Althea Currier

Althea Currier (born 1942) was a popular glamour model and erotic B-movie star of the 1960s. She was supposedly born in England but raised in Woodland, Maine.Fact|date=February 2007

She moved to Southern California and worked as a dance instructor for almost two years at a studio on the Sunset Strip with a partner named Jack Simmons. Currier and Simmons were featured in the 1962 Volume 6, No. 6 issue of "Adam" magazine in a photo layout of a "twist party". Althea supposedly worked as chorus girl in San Francisco for a while.Fact|date=February 2007

Althea was then supposedly "discovered" by Chuck Landis, who was the owner of the Largo Strip Club in L.A.Fact|date=February 2007 This led to Althea becoming involved in glamour/nude modeling; she appeared in many magazines of the era, including "Mosaic", "Modern Man", "Adam", "Scamp", "All Man", etc. She is also featured in "Adam" magazine's 1964 full-color calendar.Fact|date=February 2007 Althea wrote an advice column in "Adam" magazine from 1964 to 1967, and appeared in occasional layouts in the magazine.Fact|date=February 2007

Althea also appeared in films directed by Peter Perry and Russ Meyer.

Filmography

Erotica1961 Directed by Russ Meyer; Mr. Peter's Pets1962 Directed by Peter Perry; Heavenly Bodies!1963 Directed by Russ Meyer; Knockers Up1963 Directed by Peter Perry; Everybody Loves It1964 Directed by David Friedman;
Kiss Me Quick1964 Directed by Peter Perry; Lorna1964 Directed by Russ Meyer; Sinderella and the Golden Bra1964 Directed by Loel Minardi; The Girls on F Street1966 Directed by Saul Resnick;

Magazine Photo Layouts

Scamp 1961 Vol.5, No.3; Adam 1962 Vol.6, No.6; Sir Knight 1962 Vol.3, No.2; Mosaic 1962 No.4; RizKay 1962 No.1; Modern Man 1963 November;Adam 1963 Vol.7, No.11; Modern Man Annual 1963 Winter; French Follies 1964 Vol.2, No.1; Adam 1964 Vol.8, No.6; Adam 1965 Vol.9, No.6; Modern Man Deluxe 1966 Vol.38; Beau 1967 Vol.3 No.14; All Man 1967 Vol.8 No.2;Candid Unknown Year, Vol.78, No.7;

References

cite book
last = Meyer
first = Russ
authorlink = Russ Meyer
title = A Clean Breast, Vols 1 & 3
publisher = The Hauck Publishing Company, Inc.
year = 2000
isbn = 0-9621797-0-1
isbn = 0-9621797-0-3

cite book
last = Sullivan
first = Steve
authorlink = Steve Sullivan
title = Glamour Girls, The Illustrated Encyclopedia
publisher = St. Martin's Griffin
year = 1999
isbn = 0-312-206151-8

cite journal
last = Kemp
first = Marv
authorlink = Marv Kemp
date= November 1963
year = 1963
month = November
title = Russ Meyer: Nude Movie Mogul
journal = Modern Man
volume = XIII
issue = 5-148
pages = 29–32

cite journal
authorlink = Unknown
date= Winter 1963
year = 1963
title = Nude Movies
journal = Modern Man Annual
volume = 27
pages = 21–52