Biography: Linnea Quigley

Linnea Barbara Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American scream queen, B movie actress, and film producer.

Early life and career

Linnea Quigley was born in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy and W. Heath Quigley, a chiropractor and psychologist.^[1] She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s to pursue her dreams of acting. She quickly established herself in the arena of independent films and appeared in almost one hundred feature films.

Quigley is best known for her role in The Return of the Living Dead. She has also starred in dozens of other horror films including Nightmare Sisters, Creepozoids, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama, Night of the Demons (the 1988 original and the 2010 remake), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master. Quigley is the author of two books about her career as a B-movie actress, Chainsaw and I'm Screaming as Fast as I Can.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1975	Psycho from Texas	Barmaid	Alternative titles: Evil + Hate = Killer The Butcher
1978	Auditions	Sally Webster
1978	Deathsport	Courtesan	Uncredited
1979	Summer Camp	Pam	Credited as Barbara Gold
1981	Don't Go Near the Park	Bondi's Mother	Alternative titles: Curse of the Living Dead Nightstalker Sanctuary for Evil
	Graduation Day	Dolores
	Nice Dreams	Blondie Group #2
1983	Still Smokin'	Blonde in Spa	Uncredited
1983	Get Crazy	Groupie	Uncredited Alternative title: Flip Out
1984	Savage Streets	Heather	Alternative title: Zombie Brigade
1984	Silent Night, Deadly Night	Denise
1985	Return of the Living Dead	Trash
1986	Sweethearts	Cupid's Corner Host	Credited as Pamela Peck
1987	Treasure of the Moon Goddess	Lu de Belle
	Nightmare Sisters	Melody
	Creepozoids	Bianca
1988	Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers	Samantha	Alternative title: Hollywood Hookers
1988	Dead Heat	Zombie Go-go Girl	Uncredited
	Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama	Spider
	Vice Academy	Didi
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	Soul from Freddy's Chest
	Night of the Demons	Suzanne
1989	Murder Weapon	Dawn	Producer
1990	Vice Academy Part 2	Didi
1991	The Guyver	Scream Queen	Alternative title: Mutronics
1992	Innocent Blood	Nurse	Alternative title: A French Vampire in America
1993	The Girl I Want	Teri	Producer
1994	Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings	Nadine	Direct-to-video release
1995	Jack-O	Carolyn Miller	Alternative title: Jack O'Lantern
1996	Fatal Frames	Wendy Williams
1997	Hollywood Cops	Ryder
1998	Death Mask	Angel Wilson
	Boogie Boy	Gretchen
	Kolobos	Principal Russo	Direct-to-DVD release
1999	Play It to the Bone	Overdosed Hooker	Uncredited
2000	Blind Target	Serena Erwin
2001	The Monster Man	Aunt Ruth	Direct-to-DVD release
	Kannibal	Georgina Thereshkova	Direct-to-DVD release
2002	Scream Queen	Malicia Tombs	Direct-to-DVD release
2003	Zombiegeddon	Principal Russo	Direct-to-DVD release
	Corpses are Forever	Elli Kroger	Direct-to-DVD release
2004	Super Hero Central	L.Q.	Direct-to-DVD release Alternative title: The Adventures of Ace X and Kid Velvet
	The Rockville Slayer	Mary Burns
2005	Wolfsbayne	Nikki
	Lost Girls	Faith
2006	Hoodoo for Voodoo	Queen Marie
	Voices from the Graves	Sara Graves
2007	Each Time I Kill	Aunt Belle
2008	The Notorious Colonel Steel	Tommy
2009	It Came from Trafalgar	Marylin Doe
	Strangers Online	Mary
2010	Dead End	Alex	Producer
	Post Mortem : America 2021	Lucille
	Collapse	Mrs. Bell
2010	Night of the Demons	Ballerina Woman
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Simon & Simon	Bobbi	1 episode

References

^ "Linnea Quigley Biography (1958-)". filmreference.com. http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Linnea-Quigley.html. Retrieved 2008-05-23.

External links

Official site
Linnea Quigley at the Internet Movie Database
Linnea Quigley at Allmovie

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