Bonnie Beecher

Bonnie Jean Boettcher was born April 25, 1941, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Art and Jean Boettcher.

She knew Bob Dylan during his early career, they dated briefly in college, and she may have been the inspiration for his song "Girl from the North Country". However, it may have been about his high school girlfriend Echo Helstrom or later girlfriend Suze Rotolo,{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/the-original-girl-from-the-north-country-bob-dylan-s-high-school-sweetheart-has-died/470716473/|title=The original 'Girl From the North Country,' Bob Dylan's high school sweetheart has died|website=Star Tribune|access-date=2020-01-02}} or no one person in particular. Beecher's singing is heard on Dylan's 1960 bootleg recording known as the "Minneapolis Party Tape", which was recorded while they were dating.{{Cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2019/05/08/my-father-recorded-bob-dylan-at-19-how-the-historic-minneapolis-party-tape-was-made/|title=My father recorded young Bob Dylan: How the historic "Minneapolis Party Tape" was made|date=2019-05-08|website=Salon|language=en|access-date=2020-01-02}} Some of Dylan's earliest recordings in 1961 were recorded at her Minneapolis home.{{cite web|url=http://www.bobdylan.com/us/tour/1961-05-01-home-bonnie-beecher|title=Set Lists: May 1, 1961: The Home of Bonnie Beecher|publisher=BobDylan.com|accessdate=April 12, 2013}}

She made her television debut in the 1964 episode "Come Wander with Me" of The Twilight Zone. She sang the song referenced in the title, which has since appeared in works such as The Brown Bunny and Baby Reindeer. Her short television career ended in 1968, finishing in the October episode "Spectre of the Gun" of Star Trek, and closing out in a November episode of The Outsider.

Beecher married Wavy Gravy (born Hugh Romney) on May 22, 1967.{{cite web

|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V668-CXF |title=Hugh M Romney & Bonnie Beecher, California Marriage Index, 1960-1985|url-access=registration|publisher=California Department of Health Services, Sacramento|type=Transcription of public record.|date=27 November 2014|website=Family Search|access-date=November 17, 2018}} She adopted the name Jahanara Romney shortly after marriage.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/movies/08saint.html|title='Saint Misbehavin' - The Wavy Gravy Movie' - Review|last=Holden|first=Stephen|date=2010-12-07|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-02|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|quote=In 1965, Mr. Romney married Bonnie Jean Beecher, who later became Jahanara Romney and has been his wife for 45 years. We meet his cheerful son, Howdy Do-Good Gravy Tomahawk Truckstop Romney, later changed to Jordan, who was born on the seat of a Greyhound bus.}} The couple has a son, born in 1971 as Howdy Do-Good Gravy Tomahawk Truckstop Romney, who has since become known as Jordan Romney.

She has worked as administrative director of Camp Winnarainbow since 1983. Her husband serves as director of the camp, which is located near Laytonville, Mendocino County in Northern California.{{cite web|title=The Hippie Serving Peace and Breakfast|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/movies/08saint.html|website=The New York Times|accessdate=July 22, 2015|date=December 8, 2010}}

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