Anderson, Pamela | 1967 -- |
Pamela
Denise Anderson was born at 4:08am, July 1, 1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia,
Canada. 1967 was Canada's centennial year and Pamela was the first baby born
this day in all of Canada earning her the title "The Centennial Baby". This
earned her an article in the local newspaper, the
Ladysmith-Chemainus
Chronicle. The Anderson's received cash prizes and awards for having the first
baby born in Canada on this day, Canada's 100th Birthday. "That's where it all
started" says Pamela.
Shortly after that, her parents Barry, a furnace repairman and Carol, a
waitress, moved to Comox, British Columbia where they purchased a large six
bedroom house on Douglas Street. Comox is about 200 kilometers north of
Vancouver, British Columbia and it was there one day in a library that Pamela's
modeling career would start. Pamela was sitting listening to a story with about
one hundred other children when a photographer captured a picture of her that
won the hearts of all that saw viewed it. It was quickly copyrighted and placed
in all the libraries in British Columbia.
Pamela's teen years weren't anything out of the ordinary, she had braces
and she was small chested. She excelled in virtually every sport she played,
earning the nick-name "Rubber-Band" for her flexibility. Upon graduating from
Highland Secondary School in 1985 her yearbook entry stated that her aspiration
in life was "To be a California Beach Bum".
In 1988, Pamela moved to Vancouver to get a taste of the
big
city and get on with her life. She was working as a fitness instructor when her
direction in life changed. It was the summer of 1989 when close friends of
Pamela invited her to go to a Canadian Football League (CFL) game with them. One
of her friends was a representative for Labatt's beer breweries. The game was
between the British Columbia Lions and the Toronto Argonauts in B.C. Place and
at one of the stoppages in play, the cameraman was roaming the crowd looking for
someone to put up on the big screen for all to see. He found Pamela and when he
put her bright smiling face up on the screen, the place erupted! Labatt's
noticed the response this woman was getting and the fact that she was wearing a
Labatt's shirt her friend had given her cemented the deal. She began modeling
for Labatt's in their then current promotion for the "Blue Zone". As the "Blue
Girl", Pamela's posters were plastered all over walls in bars and
restaurants
Canada wide.
A gentleman by the name of Ken Honey, a freelance photographer based out of
Vancouver took a few pictures of Pamela and after convincing Pamela, he sent
them into Playboy on Pamela's behalf. Playboy liked what they saw and in October
of 1989, Pamela moved to Los Angeles, California to do a cover for the October
(1989) issue of Playboy. The first time Pamela ever stepped in front of a motion
picture camera was February 1990 at Playboy where she was preparing for an early
sequence test for her upcoming pictorial.
The Playboy spread generated activity on Pamela's career agenda. She had small
parts on shows such as Fox's "Married with Children" and in 1991, she got the
part of "Lisa", the "Tool-Time-Girl" on ABC Television's "Home
Improvement". Luck
wasn't finished playing a part in Pamela's life though, David Hasslehoff was a
fan of the show and when he saw Pamela in the role of "Lisa", he knew he'd found
his new lifeguard for his then-new series "Baywatch". C.J. Parker (Pamela's
character name on Baywatch) was born. Pamela immediately jumped at the idea of
Baywatch and she says that the character of C.J. and herself are very similar.
Her grandfather Herman, a immigrant from Finland always taught Pamela to believe
in "New Age Thinking", crystals, meditation and dream interpretation. C.J.,
according to Baywatch, has the same views.
Pamela has starred in several other roles outside of Baywatch including an
unaccredited role in the 1992 flop, "The Taking of Beverly Hills". After that, she
went on to star as "Felicity" in the thriller "Snapdragon". This one is highly
recommended if you're a Pam fanatic. In 1994, she played the part of "Sarah" in
the HBO movie "Raw Justice" with close friend of the Lee's David Keith. Mickey
Spillane's detective series, "Mike Hammer" came calling later that year and
Pamela found herself playing the very beautiful "Velda". 1995 came and Pamela
played a quirky sculptor/artist in the TV movie, "The Evolution of Mr. E.",
adapted from the H.G. Wells book of the same name.
1995 held other surprises as well for Pamela, one of which was a husband! On New
Year's evening in 1994, Pamela was attending a party in New York where she met
Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee. He came right up to her and licked her face! They
talked off and on and after he begged her several times for her
phone number, she finally gave in and let him have it. Tommy called Pamela over
and over again for the next few weeks trying to arrange a date and in the first
week of February 1995, he succeeded only to be cancelled on at the last moment.
