Karen Mayo-Chandler
Appearance
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Karen Mayo-Chandler | |
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Born | |
Died | 11 July 2006 Long Beach, California, U.S. | (aged 48)
Other names | Lindsay Taylor, Karen Mayo |
Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Karen Mayo-Chandler (18 April 1958 – 11 July 2006) was a British actress and model. She appeared in issues of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar magazines. After minor television and theatre appearances in the United Kingdom, she relocated to Los Angeles in 1982, and made her American television debut with a guest role on Bring 'Em Back Alive. She made sporadic appearances on television and in films, mostly in the exploitation and horror genres.
In the December 1989 issue of Playboy, she was featured in a nude photo layout and recounted her former relationship with actor Jack Nicholson.[1]
Mayo-Chandler was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. She died of the disease on July 12, 2006 in Long Beach, California, at the age of 48.[2]
Selected filmography
- Strangers .... Lucy Degas (1 episode, 1980)
- Bring 'Em Back Alive; (1 episode, 1982)
- Down on Us (1984) .... Sue Rigg
- Beverly Hills Cop (1984) .... Maitland Receptionist
- Explorers (1985) .... Starkiller's Girlfriend
- Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986) .... Doctor Gotbottom
- Nightmare Weekend (1986) .... Sue (as Karen Mayo)
- Party Line (1988) .... Sugar Lips
- Africa Express (1989)
- Out of the Dark (1989) .... Barbara
- Hard to Die (1990) .... Diana (as Lindsay Taylor)
- 976-EVIL 2: The Astral Factor (1992) .... Laurie
- Dark Planet (1997) .... Alpha Female
- 'Til There Was You (1997) .... Awful Truth Woman
- Prince Valiant (1997) (as Karen Mayo Chandler)
References
- ^ McGilligan, Patrick (1996). Jack's Life: A Biography of Jack Nicholson. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 362. ISBN 0-393-31378-6.
- ^ "Karen Mayo-Chandler". Variety. July 24, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2018.