Brenda Venus
Brenda Gabrielle Venus (born November 10, 1947 in Biloxi , Mississippi ) is an American actress .
Life
Venus had her feature film debut in 1967 in B-Movie - Horror Night Fright . In 1974 she starred in the role of Jennifer in Jack Hill's blaxploitation classic Foxy Brown , and the following year she appeared as a playmate for Clint Eastwood in the thriller For The Dragon . She played a bigger role in 1975 in the western The Race against the Sun alongside Richard Boone . Her later films include the Roger Corman production Giants with Steel Fists and a small role in Walter Hill's action comedy Just 48 Hours .
In the mid-1970s she also appeared on television, she appeared in the television series Kung Fu , Cannon and Starsky & Hutch on in guest roles.
Between 1976 and 1980 she was friends with Henry Miller , some of the letters Venus later published in a book. In 1986 she posed for Playboy .
Filmography (selection)
Movie
- 1974: Foxy Brown
- 1975: On behalf of the dragon (The Eiger Sanction)
- 1975: Against a Crooked Sky
- 1976: The Scarlet Pirate (Swashbuckler)
- 1978: Giants with steel fists (Deathsport)
- 1978: FM - The Super Wave (FM)
- 1982: The Avenging
- 1982: only 48 hours (48 Hrs.)
watch TV
- 1974: Kung Fu
- 1975: Cannon
- 1978: Starsky & Hutch
Web links
- Brenda Venus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Brenda Venus in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dear, Dear Brenda: The Love Letters of Henry Miller to Brenda Venus Morrow, 1986 ISBN 0-688-02816-0
- ↑ Playboy ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
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| SURNAME | Venus, Brenda |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Venus, Brenda Gabrielle (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Biloxi , Mississippi , United States |