Angelyne

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Angelyne is an American model and occasional actress who has purportedly become an icon of Hollywood and Los Angeles best known for purchasing billboards advertising herself.Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.]

Biography

Angelyne drives a pink Corvette which bears the shortened name "ANGLYNE" on its license plate, and has a pink maltese named Buddha.Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] She began to gain local attention in the early 1980s when a series of billboards popped up around the city featuring her in various poses.Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] Around this time, she made her first appearance on national television as a guest on the late night talk show Thicke of the Night hosted by Alan Thicke, and featuring a young Arsenio Hall.

Although it has been claimed that billboard companies or a wealthy husband pays for her billboards, Angelyne, who is single, credits "investors" for financing the outdoor advertising.Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] Angelyne compares herself to Barbie, stating that "Kids think I'm a Barbie doll"Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] and, in one billboard, "Barbie wishes she were me." [ [http://www.tmz.com/2007/06/20/scaffolding-goes-up-around-angelyne/ Scaffolding Goes Up Around Angelyne] , TMZ.com, June 20, 2007.] Angelyne has not given her age or birthdate in interviews, although the IMDB lists 1958 (in Idaho) without providing a source. The Los Angeles County registrar of voters lists her (by her single first name only) to be age 44 as of June 20, 2007.Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.]

Angelyne was one of the candidates in the 2003 California recall election, finishing 28th in a field of 135 candidates ( 2,533 votes).Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] Her slogan during the campaign was "We’ve had Gray, we’ve had Brown, now it’s time for some blond and pink."Bob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.] She was also a candidate for Hollywood city council in 2002 if it were to secede from Los Angeles.Fact|date=December 2007

Her billboards have gained more fame than she, and have appeared in several television shows and moviesBob Pool, [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-angelyne20jun20,1,6930812.story Angelyne seeks enhanced deal] , "Los Angeles Times", June 20, 2007.]

Filmography

* "Phantom of the Paradise" (Uncredited, 1974)
* "Earth Girls Are Easy" (1988) ...as Herself, a customer @ an L.A. gas station
* "Dangerous Love" (1988)
* "Hardcase and Fist" (1989)
* "Homer and Eddie" (1989)
* "The Malibu Beach Vampires" (1991)
*"Volcano" (1997), starring Tommy Lee Jones
*"The Underground Comedy Movie" (1999)
* "Flies on Cupid" (2000)
* "King of Hollywood" (2008)

In other media

*"Hollywood Women" (1994) (TV mini-series) ... as Herself.
*"Nina Hagen = Punk + Glory" (1999) (music documentary) ...as Herself.
*"Cleavage" (2002) (TV documentary) ...as Herself
*"Video on Trial"(TV Show- 1 episode) (2006) ...as Herself
*"We Are All Made Out Of Stars" (music video) by Moby
*She once made her own music video, performing the song "I Always Keep A List of All the Guys I Kiss". It features her driving around Los Angeles in a pink Corvette.

Trivia

*Some of her earliest exposure came when her billboard appeared in the opening montage of the hit TV show "Moonlighting".

*When being interviewed by the Malibu High School newspaper "The Surfwriter", she said she is a billboard princess, not queen, because "princesses have more fun." Fact|date=February 2007

*Angelyne was the topic of the Not My Job quiz on National Public Radio's "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!". Listeners learned that she portrayed a Barbara Bush Impersonator in 1991's "The Malibu Beach Vampires" and she wrote a script, "The Bra that Ate L.A." (as yet unproduced).

*In the movie "The Day After Tomorrow", a news reporter covering a tornado outbreak in downtown L.A. is struck and killed by an Angelyne billboard thrown at him by one of the tornadoes.

*In "Escape from L.A.", starring Kurt Russell, the main character walks up Hollywood Boulevard, with Los Angeles in ruins around him, yet he looks up to see a pristine Angelyne billboard.

*In the movie "Shrek 2", a spoof of an Angelyne billboard appears, featuring Fairy Godmother in a similar iconic pose.

*In the television show "Futurama", in which the main character Philip J. Fry sees an Angelyne billboard after waking up from a thousand-year long cryogenic sleep.

*In "The Simpsons" episode "A Star Is Born-Again", an Angelyne billboard is briefly seen during Ned Flanders' L.A. dream sequence.

*Her billboard appears in background shots in the 1995 film "Get Shorty".

*Featured on the "Earth Girls Are Easy" movie soundtrack (1988) as the writer/performer of "Animal Attraction"

*In "Jawbreaker", the character played by Judy Greer is shown reclining seductively on the hood of a Cadillac and dancing for an assembled crowd. The character played by Rose McGowan pulls her down from the car and sarcastically calls her "Angelyne."

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0029754|name=Angelyne
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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/angelyne/ Flickr photos]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040326042438/http://angelyne.com/ Web archive of www.angelyne.com]

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