An unusual combination of Portugese, Hawaiian, and Australian, Laurette Luez was typically cast as the sexy, sultry exotic. She was the star – as Tigri, queen of the Island of Women – of one of the worst B movies ever, Prehistoric Women. Her active social life (including catfights and secret marriages) kept her in the tabloids.
Embarrassing Movies
Killer Shark
Bomba and the African Treasure
Love That Brute
Jungle Gents
Prehistoric Women *
* - author has seen
Embarrassing Taglines
She lived on the edge of violence!
Savage! Primitive! Deadly!
THE JUNGLE SCREAMS with SAVAGE FURY!
She's got a luscious torso...and when she shakes it's even more so!
Embarrassing Characters
Samal
Orena
Anatta
Felena
Laluli
Number of Marriages: 4 Shortest Marriage: 3 months
Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Bobby Darin
Whiffs of Scandal
30 October 51 – Secretly weds Edward A. Harrison, real estate investor, in Tijuana, Mexico.
15 January 52 – Files for an annulment of her marriage to Harrison. She claims that Harrison had not received his final decree of divorce from his previous wife, and that she had not received a final decree dissolving her marriage to her previous spouse. She charges that Harrison threatened her life and her career.
Nancy Kovack is a unique combination of beauty and brains. Unfortunately, the first tended to outshine the second, and Nancy never really got the serious roles she longed for. Instead, she racked up the credits as a game show hostess, an Elvis girl, a Star Trek babe, and a Matt Helm Slaygirl (What? You’ve never heard of the Slaygirls?). She also did turns on Batman, Bewitched, Love American Style, and a Vincent Price horror flick. She gave it all up, though, to marry the famous conductor Zubin Mehta. I kid you not.
Real Name: Nancy Kovach (I guess the “k” helped ensure correct pronunciation) Embarrassing Real Birthplace: Flint, MI Cheesy Pageant Titles
Miss Flint
Miss Austin Healey
Witch of the Year, Charlie Weaver's Hobby Lobby
Embarrassing Movies
Jason and the Argonauts
Tarzan and the Valley of Gold
The Brain-Killer Affair
The Outlaws Is Coming (with the Three Stooges)
Embarrassing Taglines
It's Elvis as Johnny and oh, Lordy, how he can love!
Follow his secret from bedroom to bedlam, with guns, girls and dynamite!
The epic story that was destined to stand as a colossus of adventure!
Embarrassing Characters
Mallotte DuClasse
Athelstone Scone
Clio Vanita
Chou Chou
Big Shirley
Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
Cary Grant
William Shatner
Zubin Mehta
Whiffs of Scandal:
Sued Nancy MacDougal (of Whitewater fame) for embezzlement
Husband had illegitimate child while married to Nancy
Interesting Tidbits
Attended Univ. of Michigan at age 15 (and graduated at age 19)
Has a reported IQ of 158
Studied Farsi at UCLA
Won 8 beauty contests before age 20
Was a radio DJ at age 16
Got an Emmy nomination for a guest appearance on Mannix
Sherry Jackson started out as an adorable child star, on things like the Ma and Pa Kettle series and the Danny Thomas Show. She quickly, however, “grew totally out of her pert and pretty teen figure into a ravishing stunner” (IMDb). Unfortunately, all that really meant was more TV (but this time as a “bewitching and capricious vixen”) and cheap exploitation flicks.
Embarrassing Real Birthplace: Wendell, ID Embarrassing Movies
Wild on the Beach
The Mini-Skirt Mob *
Curse of the Moon Child
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
* - author has seen
Embarrassing Taglines
She's tempting to look at – dangerous to know!
Get wrecked! Get chased! Get smashed! Get it on! The big red hot one is in town!
TRAPPIN’ TRIGGER-MAD WAGON TRAIN RAIDERS!
They're hog-straddling female animals on the prowl
Embarrassing Characters
Abigail Bratkowski
Rebecca Snipe
Comfort Gatewood
Girl in Iron Lung
Absolutely amazing!
Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
Troy Donahue
Elvis
Whiffs of Scandal
Shot some nude scenes for a European version of a movie (which later made their way into Playboy)
Sued the estate of her deceased boyfriend (and lost)
Interesting Tidbits
First work was dancing on tabletops at her parents’ Idaho saloon at age 2
Was discovered at a bus stop with her mother (maybe)
Another story has her discovered while eating ice cream
First film work at age 6
TV work included Lost in Space, Batman, The Twilight Zone, Charlie’s Angles, and Gomer Pyle
It can be argued that Vikki Dougan invented the butt crack. Known as “The Back,” Vikki’s main claim to fame was appearing in dresses with a low plunging back. “Buttage,” if you will. This seemed to keep her constantly in the press, though all the publicity never really panned out to many acting credits (IMDb has her down for only ten).
Embarrassing Real Name: Edith Tooker Embarrassing Real Birthplace: Brooklyn Cheesy Pageant Titles
Miss General Electric
New York Skate Queen
California Chiropractic Assoc. Perfect Posture Week Queen
Embarrassing Movies
Tunnel of Love
The Rebel Set *
Here Come the Jets
Hootenanny Hoot
* - author has seen
Embarrassing Taglines
The Free-Living World of the Over-Teens!
Hilarious Sophisticated Entertainment for ADULTS ONLY!
30 MINUTES TO LIVE - Head-hunter Drums grew louder in the jungle and a condemned criminal held 9 lives in his hands
FROM THE BOLD BLUSHING STAGE HIT OF SEX IN THE SUBURBS!
B-GUYS! (The Beatnicks) Living and Loving for strange kicks! JET DOLLS! Ready and willing to go into orbit! KING OF BEATSVILLE! Master mind behind a million dollars worth of murder! THE "WEIRDIES"! Nobody knows what makes them tick!
Embarrassing Characters
Blonde
Karen, the Waitress
Putzi
B Girl
Unlikely Spouses & Boyfriends
John Barrymore, Jr.
George Hormel (the meat heir)
Melvin Belli (the lawyer)
Lance Fuller (Ed Wood favorite)
George Raft
Frank Sinatra
Whiffs of Scandal
Disqualified from Miss Rheingold contest for being underage
First marriage at age 16
Appeared in Modern Man, Playboy, Cavalier, and Nugget
