California. [1957]
Miss Fairest of the Fair, San Diego, Ca. [1957]
Mother of Tahnee Welch.
Born at 2:04pm-CDT
Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#18). [1995]
Her father is Bolivian.
Turned down the lead in Barbarella (1968) - which eventually went to Jane Fonda.
Husband Richard Palmer is a restaurateur.
She was fired from Cannery Row (1982) and replaced by Debra Winger. She then sued MGM and won a $10 million judgement.
Among her many beauty contest titles were "Miss Photogenic", "Miss Contour" and "Miss Maid of California" - all won while she was in her teens.
30 August 2003 - Broke her wrist in a Los Angeles car crash.
Measurements: 37C-22 1/2-35 1/2 (measured in 1967), 37-23 1/2-35 1/2 (from 1980 fitting), 37D-26-36 (@ age 43 in 1985), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Mentioned in the theme song of the 1980s TV hit _"Fall Guy, The (1981)"_ .
Had a notorious backstage feud with the indomitable Mae West on the set of Myra Breckinridge (1970).
Auditioned for the role of Mary Ann in _'Gilligan's Island (1964)'_ .
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