Pleasant Gehman
{{short description|American author, writer, poet, actress}}
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{{Notability|Biographies|date=September 2022}}
Pleasant Gehman is an American author, writer, poet, actress, dancer and musician from Los Angeles.
Career
In the 1980s, she was the singer for the punk rock band Screamin' Sirens.
Her articles on rock 'n' roll, American pop culture, sex, the arts and human interest have appeared in L.A. Weekly{{Cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2008-12-04/music/l-a-dee-dallapalooza/ |title=L.A. Dee Dallapalooza - Page 1 - Music - Los Angeles - LA Weekly |access-date=2011-05-08 |archive-date=2011-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511171204/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-12-04/music/l-a-dee-dallapalooza/ |url-status=dead }} and BAM.{{cite web|title=PLEASANT VALLEY SUNDAE - AN INTERVIEW WITH PLEASANT GEHMAN|url=http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2003/jun/interview_pleasant_gehman.html|work=3am Interview|publisher=3 AM Magazine.|access-date=27 October 2012|author=Vladik Cervantes|year=2003}} She has written and edited a number of books, including Showgirl Confidential, The Belly Dance Handbook, Senorita Sin, Princess of Hollywood, Escape From Houdini Mountain and The Underground Guide to Los Angeles.{{cite book|title=The Underground Guide to Los Angeles: 3rd Edition|isbn=1933149140|last1=Gehman |first1=Pleasant |last2=Berry |first2=Iris |year=2006 |publisher=Manic D }}
In 1994, she recorded a collection of her poetry and spoken-word routines entitled Ruined.{{cite web|title=IRIS BERRY, PLEASANT GEHMAN, S.A. GRIFFIN|url=http://www.skylightbooks.com/event/iris-berry-pleasant-gehman-sa-griffin-0|work=Skylight Books|access-date=27 October 2012|date=7 September 2008}} Among the venues where she has performed spoken-word pieces include The Unhappy Hour at the Parlour Club.{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-jul-02-lv-unhappy2-story.html|title=Tales and Cocktails|date=2 July 2002|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=18 September 2020}}
She co-starred in Margaret Cho's Off-Broadway variety show, The Sensuous Woman, in 2007 and again shared the stage with Cho in a 2012 Victory Variety Hour performance.{{cite web|title=Pervy & Bawdy Burlesque, Margaret Cho Make It Happen In Los Angeles|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/afterdark/2012/01/las_bawdiest_burlesque_show.php|work=AfterDark LA|publisher=LA Weekly, LP.|access-date=27 October 2012|author=Lina Lecaro|date=16 January 2012}}
She appeared as Estelle in Steve Balderson's film Firecracker.{{cite web|title=Boston Underground Film Festival 2008: Underbelly|url=http://www.jaysmovieblog.com/2008/03/boston-underground-film-festival-2008_28.html|work=Jay's Movie Blog|access-date=27 October 2012|author=Jason|date=28 March 2008}}
In April 2009, Pleasant worked with cult director Steve Balderson for Stuck! - an homage to film noir women in prison dramas. Co-starring Karen Black, Mink Stole, Susan Traylor, and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin. Stuck! was filmed in Macon, Georgia and released in 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2010-01-28/calendar/breast-thighs-black-white/ |title=BREASTS! THIGHS! BLACK! WHITE! - Page 1 - Calendar - Los Angeles - LA Weekly |access-date=2011-05-08 |archive-date=2011-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821054237/http://www.laweekly.com/2010-01-28/calendar/breast-thighs-black-white/ |url-status=dead }}
Books
- Showgirl Confidential: My Life Onstage, Backstage And On The Road {Punk Hostage Press) {{ISBN|978-1-940213-75-0}})
- The Belly Dance Handbook: A Companion For The Serious Dancer {Princess Productions} {{ISBN|978-0615938318}})
- Escape From Houdini Mountain (Manic D Press, {{ISBN|978-0916397685}})
- Senorita Sin (1994, Incommunicado Press, {{ISBN|978-0962701399}})
- Princess Of Hollywood (1997, Incommunicado Press, {{ISBN|978-1884615108}})
- The Underground Guide To Los Angeles (1999, Manic D Press, {{ISBN|978-0916397562}})
References
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External links
- {{url| http://www.pleasantgehman.com}}- official Pleasant Gehman site
- [http://www.princessfarhana.com/ www.PrincessFarhana.com] - Official Princess Farhana site
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151018002912/http://www.stucknoir.com/ www.stucknoir.com]}} - Stuck! movie site
- Armendariz, Alicia (March 2005). [http://www.alicebag.com/women-in-la-punk/2015/10/4/pleasant-gehman "Women in L.A. Punk: Pleasant Gehman"] - interview with Pleasant Gehaman
- [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2003/jun/interview_pleasant_gehman.html 3am Magazine] - interview with Pleasant Gehman
- [http://www.gildedserpent.com/art32/PFBurlesqueBD.htm Gilded Serpent] - article by Pleasant Gehman
- [http://raisethestakeseditions.com/pleasant-gehman/ A Riotous Disarray] - interview with Pleasant Gehman
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Category:American women singers
Category:American film actresses
Category:American spoken word artists
Category:Actresses from Los Angeles
Category:Singers from Los Angeles
Category:American television actresses
Category:American punk rock singers
Category:American women journalists