PAMELA ANDERSON
Name: Pamela Anderson
Birth name: Pamela Denise Anderson
Born: 1 July 1967 Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex
symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. She holds both
American and Canadian citizenship. For a time, she was known as Pamela
Anderson Lee after marrying the drummer for Motley Crue, Tommy Lee.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, 90 km northwest of Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Carol, a waitress, and Barry Anderson,
a furnace repairman. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a
native of Saarijärvi, and left Finland in 1908 changing his name to Anderson
when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson has Dutch ancestry on her mother's
side.
The newborn Anderson won fame as Canada's "Centennial Baby", because she was
thought to have been the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (she was
born at 4:08 in the morning). However, the Campbell River Upper Islander of July
5, 1967 reported a baby born two hours earlier on the same Canada Day. After
her birth, her parents and her brother, Gerry Anderson, moved to the town of
Comox with Pamela.
After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to
Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Pamela
went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place; at some point during the
game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt's t-shirt, causing the
crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to
get an ovation from the crowd. Labatt's immediately offered Anderson a modeling
contract and she accepted. In late 1989, Pamela decided to model for Playboy
magazine: she appeared on the October 1989 cover (credited as Pamela Anderson
Ilicic) and decided to move to Los Angeles to continue her modeling career. She
was the February 1990 playmate and has appeared in Playboy several times in the
1990s and the following decade.
After her move to Los Angeles, Anderson bleached her brunette hair blonde and
underwent breast augmentation. In 1991, she landed a minor role on the hit
television sitcom, Home Improvement (1991-1997). Having gained viewer attention,
she landed the role of C. J. Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch, and left Home
Improvement after its second season. Anderson was still modeling for Outdoor
Life and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year. Her role as C.J.
Parker gave her more popularity and gained her attention from international
viewers. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian
Wedding. She also made appearances on The Nanny as Fran's rival, Heather Biblow.
In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, as a character known as
Barbara Rose Kopetski, which was mistakenly thought by some to have been her
real name. The movie, a thinly-veiled futuristic remake of Casablanca, failed to
achieve commercial success. During the filming of Barb Wire, Anderson suffered a
miscarriage. In April 1997, she guest-hosted Saturday Night Live. During the
beginning of the show, Anderson said, "You know, if you're nervous on stage, you
actually should be naked!" She then began a striptease. Her breasts, however,
were covered by a small flesh-colored bra and she also wore a crotch patch that
was also flesh colored (though they were still blurred out for the sake of the
joke). The segment became fodder for late-night comedians for the following
weeks. She also appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of Playboy;
the other cover pictured Jenny McCarthy.
In September 1998, Anderson starred in her produced series V.I.P. It was very
poorly received and a critical bomb. However, with many people tuning in just to
see her, the show lasted four seasons before being canceled in 2002. Anderson
stated that she needed to dedicate her time to raising her children, but many
believed that she was retiring.
In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth was arrested while sleeping in a guest room
of Anderson's home. She was only charged with the misdemeanor of trespassing and
not the more serious crime of stalking. Roth pleaded guilty to the charge of
trespassing and was deported home to France. In 2004, Anderson returned to the
spotlight. In May, she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. It was
the first time she had appeared naked on any magazine cover. Later, she posed
naked for Stuff and GQ magazines. Many noticed that her breast size was larger
than her pictorials from 2003.
Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004,
while retaining her Canadian citizenship, for the purpose of sponsoring her
parents (or at least her mother) for a green card. She has lived in Southern
California since 1989. Anderson has often spoken revealingly about her private
life. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004, she said she had not been
dating for some time, and when Letterman asked her how she was coping, she
responded, "There's not a square corner left anywhere in my house!" Letterman
left that comment unanswered while the audience hooted.
In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, co-written by Eric Shaw Quinn,
in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach
fame. After this, she began touring the United States, signing autographs for
fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Her second book, the sequel Star Struck,
released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the
travails of celebrity life.
In January 2005, Anderson confessed that she had new bigger breast implants,
claiming not to feel like herself without them.
In April 2005, Anderson starred in a new FOX sitcom Stacked as Skyler Dayton, a
party girl (with implants), who goes to work at a bookstore. It was canceled on
May 18, 2006, after two seasons, although some episodes had not been aired on
the network. On August 14, 2005, Comedy Central created the Roast of Pamela
Anderson to honor the sex symbol for the past decade. During her final speech at
the Roast, Pamela referred to her breasts as "Pancho and Lefty".
In December 2005, NBC cut off a video of Anderson pole dancing topless on Elton
John's "The Red Piano." NBC said that the footage was inappropriate for
primetime. The video was shown on huge screens during the event, while John was
playing a song. Anderson was topless, but stars were painted on her breasts.
In March 2006, it was announced that Anderson would receive a star on Canada's
Walk of Fame thanks to her many years as a model and actress. She is only the
second model to receive a star. In April 2006, Anderson hosted Canada's Juno
Awards, becoming the first non-singer and model to do so.
Anderson was repeatedly referenced in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as the title
character seeks to kidnap and marry her. Anderson appears in person at the end
of the film confronted by Borat in a staged botched abduction. She has
subsequently began filming a comedy, Blonde and Blonder.
She will perform on February 13-14 2008 a Valentine's Day striptease act at the
Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris.
Name: Pamela Anderson
Birth name: Pamela Denise Anderson
Born: 1 July 1967 Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex
symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. She holds both
American and Canadian citizenship. For a time, she was known as Pamela
Anderson Lee after marrying the drummer for Motley Crue, Tommy Lee.
Anderson was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia, 90 km northwest of Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Carol, a waitress, and Barry Anderson,
a furnace repairman. Her great-grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, was Finnish, a
native of Saarijärvi, and left Finland in 1908 changing his name to Anderson
when he arrived as an immigrant. Anderson has Dutch ancestry on her mother's
side.
The newborn Anderson won fame as Canada's "Centennial Baby", because she was
thought to have been the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (she was
born at 4:08 in the morning). However, the Campbell River Upper Islander of July
5, 1967 reported a baby born two hours earlier on the same Canada Day. After
her birth, her parents and her brother, Gerry Anderson, moved to the town of
Comox with Pamela.
After graduating from Highland Secondary School in 1985, Anderson moved to
Vancouver and worked as a fitness instructor. During the summer of 1989, Pamela
went with her friends to a BC Lions game at BC Place; at some point during the
game she was shown on the stadium screen wearing a Labatt's t-shirt, causing the
crowd to cheer for the 21-year-old Anderson. She was taken down to the field to
get an ovation from the crowd. Labatt's immediately offered Anderson a modeling
contract and she accepted. In late 1989, Pamela decided to model for Playboy
magazine: she appeared on the October 1989 cover (credited as Pamela Anderson
Ilicic) and decided to move to Los Angeles to continue her modeling career. She
was the February 1990 playmate and has appeared in Playboy several times in the
1990s and the following decade.
After her move to Los Angeles, Anderson bleached her brunette hair blonde and
underwent breast augmentation. In 1991, she landed a minor role on the hit
television sitcom, Home Improvement (1991-1997). Having gained viewer attention,
she landed the role of C. J. Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch, and left Home
Improvement after its second season. Anderson was still modeling for Outdoor
Life and appearing on the cover of the magazine each year. Her role as C.J.
Parker gave her more popularity and gained her attention from international
viewers. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian
Wedding. She also made appearances on The Nanny as Fran's rival, Heather Biblow.
In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, as a character known as
Barbara Rose Kopetski, which was mistakenly thought by some to have been her
real name. The movie, a thinly-veiled futuristic remake of Casablanca, failed to
achieve commercial success. During the filming of Barb Wire, Anderson suffered a
miscarriage. In April 1997, she guest-hosted Saturday Night Live. During the
beginning of the show, Anderson said, "You know, if you're nervous on stage, you
actually should be naked!" She then began a striptease. Her breasts, however,
were covered by a small flesh-colored bra and she also wore a crotch patch that
was also flesh colored (though they were still blurred out for the sake of the
joke). The segment became fodder for late-night comedians for the following
weeks. She also appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of Playboy;
the other cover pictured Jenny McCarthy.
In September 1998, Anderson starred in her produced series V.I.P. It was very
poorly received and a critical bomb. However, with many people tuning in just to
see her, the show lasted four seasons before being canceled in 2002. Anderson
stated that she needed to dedicate her time to raising her children, but many
believed that she was retiring.
In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth was arrested while sleeping in a guest room
of Anderson's home. She was only charged with the misdemeanor of trespassing and
not the more serious crime of stalking. Roth pleaded guilty to the charge of
trespassing and was deported home to France. In 2004, Anderson returned to the
spotlight. In May, she appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. It was
the first time she had appeared naked on any magazine cover. Later, she posed
naked for Stuff and GQ magazines. Many noticed that her breast size was larger
than her pictorials from 2003.
Anderson became a naturalized citizen of the United States on May 12, 2004,
while retaining her Canadian citizenship, for the purpose of sponsoring her
parents (or at least her mother) for a green card. She has lived in Southern
California since 1989. Anderson has often spoken revealingly about her private
life. On a visit to the David Letterman show in 2004, she said she had not been
dating for some time, and when Letterman asked her how she was coping, she
responded, "There's not a square corner left anywhere in my house!" Letterman
left that comment unanswered while the audience hooted.
In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, co-written by Eric Shaw Quinn,
in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach
fame. After this, she began touring the United States, signing autographs for
fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide. Her second book, the sequel Star Struck,
released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the
travails of celebrity life.
In January 2005, Anderson confessed that she had new bigger breast implants,
claiming not to feel like herself without them.
In April 2005, Anderson starred in a new FOX sitcom Stacked as Skyler Dayton, a
party girl (with implants), who goes to work at a bookstore. It was canceled on
May 18, 2006, after two seasons, although some episodes had not been aired on
the network. On August 14, 2005, Comedy Central created the Roast of Pamela
Anderson to honor the sex symbol for the past decade. During her final speech at
the Roast, Pamela referred to her breasts as "Pancho and Lefty".
In December 2005, NBC cut off a video of Anderson pole dancing topless on Elton
John's "The Red Piano." NBC said that the footage was inappropriate for
primetime. The video was shown on huge screens during the event, while John was
playing a song. Anderson was topless, but stars were painted on her breasts.
In March 2006, it was announced that Anderson would receive a star on Canada's
Walk of Fame thanks to her many years as a model and actress. She is only the
second model to receive a star. In April 2006, Anderson hosted Canada's Juno
Awards, becoming the first non-singer and model to do so.
Anderson was repeatedly referenced in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural
Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan as the title
character seeks to kidnap and marry her. Anderson appears in person at the end
of the film confronted by Borat in a staged botched abduction. She has
subsequently began filming a comedy, Blonde and Blonder.
She will perform on February 13-14 2008 a Valentine's Day striptease act at the
Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris.