Shannon Tweed

{{short description|Canadian model and actress (born 1957)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Shannon Tweed

| image = Shannon Tweed 2007.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Tweed in 2007

| birth_name = Shannon Lee Tweed

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|3|10}}

| birth_place = St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

| occupation = Model, actress

| spouse = {{marriage|Gene Simmons|2011}}

| years_active = 1981–present

| children = {{ubl|Nick Simmons|Sophie Simmons}}

| module =

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate | embed = yes

| name =

| issue = November 1981

| preceded = Kelly Tough

| succeeded = Patricia Farinelli

| pmoy-year = 1982

| pmoy-preceded = Terri Welles

| pmoy-succeeded = Marianne Gravatte

}}

}}

Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named Playboy{{'}}s Playmate of the Year in 1982.

Tweed is also known for Gene Simmons Family Jewels, a reality TV show that portrayed the life of her family from 2006 until 2012. She is married to Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer of the band Kiss; Tweed and Simmons have two children, Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons and Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons.

Early life

Tweed was born on March 10, 1957,{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=tweed%2C+shannon+lee&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=July 18, 2010|archive-date=May 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503100133/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=::CONFIG::modelbrowse&key=tweed,+shannon+lee&limit=0|url-status=live}} in St. John's, Newfoundland. She is the daughter of Donald Keith Tweed, a mink rancher, and Louise ({{nee|Wall}}) Tweed,[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?pid=155706795 Maria Thiesson Obituary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506060128/http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestarphoenix/obituary.aspx?pid=155706795 |date=May 6, 2016 }} Legacy.com and was raised on a mink ranch in Whitbourne. She is one of seven children and has three sisters, including actress Tracy Tweed.

After Donald Tweed fell into a coma after a car crash, Louise moved with her children to her mother's home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and studied nursing while the family survived on welfare. Shannon had breast enhancement surgery at the age of 20 and subsequently became involved in beauty pageants.{{cite magazine |last=Buchalter |first=Gail |title=That New Bird on Hugh Hefner's Arm Is a Falcon Crest Fledgling from Canada Named Shannon Tweed |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083720,00.html |magazine=People |date=December 6, 1982 |access-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818153435/https://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20083720,00.html |archive-date=August 18, 2011}}

Career

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In 1978, Tweed was the third runner-up in the Miss Canada Pageant event and won the Miss Canada talent competition for her singing.

After the Canadian wish-fulfilment TV show Thrill of a Lifetime arranged for her to pose for Playboy magazine, Tweed was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month for the November 1981 issue, and eventually the Playmate of the Year for 1982.{{cite journal |last=de Arakal |first=Byron |title=Hanging Around with Shannon Tweed, Falcon Crest{{'s}} Confident Belle |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JxAEAAAAMBAJ |journal=Orange Coast |date=April 1983 |pages=18–25 |issue=April 1983 |access-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195401/https://books.google.com/books?id=JxAEAAAAMBAJ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last=Axworthy |first=Tom |title=Our American Cousins: The United States through Canadian Eyes |publisher=Lorimer |location=Toronto |year=1987 |page=182 |isbn=978-0-88862-878-7}}{{cite book |last=Wolfe |first=Morris |title=Jolts: the TV wasteland and the Canadian oasis |url=https://archive.org/details/joltstvwasteland0000wolf |url-access=registration |publisher=Lorimer |location=Toronto |year=1987 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joltstvwasteland0000wolf/page/66 66] |isbn=978-0-88862-648-6}}{{cite web |title=Today leads morning ratings |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19850709&id=YQ1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4464,143737&hl=fr |work=Toledo Blade |date=July 9, 1985 |access-date=December 10, 2019 |via=news.google.com |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195346/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19850709&id=YQ1PAAAAIBAJ&pg=4464,143737&hl=fr |url-status=live }} Tweed and her sister Tracy appeared together in a Playboy spread.

Tweed primarily acted in B movies and in television series such as the HBO comedy 1st and Ten{{cite web |last=Dinsmore |first=Jef |title=HBO Classics: 1ST & TEN |url=http://hbowatch.com/hbo-classics1st-ten/ |work=HBO Watch |publisher=Reinhart Web Development LLC |date=November 11, 2013 |access-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-date=January 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140119143252/http://hbowatch.com/hbo-classics1st-ten/ |url-status=live }} and the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest, She also appeared in an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard as well as Married... with Children. In 1985, she landed a year-long role on Days of Our Lives as Savannah Wilder.{{cite web |last=Riggs |first=Jonathan |title=Shannon Tweed- Biography |url=http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/shannon-tweed/biography.html|work=Yahoo! Movies Canada|publisher=Yahoo!|access-date=January 19, 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203114004/http://ca.movies.yahoo.com/person/shannon-tweed/biography.html|archive-date=February 3, 2014}} Tweed has appeared as a guest on Frasier.{{cite web|title=Shannon Tweed|url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/26813|work=Filmbug|publisher=MISJA.COM|access-date=January 19, 2014|year=1998–2014|archive-date=February 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203021231/http://www.filmbug.com/db/26813|url-status=live}} She has also lent her voice to the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants in the episode "20,000 Patties Under the Sea", which also featured Gene Simmons as a guest.{{cite web|url=https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/gene-simmons-is-guest-voice-on-spongebob-squarepants/83-402965342|title=Gene Simmons Is Guest Voice On "Spongebob Squarepants."|first=Larry|last=Riggs|website=WFMY News 2|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=December 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221233533/https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/gene-simmons-is-guest-voice-on-spongebob-squarepants/83-402965342|url-status=live}}

The first major theatrical film in which Tweed appeared was the horror film Of Unknown Origin (1983). Since then, Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films, including Detroit Rock City, produced by Simmons, in 1999. Tweed and her sister Tracy co-starred in the film Night Eyes 3.{{cite book|first=David|last=Andrews|title=Soft in the Middle: The Contemporary Softcore Feature in Its Contexts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zk-F1B7RUfcC&pg=PT313|date=January 1, 2006|publisher=Ohio State University Press|isbn=978-0-8142-1022-2|pages=313–}} She is known as one of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica.Green, Phillip. Cracks in the Pedestal: Ideology and Gender in Hollywood. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998: 170 Vanity Fair has described Tweed as "one of home video's most rented erotic thriller goddesses".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/basic-instinct-anniversary-sharon-stone-video|title="The Sexpendables": How Basic Instinct Birthed a Schlocky, Sexy Cottage Industry|first=Donald|last=Liebenson|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=March 20, 2017|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112035430/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/basic-instinct-anniversary-sharon-stone-video|url-status=live}}

Tweed was featured along with her family on the reality TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels from 2006 until 2012. One of the highlights of the series was Simmons' proposal to her and their subsequent marriage at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.{{cite web|last=Strause|first=Jackie|title=EXCLUSIVE: Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed Renew Wedding Vows!|url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/couples/news/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-renew-wedding-vows-exclusive|publisher=Life and Style magazine|access-date=December 30, 2013|archive-date=December 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234055/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/couples/news/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-renew-wedding-vows-exclusive|url-status=live}} In 2010, an episode of the series was taped in Tweed's former hometown of Saskatoon. During the visit, she was presented with an honorary street sign denoting the (nonexistent) "Tweed Lane". Tourism Saskatoon subsequently requested Saskatoon City Council approve the naming of a real Tweed Lane in her honour.{{cite news |title= Saskatoon street could be named after Shannon Tweed |url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-street-could-be-named-after-shannon-tweed-1.1045623 |newspaper= CBC News |date= June 28, 2011 |access-date= September 7, 2013 |archive-date= January 15, 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230115195357/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatoon-street-could-be-named-after-shannon-tweed-1.1045623 |url-status= live }} The Council approved the request, and the street is located in the neighbourhood of Rosewood.{{cite news |last=Hutton |first=David |title=Tweed Lane new jewel on city map |url=http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=9f9a106f-76a5-4baf-a948-56818727cf48 |url-status=dead |newspaper=The StarPhoenix |date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=September 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203031643/http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/story.html?id=9f9a106f-76a5-4baf-a948-56818727cf48 |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}

Tweed is the narrator of the reality TV show Ex-Wives of Rock.{{cite web |last=Bourdeau |first=Annette |title='Ex-Wives of Rock': Hello, Guilty Pleasure |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annette-bourdeau/ex-wives-of-rock-slice_b_1844619.html |website=Huffington Post |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=September 25, 2017 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403231459/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/annette-bourdeau/ex-wives-of-rock-slice_b_1844619.html |url-status=live }}

