India Allen

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India Allen
Born (1965-06-01) June 1, 1965 (age 59)
Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.
Occupation(s)model, actress
Playboy centerfold appearance
December 1987
Preceded by Pamela Stein
Succeeded by Kimberley Conrad
Playboy Playmate of the Year
1988
Preceded by Donna Edmondson
Succeeded by Kimberley Conrad
Personal details
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

India Allen (born India Juliana Orban on June 1, 1965, in Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American actress and model. Allen appeared as a centerfold in the December 1987 issue of Playboy magazine [1] and was subsequently named Playmate of the Year in 1988.

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Career

Allen was initially encouraged by her mother when she turned eighteen to pursue modeling and to try out for Playboy, but she was not interested. The suggestion came up again a few years later when her casting agent sent her to do a small role in a short film parody of Beverly Hills Cop II, in a role as a Playmate in the Playboy Mansion West scene. On the set of the film, Allen met Monique St. Pierre, Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1979. Allen was surprised when one of the film's producers mentioned that St. Pierre was a Playmate and the two became friends. After looking through Allen's portfolio of modeling assignments, St. Pierre took her to Playboy's West Coast photo studios on Sunset Boulevard for test shots. [2]

After her first pictorial, Allen continued to act and also appeared in a series of Playboy videos.

Personal life

Allen was born in Portsmouth, Virginia and grew up in the South - Virginia, Georgia, and South Carolina.

In the early 1980s Julie was married to her Ball State University college beau. In September 1988 she was married for a short time to American sports broadcaster Bill Macatee. [3] In 1996, Allen was a witness in the civil trial of O. J. Simpson and testified that she had seen Simpson strike his then-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in 1983, when Allen was employed by a veterinary hospital in Beverly Hills, California. [4]

Filmography

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Skin, Mr. (January 1, 2005). Mr. Skin's Skincyclopedia: The A-to-Z Guide To Finding Your Favorite Actresses Naked. Macmillan. pp. 9–. ISBN   9780312331443 . Retrieved June 12, 2012.
  2. ↑ Staff. "India Allen". Playboy Plus. Retrieved December 30, 2013. (subscription required)
  3. ↑ "Things to Do in Dallas: Events, Concerts, Restaurants & More: GuideLive". GuideLive. August 1, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Transcript from O.J. Simpson civil trial". CNN . December 3, 1996. Archived from the original on August 23, 2000.


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