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Angelyne is a model and occasional actress who has become an icon of Hollywood and Los Angeles best known for purchasing billboards advertising herself.[1] She is also known for her pink Corvette which bears the shortened "ANGLYNE" on its license plate, as well as a pink maltese named Buddha.[1] She began to gain local attention in the early 1980s when a series of billboards popped up around the city featuring her in various sexy poses.[1] Around this time, she made her first appearance on national television as a guest on the late night talk show Thicke of the Night hosted by Alan Thicke, and featuring a young Arsenio Hall. Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
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Although it has been claimed that billboard companies or a wealthy husband pays for her billboards, Angelyne, who is single, credits "investors" for financing the outdoor advertising.[1] Angelyne compares herself to Barbie, stating that "Kids think I'm a Barbie doll"[1] and, in one billboard, "Barbie wishes she were me."[2] Angelyne has not given her age or birthdate in interviews, although the IMDB lists 1968 without providing a source; the Los Angeles County registrar of voters lists her as 44.[1] Information Occupation See: Barbies careers Family See: List of Barbies friends and family Created by Ruth Handler Barbie is a best-selling fashion doll launched in 1959. ...
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Angelyne was one of the candidates in the 2003 California recall election, finishing 28th in a field of 135 candidates.[1] Her slogan during the campaign was "We’ve had Gray, we’ve had Brown, now it’s time for some blond and pink."[1] She was also a candidate for Hollywood city council in 2002 if it were to secede from Los Angeles. The 2003 California recall was a special election permitted under California law. ...
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Her billboards have gained more fame than she, and appear in numerous movies[1], such as Escape from L.A., starring Kurt Russell. As Russell's character walks up Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles in ruins around him, he looks up to see a pristine Angelyne billboard. One has also appeared in the movie Volcano, starring Tommy Lee Jones. Her billboards are prominent in the movie Get Shorty. On the animated television show Futurama, the main character Philip J. Fry sees an Angelyne billboard after waking up from a thousand-year long cryogenic sleep. In the "A Star Is Born-Again" episode of The Simpsons, an Angelyne billboard is briefly seen during Ned Flanders' L.A. dream sequence. The billboard was also spoofed in Shrek 2 featuring Fairy Godmother in the same iconic pose. In the disaster film The Day After Tomorrow, a news reporter covering a tornado outbreak in downtown L.A. is struck and killed by an Angelyne billboard thrown at him by one of the tornadoes. Escape From L.A. (also known as John Carpenters Escape From L.A.) is a 1996 film directed by John Carpenter. ...
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Some of her earliest exposure came when her billboard appeared in the opening montage of the hit TV show Moonlighting. Moonlighting is a television series that first aired on ABC in the United States from 1985 to 1989 with a total of 66 episodes. ...
She once made a music video, performing the song "I Always Keep A List of All the Guys I Kiss". It features her driving around Los Angeles in her trademark pink Corvette.
When being interviewed by the Malibu High School newspaper The Surfwriter, she said she is a billboard princess, not queen, because "princesses have more fun."[citation needed] Malibu High School Malibu High School (MHS) is the only public secondary school in Malibu, California for middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12). ...
She is listed on voter records by her first name only.
References - ^ a b c d e f g h i Bob Pool, Angelyne seeks enhanced deal, Los Angeles Times, June 20, 2007.
- ^ Scaffolding Goes Up Around Angelyne, TMZ.com, June 20, 2007.
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