Shawn Weatherly
Shawn Weatherly | |
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 Shawn Weatherly in the Oval Office, 1981 | |
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Chip Harris (m. 1994) |
| Children | 2 |
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
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| Alma mater | Clemson University |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Shawn Weatherly is an American actress and beauty queen who won the titles of Miss USA 1980 and Miss Universe 1980. She starred as Cadet Karen Adams in the film Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and as Jill Riley in the first season of the TV series Baywatch (1989–1990).
Early life
[edit]Weatherly was born in San Antonio, Texas, but raised in Sumter, South Carolina. She grew up alongside two brothers, Kurt and Michael; their father Albert was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. (Joanne, the Weatherly siblings' mother, died of cancer in 1968.)[1] Shawn attended Clemson University as a nursing major, and was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.[2]
Career
[edit]Weatherly is best known for her work as Jill Riley on the television show Baywatch and for the early reality show Oceanquest, which had her swimming with sharks.[3][4][5] She played a small part on a Dukes of Hazzard episode "Coy vs. Vance," and she appeared in other shows such as The A-Team, T. J. Hooker and Happy Days.[6] She also had a main role in the 1986 comedy film Police Academy 3: Back in Training.[7] In 2014, she was in the horror-comedy film Love in the Time of Monsters.[6]
Personal life
[edit]In 1994 she married Chip Harris, president of a biotech research company, and they have two children. Previously she had relationships with Lee Majors and Dwight Clark.[2][8][9]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1983 | T.J. Hooker | Claudia Cole | |
| The Dukes of Hazzard | Billie Ann Baxley | ||
| The A-Team | Woman driving through garage | ||
| Happy Days | Sissy | ||
| 1984 | Cannonball Run II | Girl in Jamie Blake's (Dean Martin's) bed | |
| Shaping Up | Melissa McDonald | ||
| 1986 | Police Academy 3: Back in Training | Cadet Karen Adams | |
| 1987 | The New Leave It to Beaver | Christine | |
| 1987 | Matlock | Debra O'Keefe | |
| 1987–1988 | J.J. Starbuck | Jill Starbuck | |
| 1989 | Mind Games | Dana Lund | |
| 1989–1990 | Baywatch | Jill Riley | |
| 1990 | Thieves of Fortune | Petra Christopher | |
| 1992 | Amityville: It's About Time | Andrea Livingston | |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Kate Danbury | |
| 1999 | Chicago Hope | Carol Derricks |
References
[edit]- ^ "Shawn Weatherly - Biography". IMDb.
- ^ a b Apodaca, Patrice (June 24, 2011). "Miss Universe gives more than beauty tips". The Los Angeles Times. No. Daily Pilot. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ Shales, Tom (March 10, 1990). "TROUBLESOME CHARACTERS GET DEEP-SIXED". The Sun-Sentinel.
- ^ Shales, Tom (March 11, 1990). "JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK INTO PRIME TIME TV . . ". Deseret News.
- ^ Hill, Michael E. (August 25, 1985). "TAKING THE PLUNGE FORMER MISS UNIVERSE RELISHES UNDERWATER CHALLENGE OF 'OCEANQUEST'". The Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ a b Longmire, Becca (June 2, 2016). "You'll never BELIEVE what Baywatch sex symbol Jill Riley looks like nowadays..." Daily Express. UK. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ "Police Academy 3: Back in Training". Rotten Tomatoes.
- ^ "The Harris team". The Orange County Register. May 14, 2006.
- ^ Faber, Nancy (January 21, 1985). "San Francisco's Top Receiver Dwight Clark, Thinks His Best Catch May Be His Wife, Ashley". People Magazine.
was known as much for his romance with former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly
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