Teagan Clive

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Teagan Clive
BornNovember 5, 1955
United States
Occupation(s)writer, actress, bodybuilder
Years active1986–1990
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
SpouseStan Berkowitz

Teagan Clive (born c. 1955) is an American writer, bodybuilder and actress. She has appeared in various roles in movies and on television.

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Clive writes articles for periodicals, including Iron Man Magazine and the Weider magazine Muscle & Fitness , and has since the 1980s. She wrote screenplays which were produced for the television series Conan the Adventurer and Acapulco H.E.A.T. [1]

She is married to writer Stan Berkowitz. [2]

Early life

Clive was abandoned as a baby, and was cared for by a series of institutions and foster homes. [3] In public school and college she pursued athletic curricula including baseball and varsity volleyball.

Early training

In 1983, Clive began training with Don Ross at the Olympia Health Club in Oakland, California, where she told him, "I want to be the Arnold Schwarzenegger of female bodybuilding." [4]

Acting career

Filmography

YearTitleRoleOther notes
1990Vice Academy Part 2BimboCop
Mob BossNoelle
1989 Alienator The Alienator
Sinbad of the Seven Seas Soukra
1988Pathos – segreta inquietudine (Obsession: A Taste For Fear)Teagan Morrison
1987 Interzone Mantis
1986 Jumpin' Jack Flash Russian Exercise Woman
Armed and Dangerous Staff Member

Television appearances

Writing career

Journalist

Clive wrote the "Power Café" diet column in Iron Man for 14 years.

In the 1990s Sports Illustrated hired Clive to investigate murder in bodybuilding, but she declined to capitalize on her work because her "participation in the project was met with so much disapproval" among her friends in the sport.[ citation needed ]

Television screenplays

Books

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References

  1. "Teagan Clive". IMDb. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  2. "Teagan Clive". IMDb. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
  3. Dobbs, Bill (May 1985), "Big, Brawny and Beautiful", Flex , 3 (2): 111
  4. Dobbs, op cit, p. 112.
  5. Flex (May 1985), "Rock 'N Roll Teagan", Flex , 3 (2): 109