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Anitra Ford

Anitra Ford

Anitra Ford (born 1942) is an American actress.

Ford was born in California. She was a model on The Price Is Right from its beginning in 1972 until the last days of 1976. She was replaced by Holly Hallstrom. Ford also appeared in the opening scene of The Longest Yard as Melissa, the girlfriend of Burt Reynolds' character, Paul Crewe.

Anitra Ford was a popular fashion model on the West Coast in the 1960s—also modeling in New York. Her exotic looks paved the way for more diversity in the modeling industry than the classic looks of that era. Before becoming a model, she acted on the stage from an early age. In the 1970s, her modeling career led to acting in television and film. Ford's credits include the cult, B-movies: The Big Bird Cage, The Invasion of the Bee Girls (aka "Graveyard Tramps") and Messiah of Evil. Often camp and comedic, Anitra Ford garnered roles of emancipated women who were comfortable with their sexuality.

Anitra Ford's television credits include: S.W.A.T., Banacek, The Streets of San Francisco, The Odd Couple, Love American Style, Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, Columbo and Mannix, and played the renegade Amazon in the TV movie "Wonder Woman" starring Cathy Lee Crosby.'

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Doses of Horror (2018)

"In an asylum, patients were subjected to watching horror films for psychiatric study... but they all went mad and now those films have been unearthed!" claims the product description. In reality, the "story" is told with silly title cards over random aban ...

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Babes Behind Bars (2013)

This outlandish compilation of trailers and clips spotlights the women-in-prison sub-genre of grindhouse exploitation films. ...

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From Manila with Love (2011)

Retrospective documentary on the making of the 70's women-in-prison exploitation cult favorites "The Big Doll House" and "The Big Bird Cage". ...

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Messiah of Evil (1975)

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult. ...

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The Longest Yard (1974)

A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem. ...

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Dirty O'Neil (1974)

A police officer has very little work as there is virtually no crime in his small California town...until three hoodlums appear and rape a young woman. ...

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Wonder Woman (1974)

A super-hero uses her powers to thwart an international spy ring. ...

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Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)

A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually. ...

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Stacey (1973)

The sleazy and dangerous adventures of a gorgeous female private detective. ...

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Where Does It Hurt? (1972)

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his ...

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The Big Bird Cage (1972)

Women rebel against slave labor in a filthy jungle prison where they feed sugar cane to a mechanical maw. ...

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The Love Machine (1971)

An ambitious TV newscaster has an affair with the wife of a network executive to get a promotion. ...

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