Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson on board aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in 2004

Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-American international television actress, model, producer, singer, and author.

Early life

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1992 Playboy Video Centerfold, pre-cosmetic surgery

Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada of partially Finnish ancestry (her paternal grandfather, Juho Hyytiäinen, from Saarijärvi, left Finland in 1908). As the first baby born on Canada's Centennial Day (well past midnight, at 4:08 in the morning), the newborn Anderson won fame as the nation's "Centennial Baby". After her birth, her parents Barry and Carol Anderson moved to the town of Comox with baby Pamela.

Acting and Modeling Career

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Pamela Anderson in Baywatch

Anderson's first major television role was on the United States hit television sitcom Home Improvement (1991-1993). She gained attention from the viewers, which got her the role of C J Parker (1992-1997) on Baywatch. Later, she quit "Home Improvement." Anderson was still modeling for Playboy and appearing on the cover of the magazine. Her role as C.J. Parker gave Anderson more popularity and attention from international viewers.

In 1996, she appeared in a feature film, Barb Wire, which failed to achieve commercial success; and in 1998 she starred in her own television series, V.I.P., which ran for four seasons.

Personal life

In addition to her fame from modelling and acting, Anderson has gotten a great deal of press attention for her flamboyant personal life. She married pop-metal star Tommy Lee of the band Mötley Crüe on February 19 1995 after knowing him for only 96 hours, and subsequently bore him two sons, Brandon and Dylan. After reported incidents of spousal abuse and alcoholism on the part of Lee, Anderson filed for divorce twice and reconciled twice, before the couple finally broke up for good. During the period of her marriage, she was known professionally as Pamela Anderson Lee. Since her divorce, she has become engaged to Marcus Schenkenberg and Kid Rock. She broke up with Schenkenberg in 2001, and broke up with Kid Rock in 2003.

Anderson has also had relationships with Scott Baio, "Baywatch" co-star David Charvet, and musician Bret Michaels of the band Poison. She has also allegedly has had affairs with celebrities including Sylvester Stallone, Dean Cain, Rikki Lee Travolta, surfer Kelly Slater, Ben Affleck, Fred Durst, reality TV star Eric Nies, and Stephen Dorff.

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Pam & Tommy Lee: Hardcore & Uncensored

A pornographic home video of Anderson and Lee was stolen from their home, and made a huge stir on the Internet. Anderson sued the company, the Internet Entertainment Group, that was distributing the video. Ultimately the courts awarded Anderson and Lee $1.5 million plus attorney fees for their share of the profits.[1] The popularity and profitability of the video sparked a miniature genre within the porn film industry, and since then many homemade porn videos of celebrities have been released to the public through home video and Internet channels (either with or without the participants' co-operation). Frames of the video first appeared in Penthouse Magazine in March of 1998.

In April 1997, Anderson 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 went into an impromptu striptease (to the audience's delight and the censors' dismay). Her unmentionables were immediately blurred, and the segment became fodder for late-night comedians for the following weeks.

On April 15 1999, Anderson decided to remove her breast implants. The main reason was that Anderson's modeling career was on the downfall. She needed to raise her children and possibly retire, but about a year later, Anderson decided to get breast implants back. The new implants were bigger than the first ones she claimed.

In March 2001, Christine Evelyn Roth pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of trespassing and was deported to her home country, France. The woman had been arrested while sleeping in a guest room of Anderson's home, but she was only charged with trespassing and not the more serious crime of stalking.

In March 2002, Anderson publicly stated that she had contracted the Hepatitis C virus from Lee (supposedly from sharing tattoo needles), and began writing a regular column for Jane magazine. Lee denies having the disease. Anderson became the celebrity spokesperson for the American Liver Foundation, and served as the Grand Marshall of the SOS motorcycle ride fundraiser. In October 2003, Anderson jokingly said on Howard Stern's radio show that she does not expect to live more than ten or fifteen years [2], but this was misconstrued and taken seriously by many Internet sites and tabloids. By then, Anderson's career was on the downfall.

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Pamela Anderson on the May 2004 cover of Playboy

In 2004, Anderson returned to the world where she got her start. In May, Anderson appeared naked on the cover of Playboy magazine. Later, she posed naked for Stuff magazine and GQ magazines.

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.

As of 2005, Anderson is currently starring on the FOX Network comedy Stacked.

She produced a statement in late 2005 saying "I am the greatest slut..." obviously speaking her openness about sex and her opinions in free sex.

In November 2005 Anderson recorded with her fellow Canadian Bryan Adams. They re-recorded Adams hit duet "When You’re Gone" with Pamela Anderson replacing the original vocals from Spice Girl Melanie C. for Adams new Anthology 1980-2005 album.[3]

Novelist

In 2004, Pamela Anderson released the book Star, co-written by author Eric Shaw Quinn, in which she describes a young teenager doing different things in order to reach fame. After this, she began touring across the States, signing autographs to fans at Wal-Mart stores nationwide.

Their second book, a sequel, Star Struck, released in 2005, is a thinly veiled look at her life with Tommy Lee and the travails of celebrity life.

Animal rights

Anderson is a strict vegetarian, engages herself for animal protection, and is an active member of the animal protection organization PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. In fact, as Jay Leno once pointed out, she has been observed kissing a snake.

In 1999, Anderson received the first Linda McCartney Memorial Award for animal rights protectors. The award was given to Pamela for her campaign against fur.

In 2001, Anderson released a letter in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken; stating, "What KFC does to 750 million chickens, each year, is not civilized or acceptable." She later made a video about KFC's treatment of chickens for www.KentuckyFriedCruelty.com.

In 2003, Anderson stripped down for PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" advertising campaign.

In January 2006, Anderson requested that the Governor of Kentucky remove a bust of Colonel Sanders, the founder of KFC, from display but her request was denied. Talk show host Conan O'Brien later made fun of Anderson on January 26, 2006, when he featured an embellished Colonel Sanders apparition; when Sanders heard of Anderson's goals, he stated that he'd like to "batter her breasts with his secret recipe."

Filmography

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Pamela Anderson as Barbara 'Barb Wire' Kopetski in the 1996 film Barb Wire

• The Taking of Beverly Hills (1991)
• Good Cop Bad Cop (1993)
• Snapdragon (1993)
• Raw Justice (1994)
• Naked Souls (1995)
• Barb Wire (1996)
• The Making of Bret Michaels (2002) (documentary)
• Scooby-Doo (2002) (Cameo)
• Earthlings (2003) (documentary)
• Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003)
• Scary Movie 3 (2003)
• No Rules (2005) (Cameo)

TV work

• Home Improvement (cast member from 1991-1993)
• Baywatch: River of No Return (1992)
• Baywatch (cast member from 1992-1997)
• Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994)
• Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise (1995)
• V.I.P. (1998-2002) (also executive producer)
• Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)
• Stripperella (2003-2004) (voice)
• Stacked (2005-present)

Her appearances in Playboy Special Editions

Pamela Anderson
Preceded by	Peggy McIntaggart
Succeeded by	Deborah Driggs
Personal details
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

• Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 7 June 1991.
• Playboy's Nudes December 1991 - cover.
• Playboy's International Playmates January 1992.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '92 June 1992.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '93 June 1993 - pages 6-7, 44.
• Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1993.
• Playboy's Video Playmates August 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 33 September 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 34 November 1993.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 35 January 1994.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 36 March 1994.
• Playboy's Playmates in Paradise March 1994 - pages 38-43.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 37 May 1994.
• Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994.
• Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994.
• Playboy's Nudes November 1994.
• Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - page 15.
• Playboy's Nude Celebrities June 1995 - cover.
• Playboy's Sexy 100 February 2003 - cover.

Disappearing labia: In the original Playboy spread, one of Pamela's poses was a little more revealing than Playboy normally provides. In subsequent reprintings in Newstand Specials, as well as in a mass-market poster, that area was airbrushed.

Pro wrestling

• Pamela made an appearance at the World Wrestling Federation's Wrestlemania XI on April 2, 1995 as the guest valet for WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel. Diesel was wrestling Shawn Michaels who had Jenny McCarthy as his guest valet. Diesel left after pinning Michaels with Anderson & McCarthy.

Trivia

• Has appeared 11 times on the cover of Playboy Magazine (1989-2004).
• Has been called the ultimate hot blonde by E!
• Has a small bald patch on her scalp due to an injury involving the removal of a brunette wig. [4]
• Has said that she has a pole in her house, and does pole dancing like strippers do.
• Lycos Search Engine named her the most searched person on the internet during the 1990's.
• Suffered a miscarriage during the filming of "Barb Wire" in 1995.
• Has been called the modern sex symbol.
• Her makeup artist on series 2 of VIP was Emma Nixon who was once a Penthouse model and porn star[5]
• Is actually a natural born brunette
• Featured in the video for Kanye West's Touch The Sky.

External links

• Pamela Anderson at IMDb
• Official site and fan club
• Her blog, on Friendster