Shannon Tweed

Name: Shannon Tweed
Birth Name: Shannon Lee Tweed
Height: 6'
Sex: F
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date: March 10, 1957
Birth Place: St John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Profession: actress, model, producer
Relationship: Gene Simmons (member of KISS; together since 1984; broke up)
Father: Working as mink rancher, died in the 1980s.
Sister: Tracy Tweed (older)
Brother: Shannon is the third oldest out of her brothers and sisters.
Son: Nicholas Simmons (father Gene Simmons)
Daughter: Sophie Simmons (father Gene Simmons)
Claim to fame: as Playboy Playmate of the Year (1982)
   

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SHANNON TWEED NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Playboy Playmate of the Month November 1981 and Playboy Playmate of the Year 1982.
  • Represented the Ottawa Valley in the 1978 Miss Canada Pageant, placing fourth.
  • Shannon started her film career after becoming a Playboy Playmate of the month and then later Playmate of the Year in 1983
  • The combination of her appearances in Playboy and the numerous roles where she has appeared nude have helped to elevate her to a Cult Icon among fans of the Erotic Thriller genre.
  • Is the third of seven children. She has 3 brothers and 3 sisters.
  • Her appearance in Playboy was arranged by a Canadian TV series entitled THRILL OF A LIFETIME (1981) which fulfilled real-life fantasies of ordinary Canadians.
  • TV series debut as regular, played Diana Hunter on the CBS prime-time soap Falcon Crest.
  • Starred in the cult classic CANNIBAL WOMEN IN THE AVOCADO JUNGLE OF DEATH (1989)

Quotes
  • "Oh, yeah, I do movies; I forgot. They see them on TV. I forget that anybody knows me."
  • "I have no idea how to pick a script...I keep swearing I'll never do another straight-to-video movie, but when I sit at home for a couple of months and go bonkers, I just take the next one that comes."
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