Lana Clarkson

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Lana Jean Clarkson (born April 5, 1962 in Long Beach , California - † February 3, 2003 in Alhambra , California) was an American actress .

Life

Clarkson grew up in various cities in California because her family moved frequently. After moving to Los Angeles , she began a modeling career at the age of 18 . Soon she was booked for various modeling jobs and was also in front of the camera for smaller film and television productions.

In the USA, her face became known through television commercials for Mercedes-Benz , Nike , Mattel and Anheuser-Busch , among others . She starred in television series such as Knight Rider and The A-Team . Clarkson was considered a B-movie actress, although she appeared in a few larger film productions, in which she was always cast in supporting roles. Her best-known film was Brian De Palmas Scarface with Al Pacino in 1983 , in which she also had a supporting role. Only in the films Barbarian Queen (1985) and Barbarian Queen II (1989) she played the leading roles as Queen Amathea and as Princess Athalia.

After the end of her acting career, the actress worked as a hostess in the VIP area of ​​a branch of the House of Blues chain founded by Isaac Tigrett and Dan Aykroyd in West Hollywood, where she met the music producer Phil Spector .

death

On February 3, 2003, an emergency call from Spector's chauffeur called the police to his house, where the actress was killed by a revolver bullet in the mouth. The chauffeur quoted Spector as saying "I think I killed someone", but Spector spoke of an "accidental suicide" and was initially released on bail of $ 1 million. Witnesses at the main hearing on March 26, 2009 included five women who testified that Spector had threatened them with a firearm up to 30 years ago. On April 19, 2009 the jury found Spector guilty of manslaughter (second-degree murder), whereupon he was sentenced to imprisonment from 19 years to life.

Filmography

Feature films

TV Shows

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ netzeitung.de The dead actress in Phil Spector's house ( Memento from May 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Phil Spector must have been imprisoned for at least 19 years
personal data
SURNAME Clarkson, Lana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarkson, Lana Jean (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California , United States
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 2003
Place of death Alhambra , California , United States