Personal life

Tweed resided at the Playboy Mansion for approximately 14 months as Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's partner.{{cite web|title=Shannon Tweed|url=http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_100/102_shannon_tweed.html|work=Askmen|access-date=January 19, 2014|archive-date=August 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808005424/http://www.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_100/102_shannon_tweed.html|url-status=live}} The relationship coincided with her Playmate appearances and with being named 1982 Playmate of the Year. The Mansion was the location of her first meeting with her future husband, musician Gene Simmons. Tweed has been in a relationship with Simmons since 1983. In a 2011 interview, Simmons said, "I need Shannon in my life. Not just because of love and family but because she holds me accountable."{{cite news|title=The Smart Ass Wedding Announcement|url=http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/01/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-wedding-announcement-invitation-kids-beverly-hills-hotel-kiss/#.TmBCVI7hglo|work=TMZ.com|access-date=January 19, 2014|date=September 1, 2011|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201152229/http://www.tmz.com/2011/09/01/gene-simmons-shannon-tweed-wedding-announcement-invitation-kids-beverly-hills-hotel-kiss/#.TmBCVI7hglo|url-status=live}} After 28 years together, the couple wed in an outdoor evening ceremony on the crystal lawn of The Beverly Hills Hotel on October 1, 2011.{{cite news|last=McNiece|first=Mia|title=People Exclusive: Gene Simmons Is Married|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533363,00.html|work=People|date=October 1, 2011|access-date=March 27, 2014|archive-date=April 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408185141/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533363,00.html|url-status=dead}}

File:Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed visit to the Pentagon 190516-D-SW162-1185 (46947989005).jpg with her husband Gene Simmons in 2019]]

Filmography

=Films=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan=3|1983

| Curtains

| Body Double

| Uncredited

Of Unknown Origin

| Meg Hughes

|

Playboy Video Playmate Review

| Herself

|

rowspan=2|1984

| Hot Dog…The Movie

| Sylvia Fonda

|

data-sort-value="data-sort-value="Surrogate, The" | The Surrogate

| Lee Waite

|

1986

| Meatballs III: Summer Job

| The Love Goddess

|

rowspan=3|1987

| Steele Justice

| Angela Spinelli

|

Dragnet

| Baitmate

| Uncredited

Code Name Vengeance

| Sam

|

rowspan=2|1988

| Lethal Woman

| Tory MacAllistair, Ex-Pilot

|

data-sort-value="Firing Line, The" | The Firing Line

| Sandra Spencer

|

rowspan=3|1989

| Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

| Dr. Margo Hunt

|

Night Visitor

| Lisa Grace

|

Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 80's

| Herself

| Documentary

1990

| In the Cold of the Night

| Lena

|

rowspan=2|1991

| Last Call

| Cindy / Audrey

|

data-sort-value="Last Hour, The" | The Last Hour

| Susan

|

rowspan=3|1992

| Liar's Edge

| Heather Burnz

|

Night Eyes 2

| Marilyn Mejenes

|

data-sort-value="Naked Truth, The" | The Naked Truth

| The First Class Stewardess

|

rowspan=3|1993

| Cold Sweat

| Beth Moore

|

Night Eyes 3

| Zoe Clairmont

|

Indecent Behavior

| Dr. Rebecca Mathis

|

rowspan=6|1994

| Possessed by the Night

| Carol McKay

| Direct-to-video

Scorned{{Cite web|url=https://unobtainium13.com/2017/08/17/a-movie-a-day-221-scorned-1994-directed-by-andrew-stevens/|title=A Movie A Day #221: Scorned (1994, directed by Andrew Stevens)|last=Lel|first=Jedadiah|date=August 17, 2017|website=Through the Shattered Lens|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128135231/https://unobtainium13.com/2017/08/17/a-movie-a-day-221-scorned-1994-directed-by-andrew-stevens/|url-status=live}}

