American film director and photographer (1922–2004)
This article is about the American filmmaker. For the baseball player, see Russ Meyer (baseball). For the aviation businessman, see Russell W. Meyer Jr.
Russ Meyer
Meyer in 1996 (photo by Roger Ebert)
Born
Russell Albion Meyer
(1922-03-21)March 21, 1922
San Leandro, California, U.S.
Died
September 18, 2004(2004-09-18) (aged 82)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active
1947–2001
Spouses
Betty Valdovinos
(m. 1949–1950)
Eve Meyer
(m. 1952–1966)
Edy Williams
(m. 1970–1975)
Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor. He is known primarily for writing and directing a series of successful sexploitation films that featured campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, such as Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Meyer often named Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) as his definitive work.
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Meyer often named Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) as his definitive work. RussMeyer was born in San Leandro, California...
producer. Much of her work was in conjunction with sexploitation filmmaker RussMeyer, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. She was killed in the Tenerife...
Alaina Capri is an actress who appeared in director RussMeyer's films Common Law Cabin and Good Morning and... Goodbye! Capri grew up in Inglewood, California...
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and film actress who is best known for her acting work in the films of RussMeyer, to whom she was married from 1970 to 1975. Williams was born in Salt...
Supervixens is a 1975 American film directed by American filmmaker RussMeyer. The cast features Meyer regulars Charles Napier, Uschi Digard, and Haji. The film...
David Gurian. The film was directed by RussMeyer and screenwritten by Roger Ebert from a story by Ebert and Meyer. Originally intended as a sequel to the...
bust, and appearances in cult films made by her ex-partner, director RussMeyer. Natividad was born on February 13, 1948, in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua...
(November 19, 1943), is an American film actress. She appeared in three RussMeyer films: Lorna (1964), Mudhoney (1965), and Mondo Topless (1966). Lorna...
role as Ronnie 'Z-man' Barzell in the RussMeyer film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970), co-written by Meyer and Roger Ebert. LaZar grew up in San...
evening wear than in day wear in the Western world. Film producers such as RussMeyer produced films which featured actresses with large breasts. Lorna (1964)...
is an American film actress best known for playing the title role in RussMeyer's 1968 film Vixen!. Gavin was born in Los Angeles, California, daughter...
settled in California. She is remembered particularly for her work with RussMeyer. The two main sources for Digard's early life are an interview she gave...
is a retired American actress, best known for her starring role in the RussMeyer film Supervixens. Eubank was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 12...
American actress and stripper known for her lead role in the 1976 RussMeyer film Up!. When Meyer first discovered her at Joe Allen's, a hangout in West Hollywood...
of RussMeyer, King of the Sex Film. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 0-224-07250-1. Meyer, Russ (2000). A Clean Breast: The Life and Loves of RussMeyer (3...
Christy Hartburg is an actress and model who appeared in RussMeyer's Supervixens (1975). She is the actress who adorns the famous poster for that film...
Best known was RussMeyer, who released his first successful narrative nudie, the comic Immoral Mr. Teas, in 1959. Five years later, Meyer came out with...
Iglehart also had a role as the violent womanizing Randy Black in the RussMeyer directed 1970 film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. In 1971 he had a role...
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