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Bobbie Shaw Chance

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Bobbie Shaw Chance (born Barbara Shaw; September 16) is an actress best known for her appearances in American International Pictures' beach party movies of the 1960s.[1]

Biography

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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). 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.[2][3][4]

Bobbie Shaw married her husband Lawrence Chance and together they opened the Hollywood Actor's Showcase. She runs this with her son Richie Chance.[5]

Filmography

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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

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  1. ^ "Bobbi Shaw". Beach Movies. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  2. ^ Lisanti, Tom (25 September 2007). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. p. 201. ISBN 9781476612416.
  3. ^ Lisanti, Tom (1 January 2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. p. 315. ISBN 9780786415755.
  4. ^ Canby, Vincent (29 July 1967). "Young Actors Father a Troupe Without Any Help From Home". New York Times. p. 13.
  5. ^ "Bobbi's Bio". Hollywood Actor's Showcase. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
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