Edy Williams
{{Short description|American television and film actress}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Edy Williams
| image = Edy Williams at the 62nd Academy Awards.jpg
| caption = Williams at the 62nd Academy Awards, 1990
| birth_name = Edwina Beth Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|7|9}}
| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 7 in
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| occupation = Actress and model
| years_active = 1962–1995
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| spouse = {{marriage|Russ Meyer|1970|1975}}
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Edwina Beth Williams (born July 9, 1942){{cite book |last1=Lisanti |first1=Tom |title=Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1241-6 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITClSVUV7voC&q=232&pg=PA232 |language=en}} is a retired American television and film actress who is best known for her acting work in the films of Russ Meyer, to whom she was married from 1970 to 1975.
Early years
Williams was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and raised in Southern California. She began her career as a model and beauty pageant contestant. After winning several local pageants, she was signed as a contract player by 20th Century Fox.{{Cite web |url=http://www.edywilliams.com/biography.html |title=Edy Williams Official Website Biography |access-date=December 29, 2007 |archive-date=November 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125023431/http://www.edywilliams.com/biography.html |url-status=dead }}
Career
Throughout the 1960s, Williams appeared in several television series and films including roles in The Beverly Hillbillies, The Twilight Zone, Batman, Adam-12, Lost in Space, The Naked Kiss, and the Sonny & Cher film, Good Times (1967). In 1970, she appeared as Ashley St. Ives in Russ Meyer's first mainstream film, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, followed by his second mainstream film, The Seven Minutes (1971). Meyer and Williams married in 1970, shortly after the release of Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.
In March 1973, she was photographed for Playboy in a full color photo spread by then-husband Russ Meyer.{{Cite news |last=Meyer|first=Russ| date=March 1973|periodical=Playboy|location=U.S.|publisher=Playboy Enterprises, Inc.|volume=20|issue=3|pages=135–41}} After her divorce from Meyer in 1977, Williams continued acting, mainly appearing in films, many of which involved nudity.
In 1982, she appeared on an episode of The People's Court as a defendant in a case titled "The Star Who Wouldn't Pay". She was sued for payment for publicity work the plaintiff had done for her. She counter-sued for half of the retainer she'd paid him.{{Cite AV media|people=Edy Williams|title=The People's Court, "The Star Who Wouldn't Pay"|url=http://www.truveo.com/The-Star-Who-Wouldnt-Pay/id/1804556289|medium=Internet|publisher=In2TV|location=U.S.|access-date=December 29, 2007|archive-date=February 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015742/http://www.truveo.com/The-Star-Who-Wouldnt-Pay/id/1804556289|url-status=dead}} After this, she was sporadically active in films during the 1980s and early 1990s.
Since the 1970s, she has traditionally appeared at both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival in revealing and flamboyant outfits.{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/edy-williams-p76431 |title=Edy Williams Biography |website=AllMovie |access-date=December 28, 2007 |last=Erickson |first=Hal }}
TV and filmography
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1962
|Chorus Girl |Episode: "The Dummy" |
| 1963
|Edy | |
| 1964
|Second Girl | |
| 1964
|Slave Girl | |
| 1964
|Call Girl | |
| 1964
|Hatrack |Alternative title: The Iron Kiss |
| 1965
|Mail Room Girl | |
| 1966
|Watusi Dancer |Episode: "Carnival Ends at Midnight" |
| 1966
|Saloon Girl | |
| 1966
|Brunette girl | |
| 1966
|Hostess/Rae |3 episodes (37, 49 and 50) |
| 1966
|Bank Employee |Season 4, Episode 28 "Jethro's Pad" |
| 1967
|Mordicus' Girl |Alternative title: Sonny & Chér in Good Times |
| 1967
|Non |Episode: "Two Weeks in Space" |
| 1968
|I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew |Marilyn | |
| 1968
|The Secret Life of an American Wife |Susie Steinberg | |
| 1969
|Phyllis Horrigan | |
| 1970
|Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |Ashley St. Ives | |
| 1971
|Faye Osborn | |
| 1973
|Tammy Warren |Episode: "Venice Division" |
| 1975
|Dr. Carol Evans | |
| 1977
|The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington |Professor Simmons | |
| 1979
|Herself |Uncredited |
| 1980
|Ashley |Alternative title: Paul Mazurksy's Willie & Phil |
| 1983
|Paula | |
| 1984
|Desiree | |
| 1984
|Mrs. Slatt |Alternative title: Growing Pains |
| 1985
|Vera | |
| 1987
|Sgt. Roberts |Alternative title: 12 Wild Women |
| 1987
|Dream Girl |Episode: "They Call Me Mr. Trunk" |
| 1988
|Rented Lips |Heather Darling | 1988 "Nudity Required" |
| 1989
|Buckmeister |Alternative titles: I Was a Teenage Sex Maniac |
| 1991
|Emanuelle | |
References
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External links
{{commons category|Edy Williams}}
- [http://www.edywilliams.com Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222143941/http://www.edywilliams.com/ |date=December 22, 2015 }}
- {{IMDb name|id=0005557}}
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Category:Actresses from Oregon
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Actresses from Salt Lake City