Marilyn Joi

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Marilyn Joi
Born (1945-05-22) May 22, 1945 (age 78)
Occupation Film actress
Years active19721989

Marilyn Joi (born May 22, 1945) is an American actress [1] who appeared in a number of exploitation films during the 1970s.

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Career

Joi starred in several films by Al Adamson including The Naughty Stewardesses (1974), Blazing Stewardesses (1975) and Black Samurai (1977), and played the henchwoman Velvet in Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks (1976), and Cleopatra Schwartz in The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977). Among her other film credits were roles in Hit Man (1972), Mean Mother (1974), The Candy Tangerine Man (1975), Mansion of the Doomed (1976), The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington (1977), Nurse Sherri (1978) and Galaxina (1980).

She was often credited as Tracy King, Tracy Ann King and T.A. King.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 Hammer Dancer
1972 Hit Man Rita Biggs
1973Mean MotherJoy
1973 Wonder Women Black in Brown Bikini
1973 The Student Teachers Topless Dancer
1973 Detroit 9000 Dancing hooker in whorehouseUncredited
1973The Naughty StewardessesBarbara
1973 Tender Loving Care Lynn
1974 Black Samson Widow
1974Black StarletKiss Girl
1975 The Candy Tangerine Man Clarisse
1975 Blazing Stewardesses Barbara Watson
1976 Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks Velvet
1976 Mansion of the Doomed Miss Matthews
1976 Black Samurai Synne
1977Uncle Tom's CabinDaughter
1977 The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington Sheila
1977 The Kentucky Fried Movie Cleopatra Schwartz
1978 Nurse Sherri Tara Williams
1979 Cheerleaders' Wild Weekend LaSalle
1980 Galaxina Winged Girl
1981C.O.D.Debbie Winter
1989 Satan's Princess Hooker

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Starsky & Hutch Pepper / Charlie2 episodes
1977 Good Times Karen CaseyEpisode: "J.J. in Business"
1977 Charlie's Angels BrendaEpisode: "The Blue Angels"
1986 Hunter HookerEpisode: "The Beautiful & the Dead: Part 1"
1986 Hill Street Blues RhondaEpisode: "A Case of Klapp"
1987 Beverly Hills Buntz HookerEpisode: "Sid and Randy"

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References

  1. McCann, Bob (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. McFarland. pp. 182–. ISBN   9780786437900 . Retrieved 10 July 2012.