Cynthia Basinet

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Cynthia Basinet
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Background information
Born
San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, United States
Genres Pop
Occupation(s)Singer, actress
Website www.cynthiabasinet.com

Cynthia Basinet is an American actress and singer, born in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. She is also noted for being a friend and lover of Jack Nicholson. [1]

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Career

She started as a model for I. Magnin and later became a model for Bob Mackie. After that, she worked in a San Francisco modeling agency. She spent the next five years in Europe modeling, including campaigns for Benetton with photographer, Oliviero Toscani. [2] In the 1990s, she starred in the movies Last Dance, The Making of a Hollywood Madam, A Hard Death, and has also appeared in the "Last Man on Earth" segment of the Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction TV series.

Basinet released her first album, For You With Love in 2001 under the name "C. Basinet". [3] It included "Santa Baby", which was originally recorded as a gift to actor Jack Nicholson in 1997[ citation needed ]. In 2006, she released her first full-length album, The Collection, which contains a decade of songs that she had recorded as singles for Dreamsville, including "Santa Baby," "Haunted Heart", "Water's Edge", and "God." In 2007, she released a tenth anniversary version of "Santa Baby". [4]


Filmography

YearTitleEpisodeRole
2014 Blue Gold: American Jeans Herself
2011 Onion SportsDome (TV series)Episode #1.4 (2011)Cheryl
1999 The Big Tease Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV series)

Last Man on Earth (1997)
The Prophecy
Couch Potato
Love over the Counter
Imaginary Friend

1996A Hard Death (video)Leslie Miller
1996The Making of a Hollywood Madam (TV movie)Caroline
1992Last DanceJamie (as Cynthia Stanton)
1991 The Bold and the Beautiful (TV series)Episode #1.1161 (1991)

Discography

YearAlbum
2011"The Christmas Song" (single)
2010Remixed
2007"Santa Baby" (10th Anniversary Edition) (single)
2007Uncovered
2006The Collection
2001For You with Love

References

  1. ↑ Douglas, Edward (2004). Jack: The Great Seducer — The Life and Many Loves of Jack Nicholson Archived 2011-09-06 at the Wayback Machine New York City: HarperCollins. ISBN   0060520477. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
  2. ↑ http://abilitymagazine.com/basinet.html Ability magazine
  3. ↑ C. Basinet. Allmusic 2001. Last accessed 19 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Sultry "Santa Baby" Singer, Actress and Humanitarian Cynthia Basinet Returns to Petition the United Nations". Jazz Corner. October 7, 2017.


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