Jeana Keough

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Jeana Keough
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Jeana Keough in 2009
Born
Jeana Ellen Myers

(1955-09-18) September 18, 1955 (age 69)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Television personality, actress, model, realtor
Spouses
Gary Tomasino
(divorced)
(m. 1984;div. 2019)
Children3
Playboy centerfold appearance
November 1980
Preceded by Mardi Jacquet
Succeeded by Terri Welles
Personal details
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Keough pictured with Lynne Curtin, Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson and Gretchen Rossi at the Virgin America OC Launch in 2009 RealHousewives2OCVALaunchApr09.jpg
Keough pictured with Lynne Curtin, Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson and Gretchen Rossi at the Virgin America OC Launch in 2009

Jeana Ellen Keough (née Myers; formerly Tomasino; born September 18, 1955) [1] [2] [3] is an American television personality, realtor, actress, and model. Keough graduated from Whitnall High School located in Greenfield, Wisconsin in 1972. When she was younger, she worked as a model and actress, including as one of the three beautiful muses in the ZZ Top music videos "Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man" and "Gimme All Your Lovin". She was also the Playboy Magazine Playmate of the Month in November 1980. [4]

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Keough works as a real estate salesperson in Aliso Viejo, California. [5] She is also a former cast member of the reality show The Real Housewives of Orange County .

Family

Keough was married to her second husband, Matt Keough (1955-2020), a second-generation major league baseball player, pitcher for the Oakland Athletics and a special assistant to Oakland A's general manager. [6] They legally divorced in 2019, many years after they had separated, and just months before his 2020 death. [7] The couple shared three children: Shane, Kara and Colton. Their oldest son, Shane, is a third-generation professional baseball player, having signed as a minor league outfielder in June 2006 with the Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, but he was released on July 2, 2010. [8] Daughter Kara married NFL player Kyle Bosworth. [9]

Career

Keough appeared in several movies and television shows in the mid-1980s. As an actress, she has been credited as Jeana Tomasina or Jeana Keough.

Playboy Playmate

Keough was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in November 1980. [4] In 1983, she appeared in "Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 4." [10] and still makes occasional promotional appearances for Playboy.

Music videos

Along with Danièle Arnaud and fellow Playmate Kymberly Herrin, Keough was one of the three muses in the ZZ Top music videos "Legs", "Sharp Dressed Man", "Gimme All Your Lovin' ", and "Sleeping Bag". [11] [12]

Reality television

As Jeana Keough, she is one of the original cast members of the reality show, The Real Housewives of Orange County , on the Bravo cable network. [13] In season five, she appeared as a regular cast member in three episodes. [14] [15] [16] Since departing as a full-time member, Keough has appeared as a recurring cast member in season six [17] and has made multiple guest appearances in the later seasons. [18] [19]

Keough was featured as a client on the Bravo series Thintervention with Jackie Warner . [20] [21]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Pink Lady HerselfEpisode #1.3
1983 T. J. Hooker GloriaEpisode #3.10: "Blue Murder"
1984 The A-Team DeniseEpisode #3.1: "Bullets and Bikinis"
1984 St. Elsewhere Hawkin's DreamEpisode #3.8: "Sweet Dreams"
1985 Cheers BeckyEpisode #3.15: "King of the Hill"
2006–2012, 2015–2017, 2022 The Real Housewives of Orange County HerselfMain Cast (seasons 1–5), Friend (season 6), Guest (seasons 7, 10–12, 16), Narrator (season 15)

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979The Death of Ocean View Parkas Jeana Tomasina
1979 The Capture of Bigfoot Danceras Jeana Tomasina
1981 Lovely But Deadly Woman with Stuck Zipperas Jeana Tomasina
1981 History of the World, Part I Vestal Virginas Jeana Tomasina
1981 Looker Suzyas Jeana Tomasina
1982 The Beach Girls Duckyas Jeana Tomasina
1982 Six Pack Lonnieas Jeana Tomasina
1982 Double Exposure Reneeas Jeana Tomasina
1983 10 to Midnight Karenas Jeana Tomasina
1983Off the WallMrs. Buck Banneras Jeana Tomasina
1984 Up the Creek Mollyas Jeana Tomasina

See also

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