Colleen Camp | |
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Born | Colleen Celeste Camp June 7, 1953 [1] |
Education | John H. Francis Polytechnic High School |
Alma mater | Los Angeles Valley College California State University, Northridge |
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Years active | 1973–present |
Known for | The Swinging Cheerleaders Apocalypse Now |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Colleen Celeste Camp (born June 7, 1953) is an American character actress and producer. After appearing in several bit parts, she had a lead role in the comedy The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), followed by roles in two installments of the Police Academy series. Camp had supporting roles in Lady of the House (1978), Apocalypse Now (1979), and The Seduction (1982), after which she played Julie’s mother in Valley Girl and Yvette the Maid in the 1985 comedy Clue . [2]
Camp has continued to have minor and supporting roles in various independent and studio films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Election (1999), Factory Girl (2006), Palo Alto (2013), American Hustle (2013), and The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018).
Colleen Camp was born in San Francisco, California. She has two brothers, Don and Glen. [3] She moved to the San Fernando Valley at a young age and attended John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, Los Angeles Valley College, and California State University, Northridge, where she majored in English and minored in theater arts. [3]
To help pay for college, Camp trained macaws at Busch Gardens on weeknights, weekends, and then during summers performing for crowds of up to 2,000 in six shows a day, six days a week. [4] Aspiring to be an actress, Camp took private acting and singing lessons. She was noticed by a talent agent for her hour-long Busch Gardens television special featuring her and her birds, and hired for national-television commercials for Gallo wine and Touch of Sweden hand lotion. [3] [5] This exposure led to small television parts in shows such as Marcus Welby, M.D. , Happy Days , and Love, American Style , as well as a six-episode stint on the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man . [3]
Camp landed small early roles in films like Funny Lady with Barbra Streisand and James Caan, and Smile with Bruce Dern and Barbara Feldon in 1975. [3] [4] She also appeared in the Bruce Lee movie Game of Death (1978) as his girlfriend, Ann, the young aspiring singer (her scenes were shot with a lookalike as Lee had died before she became involved) performing the film's love theme "Will This Be The Song I'll Be Singing Tomorrow". Camp went on to portray a Playmate in Francis Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now (followed by an actual pictorial in the October 1979 Playboy ), though most of her footage was cut from the initial theatrical release. She would later feature more prominently in Coppola's Redux cut. She was also the first actress to play Kristin Shepard, the sister of Linda Gray's character, in the primetime soap opera Dallas in 1979. Mary Crosby later replaced Camp in this role. [6]
Camp worked steadily in film comedies like Peter Bogdanovich's 1981 comedy They All Laughed , 1983's Valley Girl , 1985's Clue , and the 1994 Michael J. Fox comedy Greedy . She played a police officer in two of the Police Academy films and in Die Hard with a Vengeance . Camp was nominated twice for the Worst Supporting Actress Golden Raspberry Award – first, in 1982, for The Seduction , and then, in 1993, for Sliver . In 1999, she had a small part as character Tracy Flick's overbearing mother in the film Election , with Reese Witherspoon as Tracy. [7] She appeared in the episode "Simple Explanation" of House in 2009.
In 2013, she appeared in a supporting role in David O. Russell's American Hustle [8] The following year, Camp co-produced a Broadway production of Love Letters [9] and in 2015 co-produced and appeared in Eli Roth's thriller Knock Knock [10] — a remake of Death Game (1978, filmed 1974) she'd acted in. [11]
In the late 1970s, Camp dated Dean Tavoularis, whom she met in the Philippines while filming Apocalypse Now . [3] In 1986, she married John Goldwyn, a Paramount executive; they later divorced in 2001.
In November 2020, Camp's engagement to 34-year-old Garrett Moore, son of photographer Derry Moore, 12th Earl of Drogheda, was announced. [12]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Julie | Uncredited |
1974 | The Last Porno Flick | Also known as: Those Mad, Mad Moviemakers | |
The Swinging Cheerleaders | Mary Ann | ||
1975 | Funny Lady | Billy's Girl | |
Smile | Connie | ||
1976 | Ebony, Ivory & Jade | Ginger Douglas | |
The Gumball Rally | Franco's Date | ||
Amelia Earhart | Starlet | ||
1977 | Death Game | Donna | |
Love and the Midnight Auto Supply | Billie Jean | ||
1978 | Game of Death | Ann Morris | |
Lady of the House | Rosette | ||
Cat in the Cage | Gilda Riener | ||
1979 | Apocalypse Now | Playmate | |
1980 | Cloud Dancer | Cindy | |
1981 | They All Laughed | Christy Miller | |
1982 | The Seduction | Robin | |
Deadly Games | Randy | ||
1983 | Valley Girl | Sarah Richman | |
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 | Dusty Trails | ||
Trial by Terror | |||
1984 | The City Girl | Rose | |
Joy of Sex | Liz Sampson | ||
The Rosebud Beach Hotel | Tracy King | ||
1985 | Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment | Sgt. Kathleen Kirkland | |
Doin' Time | Nancy Catlett | ||
D.A.R.Y.L. | Elaine Fox | ||
Clue | Yvette | ||
1986 | Screwball Academy | Liberty Jean | Straight-to-video |
1987 | Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol | Mrs. Kirkland-Tackleberry | |
Walk Like a Man | Rhonda Shand | ||
1988 | Addicted to His Love | Ellie Snyder | Television film |
Illegally Yours | Molly Gilbert | ||
Track 29 | Arlanda | ||
1989 | Wicked Stepmother | Jenny Fisher | |
1990 | My Blue Heaven | Dr. Margaret Snow Coopersmith | |
1991 | Backfield in Motion | Laurie | Television film |
1992 | Wayne's World | Mrs. Vanderhoff | |
The Vagrant | Judy Dansig | ||
Unbecoming Age | Deborah | ||
1993 | For Their Own Good | Chris | Television film |
Sliver | Judy Marks | ||
Last Action Hero | Ratcliff | ||
Naked in New York | Auditioner | ||
1994 | Greedy | Patti | |
1995 | Die Hard with a Vengeance | Connie Kowalski | |
The Baby-Sitters Club | Maureen McGill | ||
Three Wishes | Neighbor's Wife | ||
1996 | The Right to Remain Silent | Mrs. Buford Lowry | Television film |
House Arrest | Mrs. Burtis | ||
The Associate | Detective Jones | ||
The Lone Star Letters | Deulah Pooch | ||
Suddenly | Jude | Television film | |
1997 | The Ice Storm | Dr. Pasmier | |
Plump Fiction | Viv | ||
Speed 2: Cruise Control | Debbie | ||
1999 | Election | Judith R. Flick | |
Love Stinks | Monica Harris | ||
Goosed | Jane | ||
Jazz Night | Marge Winslow | ||
2000 | Loser | Homeless Woman | |
Bar Hopping | Chick with Ax to Grind | Television film | |
2001 | Someone Like You... | Realtor | |
An American Rhapsody | Dottie | Also co-producer | |
Rat Race | Rainbow House Nurse | ||
How to Make a Monster | Faye Clayton | Television film | |
2002 | Joshua | Joan Casey | |
Second to Die | Cynthia | ||
Trapped | Joan Evans | ||
2004 | Who's Your Daddy? | Beverly Hughes | |
L.A. Twister | Judith | ||
In Good Company | Receptionist | ||
2005 | Mystery Woman: Mystery Weekend | Maura Hobbs | Television film |
Rumor Has It... | Pasadenan Wife | ||
2006 | Material Girls | Charlene | |
Running with Scissors | Joan | ||
Dead and Deader | Mrs. Wisteria | Television film | |
Factory Girl | Mrs. Whitley | ||
2007 | Noise | Mrs. Broomell | |
2008 | Four Christmases | Aunt Donna | |
2009 | Winter of Frozen Dreams | Jerry's Mother | |
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Mrs. Shan | ||
Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee | Helen Morris | ||
2010 | Burning Palms | Barbara Barish | |
Psych:9 | Beth | ||
2011 | Balls to the Wall | Maureen | |
Hollywood & Wine | Judge Head | ||
Love, Wedding, Marriage | Ethel | ||
Homecoming | Cathy | ||
2012 | A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III | Karen | |
Waffle Hut | Carla | Television film | |
2013 | Palo Alto | Sally | |
American Hustle | Brenda | ||
2014 | Chicanery | Regina Moon | |
She's Funny That Way | Cece | ||
2015 | Knock Knock | Vivian | Also co-producer |
Joy | Lori | ||
2016 | Always Shine | Sandra | |
2017 | An Imperfect Murder | Elaine Lockman | |
The Truth About Lies | May | Also co-producer | |
2018 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Mrs. Hanchett | |
2020 | Spenser Confidential | Mara | |
Mainstream | Judy | ||
2021 | Violet | Connie Campos | |
2022 | 9 Bullets | Drew | |
Father Stu | Motel Receptionist | ||
Monstrous | Mrs. Langtree | ||
Amsterdam | Eva Ott | ||
5-25-77 | Janet Johnson | ||
2023 | Back on the Strip | Rita |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1973 | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Betty Adams | 1 episode |
Love, American Style | Jane / Diane | 2 episodes | |
1975 | Happy Days | Rose | 1 episode |
1976 | Harry O | Karen Bremmer | 1 episode |
Doc | 1 episode | ||
Isis | Wynn | 1 episode | |
Starsky and Hutch | Bobette | 1 episode | |
1976–1977 | Rich Man, Poor Man—Book II | Vicki St. John | 6 episodes |
1976 | Man from Atlantis | Amanda | 1 episode |
1979 | Dallas | Kristin Shepard | 2 episodes |
1981 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Bonnie Lane | 1 episode |
1982 | WKRP | Herself | 1 episode |
1984 | Magnum, P.I. | Valerie Cane | 1 episode |
1985 | Tales from the Darkside | Connie Squires | 1 episode |
1987–1988 | Murder, She Wrote | Dody Rogers / Dep. Marigold Feeney | 2 episodes |
1990 | Tales from the Crypt | Mrs. Mildred Korman | 1 episode |
1991 | thirtysomething | Deborah Branchflower Diggs | 1 episode |
1994 | Tom | Kara Wilhoit | 12 episodes |
1993–1996 | Roseanne | Jill / Dawn / Secretary | 3 episodes |
2006–2007 | The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman | Angela Birnbaum | 4 episodes |
2007 | Entourage | Marjorie | 2 episodes |
2009 | House | Charlotte | 1 episode |
2013 | Mob City | Woman in Restaurant | 2 episodes |
2015 | American Dad! | Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan (voice) | 1 episode |
2017 | Signed, Sealed, and Delivered: Home Again | Sunny Haywith | Television film |
2018 | Andi Mack | Cookie | 1 episode |
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