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Zoë Lund(1962-1999)

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Zoë Lund
A director makes a movie based on a murder he committed.
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Special Effects (1984)
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Zoe Lund was born Zoe Tamerlis to a Swedish mother and Romanian father on February 9, 1962 in New York City. She was an accomplished composer/musician and devout political activist at an early age. In 1981 at age 19, Lund gave a stunning performance as Thana, a mousy, mute garment worker and rape victim who violently strikes back against male oppression and exploitation of women in Abel Ferrara's outstanding distaff vigilante cult classic Ms .45 (1981). She was likewise excellent and impressive in a demanding dual role as both a murdered aspiring Southern Belle actress and the lookalike New York woman who was used to replace her in Larry Cohen's nifty thriller Special Effects (1984). From 1980 to 1985, Lund lived and worked with critic and filmmaker Edouard de Laurot. She did a guest spot on an episode of Miami Vice (1984) and appeared as herself in the racy documentary Heavy Petting (1989).

Lund co-wrote the script for and had a supporting role as a drug addict in Ferrara's crime drama Bad Lieutenant (1992). Lund was a staunch advocate of heroin drug use. In addition, she was a professional model in her 20s and a writer who penned various essays, short stories, novels and film scripts (one of these unfinished screenplays was about supermodel Gia Carangi; Lund appears as an interview subject in the documentary The Self-Destruction of Gia (2003) (in which she candidly discusses her own heroin use). In 1993, Lund wrote, directed and starred in the one and a half minute short feature Hot Ticket (1993). Zoe Lund was working on a short story anthology when she died of drug-related heart failure at the tragically young age of 37 in Paris, France on April 16, 1999.
BornFebruary 9, 1962
DiedApril 16, 1999(37)
BornFebruary 9, 1962
DiedApril 16, 1999(37)
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Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Zoë Lund in Special Effects (1984)

Known for:

Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant (1992)
Bad Lieutenant
7.0
  • Zoe
  • 1992
Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
Ms .45
6.8
  • Thana(as Zoë Tamerlis)
  • 1981
Treat Williams in Hand Gun (1994)
Hand Gun
5.5
  • Zelda
  • 1994
Hot Ticket (1993)
Hot Ticket
4.2
Video
  • Actress
  • 1993

Credits

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Actress

  • Dreamland
    • Caroline
    • 1997
  • Treat Williams in Hand Gun (1994)
    Hand Gun
    • Zelda
    • 1994
  • Hot Ticket (1993)
    Hot Ticket
    • Video
    • 1993
  • Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant (1992)
    Bad Lieutenant
    • Zoe
    • 1992
  • Zoë Lund in The Houseguest (1989)
    The Houseguest
    • Marla (as Zoe Tamerlaine)
    • Short
    • 1989
  • Exquisite Corpses (1989)
    Exquisite Corpses
    • Belinda Maloney (as Zoë Tamerlis)
    • 1989
  • Hothouse (1988)
    Hothouse
    • Chickie
    • TV Series
    • 1988
  • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
    Miami Vice
    • Miranda (as Zoe Tamerlis)
    • TV Series
    • 1985
  • Special Effects (1984)
    Special Effects
    • Andrea Wilcox
    • Elaine Bernstein (as Zoe Tamerlis)
    • 1984
  • Zoë Lund in Ms .45 (1981)
    Ms .45
    • Thana (as Zoë Tamerlis)
    • 1981
  • Times Square (1980)
    Times Square
    • Sleez Girl (uncredited)
    • 1980

Writer

  • Hot Ticket (1993)
    Hot Ticket
    • Writer
    • Video
    • 1993
  • Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant (1992)
    Bad Lieutenant
    • written by (as Zoe Lund)
    • 1992

Director

  • Hot Ticket (1993)
    Hot Ticket
    • Director
    • Video
    • 1993

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MS. 45 Trailer
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MS. 45 Trailer

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Zoe Lund
  • Height
    • 5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
  • Born
    • February 9, 1962
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • April 16, 1999
    • Paris, France(drug-related lung and heart failure)
  • Spouse
    • Robert LundOctober 31, 1986 - April 16, 1999 (her death)
  • Parents
      Victor Tamerlis
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 3 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    She was unapologetic about her heroin addiction. She wrote at length about heroin and advocated this for legal recreational use in the United States, as well as romanticized its effects.
  • Quotes
    That which is not yet, but ought to be, is more real than that which merely is.
  • Trademarks
      Natural brunette hair
  • Salary
    • Ms .45
      (1981)
      $1,500

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