Bunty Bailey
Therese "Bunty" Bailey (* 1964 ) is a British actress , dancer and model . She became known for her role in the music video Take On Me by the band a-ha .
Life
Bailey was active as a model and dancer from the early 1980s. In 1985 she was hired by director Steve Barron as the leading actress for the a-ha music video Take On Me , which attracted attention due to the innovative mixture of rotoscopy and real film at the time . With Morten Harket , the singer of the band, Bailey was then in a relationship for a while. In the follow-up video The Sun Always Shines on TV , she took on the same role.
This was later followed by roles in films such as Dolls , The Couch and Spellcaster . In the late 1980s, she retired from acting. In 2008 she was seen in the crime film Defunct . In 2019, she met Morten Harket again for a making-of video for Take On Me .
Baily has two sons and lives in Windsor , Berkshire .
Filmography
- 1983: Pictures (miniseries, 2 episodes)
- 1985: a-ha - Take On Me (music video)
- 1985: a-ha - The Sun Always Shines on TV (music video)
- 1986: Billy Idol - To Be a Lover (Music Video)
- 1987: Dolls
- 1988: The Couch (Glitch!)
- 1988: Spellcaster
- 1988: Rock and the Money-Hungry Party Girls
- 2008: Defunct
Web links
- Bunty Bailey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marc Tyler Nobleman: The Girl in the Video: “Take On Me” (1985) . In: noblemania.com from July 19, 2013.
- ^ A-ha - The Making of Take On Me (episode 2) . In: youtube.com from November 8, 2019.
- ↑ Bunty Bailey . In: kabeleins.de, accessed on June 18, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bailey, Bunty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bailey, Therese |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress, dancer and model |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |