All All. Sign In. List activity. Soledad Miranda. Actress Eugenie de Sade Soledad Miranda was a Spanish actress who appeared in many films in the s. Her remarkable beauty and her tragic untimely death make her story the stuff of legend. She was born on July 9, in Seville, Spain. She started her career when only eight years old as a flamenco dancer and singer.
She made her film debut at age sixteen as a dancer. During the following years, the fragile beauty appeared in numerous comedies, dramas, B-movies, and horror films, mostly in Spain over thirty films altogether from to Her biggest break came from legendary director Jess Franco, who cast Soledad in such cult classics as Count Dracula and Vampyros Lesbos.
Soledad is generally regarded as Franco's greatest discovery. On August 18, Soledad was in a car accident on a highway in Portugal. She died hours later, survived by her husband a former race-car driver and young son. Shortly before this tragic accident, a German film producer had offered her a contract which would have made her a great star. Soledad was destined to become a legend.
Not until the years after her death has she become a cult starlet with fans all over the world now discovering the beautiful, doomed actress. Cybill Shepherd. Actress Producer Writer Cybill — Named after her grandfather, Cy, and her father, Bill, Shepherd's career began at a young age in modeling, when she won the "Miss Teenage Memphis" contest in and the "Model of the Year" contest in She became a fashion icon and went on to grace the cover of every major magazine, as well as famously act as spokesperson for L'Oreal.
After taking a break in her career to have her first child, Clementine Ford , she returned to Hollywood in , to make her television series debut in an episode of Fantasy Island Her third Golden Globe followed for her series, Cybill , with which she also took on a producer role. Aside from the film industry, Shepherd has been an outspoken activist for issues such as gay rights and abortion rights. Jane Fonda. Actress Producer Additional Crew Klute Although she initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trade, she was prompted by Joshua Logan to appear with her father in the Omaha Community Theatre production of "The Country Girl".
