- Joan Severance
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name = Joan Severance
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birthname = Joan Marie Severance
birthdate = birth date and age|1958|12|23
birthplace =Houston, Texas
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occupation =Film ,television actress , model
yearsactive = 1987 - current
spouse = Eric Milan (1977–1984)
Rom Gemar Fact|date=January 2008Joan Severance (born
December 23 ,1958 ) is an Americanactress and formerfashion model .Biography
Early life
Born in
Houston, Texas , Severance's family moved often while she was growing up. The family had to leaveLibya during theSix Day War in 1967. They moved back to Houston where she attended Westbury High School [cite web |title=Westbury High Class of 1977 |url=http://www.westbury77.com/20year_Saturday.html |accessdate=2008-05-05] and, at the age of 15, started modeling to make money for college. Her ambition was to become aveterinarian although she failed to make enough money for tuition. She was then hired by the Elite modeling agency which allowed her to travel again. In Paris, in 1977, she married Eric Milan. Theydivorce d in 1984.Fact|date=January 2008Acting
In the late 1980s Joan used her modeling success to start an
acting career, making her debut in a small role in the first "Lethal Weapon " film in 1987. She usually takes thefemme fatale roles in lower budget horror andmurder mystery movie s, most notably "Lake Consequence" (1993), "Criminal Passion" (1994) and "Payback" (1995). She memorably featured alongsideRichard Pryor andGene Wilder in the 1989 comedy "See No Evil, Hear No Evil ", and asHulk Hogan 'slove interest , Samantha N. Moore, in thewrestling film "No Holds Barred " (1989). She had leading roles inRoger Corman 's "Black Scorpion" (1995) (she later starred in and co-produced a sequel, "" (1997)), and "The Last Seduction 2 " (1999).Her most notable role is as a
villain ess on theTV series "Wiseguy ", where she played half of a brother/sister crime team (the other half was played byKevin Spacey ) to great acclaim. Their partnership was reprised in "See No Evil, Hear No Evil ". In the early 1990s, Severance appeared as Samantha "Sam" Dooley, the Martian Belle, in several training videos forVirtual World Entertainment alongside other actors such asCheech Marin ,"Weird Al" Yankovic ,R. Lee Ermey , andJudge Reinhold . She is currently appearing in theMy Network TV telenovela "Wicked Wicked Games ".In addition to acting, Severance was on the covers of the January 1990 and November 1992 issues of "
Playboy " magazine, both featuring her in anude pictorial. She also appeared in several music videos includingRoxy Music 's "Flesh + Blood " and "My Only Love" and theScorpions ' video for the song, "Rhythm of Love".Partial Filmography
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil 1989ee also
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List of people in Playboy 1990–1999 References
External links
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NAME= Severance, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Severance, Joan Marie
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Film ,television actress , model
DATE OF BIRTH=December 23 ,1958
PLACE OF BIRTH=Houston, Texas
DATE OF DEATH=
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