Bobbie Shaw Chance
Bobbie Shaw Chance (born Barbara Shaw) is an actress best known for her appearances in American International Pictures' beach party movies of the 1960s.[1]
Biography
[edit]Shaw was a singer and dancer in Las Vegas. She was spotted by a talent scout for American International Pictures and cast in Pajama Party (1964). Filmink called her a "breakout" actor from the movie.[2]
Response was strong so she was cast in several more movies for the studio. After several films for AIP she worked with Rob Reiner, Larry Bishop, Richard Dreyfuss and others in the Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe, The Sessions, for a number of years.[3][4][5]
Bobbie Shaw married her husband Lawrence Chance and together they opened the Hollywood Actor's Showcase. She runs this with her son Richie Chance.[6]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Passion Holiday | Miss Miami Rendezvous | |
| 1964 | Pajama Party | Helga | |
| 1965 | Beach Blanket Bingo | Bobbi | |
| 1965 | Ski Party | Nita Elksberg | |
| 1965 | How to Stuff a Wild Bikini | Khola Koku | |
| 1965 | Sergeant Deadhead | Gilda | |
| 1966 | The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini | Princess Yolanda | |
| 1968 | I Love You, Alice B. Toklas | Maid of Honor | Uncredited |
| 1973 | The Devil and LeRoy Bassett | Twila Zornes | |
| 1974 | You and Me | Wynona | |
| 1976 | Pipe Dreams | Slimey Sue | |
| 1989 | Big Man on Campus | Chicken Server | (final film role) |
References
[edit]- ^ Lisanti, Tom (2012-08-29). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7165-2.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (9 December 2024). "Beach Party Movies Part 2: The Boom". Filmink. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
- ^ Lisanti, Tom (25 September 2007). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. p. 201. ISBN 9781476612416.
- ^ Lisanti, Tom (1 January 2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. p. 315. ISBN 9780786415755.
- ^ Canby, Vincent (29 July 1967). "Young Actors Father a Troupe Without Any Help From Home". New York Times. p. 13.
- ^ "Bobbi's Bio". Hollywood Actor's Showcase. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Bobbie Shaw Chance at IMDb
- Bobbi Shaw at Brians Drive In Theatre
- Official website
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