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Quick Facts
- NAME: Pamela Anderson
- OCCUPATION: Animal Rights Activist, Film Actress, Television Actress, Model, Reality Television Star
- BIRTH DATE: July 01, 1967 (Age: 45)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
- AKA: Pamela Anderson Lee
- Full Name: Pamela Denise Anderson
- ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer
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Pamela Anderson first gained fame in the pages of Playboy and rose to international fame with her role on Baywatch. She garnered more fame in 2010, when she competed on Dancing with the Stars.
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A stolen sex tape from Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson's Honeymoon was released and ultimately benefitted their careers.
Pamela Anderson - Playboy
Pamela Anderson's Playboy cover was so successful that she was asked to pose nude.
Pamela Anderson - Legacy
Pamela Anderson's career in television has earned her the title of "TV's First Sex Goddess."
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Synopsis
Born on July 1, 1967, in British Columbia, Canada, Pamela Anderson began her career modeling in Labatt beer ads and then in the pages of Playboy. She transitioned to acting on TV's Home Improvement, but real fame came with Baywatch, making her a household name and instant sex symbol. A long-time supporter of animal rights, Anderson continues to act in smaller roles. In 2010,
Quotes
"It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people."
"And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business."
Anderson performed on season 10 of the hit show Dancing with the Stars. She is slated to make a return to the show in 2012, for season 15: Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars.
Early Life
Pamela Anderson was born on July 1, 1967 to a working class family in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada. After high school, she worked as a fitness instructor until she was "discovered" at a Canadian football game. Anderson, wearing a form-fitting Labatt's tee shirt, was broadcast over the stadium's giant screen. She was then hired by Labatt's to appear in their advertisements.
An offer from Playboy soon followed. She would go on to appear in five more issues of the magazine.
'Baywatch'
Anderson parleyed her modeling success into a series of bit parts on television programs. She got her first big break in 1991 as the "Tool Time Girl" on the sitcom Home Improvement. While there, she attracted the attention of casting agents from Baywatch, who were looking to replace Erika Elaniak, the shows then-current blonde bombshell. The hour-long show portraying the lives of Malibu lifeguards was a nearly plotless vehicle for semi-nude video montages and the critics panned it accordingly. However, fueled by frequent shots of the voluptuous Anderson, the show became the highest rated program worldwide.
Anderson's television success did not transfer well to the big screen. Despite mass publicity, including an appearance by Anderson at the Cannes Film Festival clad in a skintight cat suit, her first effort, Barb Wire, was both a critical and commercial failure.
Anderson returned to television as the executive producer and star of V.I.P., in which she plays the owner of a bodyguard agency staffed exclusively by models. The series remains a success in syndication.
Personal Life
Anderson's 1995 marriage to Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee captured persistent media attention. They couple had two children, Brandon Thomas and Dylan Jagger. However, the marriage was continually fraught with controversy, including an incident in which stolen honeymoon tapes of the couple having sex were broadcast over the Internet. The marriage ended in divorce in 1998 after Lee was arrested and convicted for spousal abuse.
In March of 2002, Anderson went public with the news that she has hepatitis-C. She claimed she contracted the disease by sharing a tattoo needle with Lee. The personal tragedy failed to derail Anderson's year-long romance with rapper Kid Rock (a.k.a. Robert Ritchie). The two married on July 29, 2006, on a yacht near St. Tropez France. In November 2006, it was announced that Anderson miscarried.
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