Lindsay Bloom
| Lindsay Bloom | |
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Lindsay Diane Bloom August 28, 1950 Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Lindsay Diane Bloom (born August 28, 1950) is an American actress and former beauty pageant contestant.
Bloom is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. At age 17 she decided to become an actress and entered beauty pageants to gain attention. She was Miss Omaha in the 1968 preliminaries for the Miss America Pageant. She did not advance to the national level. In 1969, she won the title of Miss Utah.
"Later I was Miss Arizona in the Miss USA competition for Miss World. I was second runnerup. And in 1973 I was Miss USA for the Miss International Pageant and went to Japan," she said in a 1975 article. "I placed fourth." She declined offers to appear in Playboy magazine, stating that "...I've refused three times to pose nude in Playboy because it can't help my career."
In 1975, Bloom was cast in the lead role of an American International Pictures drive-in theatre[1] fare, Six Pack Annie, about a "beer-guzzling, truck-driving Southern belle," in a scanty wardrobe. "Some of the language I use is pretty salty," she said. "That and the nude scene is why they gave it an 'R' rating."[2]
Bloom was cast as detective Mike Hammer's secretary Velda in Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and The New Mike Hammer. Both television series starred Stacy Keach as the title character.
In 1986, she appeared with Barry Jenner, Jamie Farr and Tom Poston, and Paul Eiding and Jack Carter in 1987 on Super Password with Bert Convy.
References
- ↑ Display advert, Show Time II drive-in, Playground Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Friday 29 August 1975, Volume 30, Number 175, page 5B.
- ↑ Scott, Vernon, "Lindsay Bloom Concedes Flaunting Charms Expected", United Press International, Dateline: Hollywood, Playground Daily News, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Thursday 6 November 1975, Volume 30, Number 234, page 6B.