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Jennifer Ashley(I)

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A group of carefree high school seniors are having the time of their lives, filled with sex, romance, and teen high jinks.
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The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
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Sultry, spirited and appealing brunette Jennifer Ashley began her show business career as a contestant in beauty pageants. Among the titles she won are Miss Restaurant, Miss Truck Show and Miss Textile. A native of the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jennifer studied fabric design for a short spell at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science. The brown-eyed and brown-haired Ashley eventually moved to San Francisco and worked for Columbia Records. Francis Ford Coppola suggested to Jennifer that she audition for a role in "American Graffiti." She didn't get the part, but Ashley did make her film debut with a small role in the comedy "Your Three Minutes Are Up." Jennifer next appeared as a groupie in Brian De Palma's delightfully outrageous "Phantom of the Paradise." She was terrorized by a deranged Andrew Prine in the splendidly sleazy psycho exploitation gems "Barn of the Naked Dead" and "The Centerfold Girls." Ashley's other notable roles include a foxy high school cheerleader in the drive-in hit "The Pom Pom Girls," one of macho shark hunter Hugo Stiglitz's lovers in the dreadful "Jaws" rip-off "Tintorera," crazed religious fanatic Stuart Whitman's mistress in the incredibly tasteless "Guyana: Cult of the Damned," an astronaut group leader in the gruesome "Alien" clone "Inseminoid," and a tough prison inmate in the terrifically trashy babes-behind-bars classic "Chained Heat." In 1985 Jennifer launched her own hugely successful talk show called "Ashley's Closet," in which she served as both host and executive producer. The #1-rated weekly 30-minute program ran on two local Los Angeles cable channels. Ashley's last film role to date was a small part as a TV show host in the comedy "Me, Myself and I." Moreover, Jennifer is also an accomplished abstract painter and a health, fitness and nutrition buff. Ashley now has her own clothing line called Hippie Ink.
BornOctober 2, 1949
BornOctober 2, 1949
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Jennifer Ashley, William Finley, and Cheryl Smith in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Phantom of the Paradise
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  • Groupie
  • 1974
Chained Heat (1983)
Chained Heat
5.0
  • Grinder
  • 1983
Susan George, Andrés García, and Hugo Stiglitz in Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
Tintorera: Killer Shark
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  • Kelly Madison
  • 1977
Stuart Whitman in Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
Guyana: Cult of the Damned
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  • Anna Kazan
  • 1979

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  • Journal (2009)
    Journal
    • Her Daughter
    • 2009
  • George Segal and JoBeth Williams in Me Myself and I (1992)
    Me Myself and I
    • T.V. Show Host
    • 1992
  • The Man Who Loved Women (1983)
    The Man Who Loved Women
    • David's Mother
    • 1983
  • Chained Heat (1983)
    Chained Heat
    • Grinder
    • 1983
  • Partners (1982)
    Partners
    • Secretary
    • 1982
  • Horrorplanet (1981)
    Horrorplanet
    • Holly
    • 1981
  • Stuart Whitman in Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
    Guyana: Cult of the Damned
    • Anna Kazan
    • 1979
  • Towing (1978)
    Towing
    • Jean
    • 1978
  • Susan George, Andrés García, and Hugo Stiglitz in Tintorera: Killer Shark (1977)
    Tintorera: Killer Shark
    • Kelly Madison
    • 1977
  • The Pom Pom Girls (1976)
    The Pom Pom Girls
    • Laurie
    • 1976
  • Planet of the Apes (1974)
    Planet of the Apes
    • Talia
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
    Phantom of the Paradise
    • Groupie
    • 1974
  • The Centerfold Girls (1974)
    The Centerfold Girls
    • Charly (segment "The Second Story")
    • 1974
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
    • TV Series
    • 1974
  • Terror Circus (1973)
    Terror Circus
    • Flower Child
    • 1973

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  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • October 2, 1949
    • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Spouse
    • Rick? - present (2 children)
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    Has launched a retro t-shirt clothing line called Hippie Ink.
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    Low budget films are low budget. They weren't the most comfortable situation, you just got down and dirty and gritty and you did your work as an actor. That's all. You got paid for it and you left, but it was fun.

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