He wasn't about to give up on Pamela though, she'd been called away to Cancun,
Mexico to do a photo shoot for her sun-tan lotion line and Tommy, determined to
win over Pamela at any cost, followed her.
After four days of courting and endless parties, the two were married on a
beach. Pamela wearing a white bikini and Tommy wearing a set of shorts. After
returning to L.A., they had wedding rings tattooed on their fingers. Pamela's
says "Tommy's" and Tommy's says "Pamela's". The got remarried for fun in silver
space suits with friends there "just because".
Going against the advice of Nick Stevens, her personal manager, Pamela accepted
the role to play futuristic bounty hunter Barb Wire for Dark Horse Comics and
Gramercy Pictures (PolyGram in the UK). He thought it would be a tremendous
mistake but Pamela thought otherwise and May 3rd, 1996,
Barb Wire opened in
1500 theatres across the United States. The soundtrack to Barb Wire features a
song Tommy wrote called "Planet Boom". If you like heavier music, this CD is the
one to buy!. It's amazing.
Unfortunately, stardom has a price. While filming Barb Wire, Pamela and Tommy
suffered a miscarriage. They were both devastated but like Tommy told Pamwatch,
"Our little angel is up there in good hands." There wasn't really anyone or
anything to blame other than the fact that Pamela, being the hard worker that
she is was simply overworked. Stress played it's roll on Pamela, she was filming
Baywatch in the day and then after 10 hours in the Sun, she'd go to the set of
Barb Wire and film some more. I recall days when Pamela would be so tired, her
emails would be no more than four or five words. it's amazing she had strength
to type at all.
October 15th 1995 was a great day around here at the offices of Pamwatch. We
received word before anyone else that Pamela was pregnant again. Tommy and her
were bouncing off the walls! If you can believe how devoted this woman is to her
fans, she emailed us using her portable Apple Powerbook from her hospital bed.
Reports came in Monday from the media that Pamela tried to kill herself but it
wasn't until Wednesday that word slipped out that she was pregnant.
In December of 1995, The Lee's were invited to England to spend the holidays by
the U.K. newspaper "The Sun". Amazingly, they accepted the invitation. What was
amazing about it is that "The Sun" is one of the worst "tabloid" type papers in
the U.K. but Pamela and Tommy thought if they gave them an exclusive interview,
then maybe they'd leave them alone for awhile. They were wrong. The paper
printed the interview all right.. but it'd been doctored up to make it look like
all that was talked about was sex! Leave it to the tabloids to have a perfect
opportunity to
print
the truth but rather than take that opportunity, they lie!
While in England, Pamela and Tommy traveled with their close friend and
personal assistant, Jon Roberts. They had a blast, Pamela was buying every
fluffy hat she could find and the candles... ha! The candles are another story.
She got in trouble trying to make the Queen's Guard lose their concentration.
Tommy told us she was doing a good job until the Police broke it up. December
27th 1995 was spent in Venice, Italy where Tommy and Pamela renewed their
wedding vows.
Recently, Lee made the transition into the feature film arena, starring in Dark Horse Entertainment's action comedy "Barb Wire." Distributed by Gramercy Films, "Barb Wire" was released in the spring of 1996.
In addition, Lee was featured in the CBS movie-of-the-week, "Deader Than Ever, " a hip and updated Mike Hammer mystery, co-starring Rob Estes. She recently co-starred in the television movie "The Evolution of Mr. E., " adapted from the H.G. Wells short story, where she portrayed a quirky sculptor/artist. Pamela is was wed to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, and the couple had two children. However, the couple divorced in early 1998.
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PAMELA ANDERSON'S FILMOGRAPHY |
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Production |
Year |
Character |
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon | 1998 | Herself |
Barb Wire (DVD) (VHS) | 1996 | Barb Wire/Barbara Kopetski |
Baywatch: Forbidden Paradise (DVD) (VHS) | 1995 | C.J. Parker |
Naked Souls (DVD) (VHS) | 1995 | Britt |
Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson (DVD) (VHS) | 1995 | Herself |
Raw Justice (DVD) (VHS) | 1994 | Sarah |
Snapdragon (DVD) (VHS) | 1993 | Felicity |
Playboy Video Centerfold: Pamela Anderson (DVD) (VHS) | 1992 | Herself |
Playboy: 1991 Video Playmate Calendar (DVD) (VHS) | 1990 | Herself |
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