| Patricia Langley / Amanda Chessfield

|

Hard Vice

| Andrea

|

Night Fire

| Lydia

|

Indecent Behavior 2

| Dr. Rebecca Mathis

|

Illicit Dreams

| Moira Davis

|

rowspan=5|1995

| No Contest

| Sharon Bell

|

Victim of Desire

| Carla Duvall

|

data-sort-value="Dark Dancer, The" | The Dark Dancer

| Dr. Margaret Simpson

|

Body Chemistry IV: Full Exposure

| Dr. Claire Archer

| Direct-to-video

Indecent Behavior 3

| Dr. Rebecca Mathis

| Associate producer

rowspan=4|1996

| Stormy Nights

| Jennifer McCormick

|

Electra

| Lorna Duncan / Electra

|

White Cargo

| Alexia

|

Playboy: 21 Playmates Centerfold Collection

| Herself

| Documentary

rowspan=5|1997

| No Contest II

| Sharon Bell

|

Human Desires

| Alicia Royale

| Direct-to-video
Associate producer

Bimbo Bash Movie

| Margo

|

Java Heads: The Movie

|

|

Playboy Celebrity Centerfold: Shannon Tweed

| Herself

| Documentary

rowspan=4|1998

| Naked Lies

| Cara Landry

| Associate producer

Dead by Dawn

| Wendy Marsh

|

Playboy: Celebrities

| Herself

| Documentary

Playboy: Babes of Baywatch

| Herself

| Documentary

rowspan=4|1999

| Detroit Rock City

| Amanda Finch

|

Forbidden Sins

| Maureen Doherty

|

Scandalous Behavior

| Lisa Blair

| Direct-to-video
Associate producer

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party

| Herself

| Documentary

rowspan=2|2000

| data-sort-value="Rowdy Girls, The" | The Rowdy Girls

| Velvet McKenzie

| Co-producer

Diaries of Darkness

|

|

2001

| Dead Sexy

| Kate McBain

| Direct-to-video
Executive producer

2002

| Wish You Were Dead

| Lesbian Hitwoman

|

2003

| Sex at 24 Frames Per Second

| Herself

| Interviewee
Documentary

2004

| Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates

| Herself, Miss November 1981

| Documentary

rowspan=4|2014

| Sex, Marriage and Infidelity

| Margaret

|

data-sort-value="Very Satan Christmas, A" | A Very Satan Christmas

| Herself

| Short

data-sort-value="Ultimate Wedding Planner, The" | The Ultimate Wedding Planner

| Herself

| Documentary

Gone South: How Canada Invented Hollywood

| Herself

| Documentary

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Film

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1982

| Drop-Out Father

| Beautiful Woman

| TV film

1982–1983

| Falcon Crest

| Diana Hunter

| 21 episodes

rowspan=2|1983

| Fantasy Island

| Celina Morgan

| Season 7 episode 7: "The Wedding Picture/Castaways"

Match Game/Hollywood Squares Hour

| Herself

| Panelist
5 episodes

rowspan=4|1984

| data-sort-value="New Mike Hammer, The" | The New Mike Hammer

| Karen Thorsen

| Season 1 episode 9: "The Perfect Twenty"

Family Feud

| Herself

| Episode: "Battle of the Perfect 10's: Wilt's Wows vs. Debbies Dudes; Richard's Rosebuds vs. Phyllis Fighters"

data-sort-value="First Olympics: Athens 1896, The" | The First Olympics: Athens 1896

| Woman

| Mini-series
Uncredited

data-sort-value="Dukes of Hazzard, The" | The Dukes of Hazzard

| Betty Jo Page

| Season 7 episode 2: "Welcome, Waylon Jennings"

1984–1987

| data-sort-value="Hitchhiker, The" | The Hitchhiker

| Barbara / Dr. Rita de Roy

| Season 2 episode 6: "Videodate"
Season 4 episode 6: "Doctor's Orders"

rowspan=2|1985

| Three's a Crowd

| Princess Leanna

| Episode 20: "King for a Day"

Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985

| Herself

| Documentary

1985–1986

| Days of Our Lives

| Savannah Wilder

| 142 episodes

rowspan=2|1986

| Cagney & Lacey

| Vicki Barrington

| Season 6 episode 5: "Role Call"

Highway to Heaven

| Nina Van Slyke

| Season 3 episode 12: "Oh Lucky Man"

rowspan=9|1987

| data-sort-value="Last Fling, The" | The Last Fling

| Joanne Preston

| TV film

CBS Summer Playhouse

| Beth

| Season 1 episode 15: "Sirens"

Nine to Five

| Tiffany Crystal

| Season 5 episode 1: "Meet Mr. Felb"

Ohara

| Randi

| Season 2 episode 1: "Y' Wanna Live Forever?"

L.A. Law

| Jocelyn Miller

| Season 2 episode 1: "The Lung Goodbye"

21 Jump Street

| Jody Kleinman

| Season 2 episode 9: "You Oughta Be in Prison"

Hooperman

|

| Season 1 episode 7: "Hot Wired"

Rags to Riches

| Babe Adair

| Season 2 episode 9: "Beauty and the Babe"

Sex Symbols; Past, Present and Future

| Herself

| Documentary

rowspan=2|1988

| Our House

| Maxine Denton

| Season 2 episodes 16 and 17: "Trouble in Paradise: Part 1" and "Trouble in Paradise: Part 2"

Longarm

| Sally "Crazy Sally"

| TV film

rowspan=2|1989

| Dear John

| Margo

| Season 1 episode 20: "Margo"

Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

|

| Uncredited

1989–1991

| 1st & Ten: The Championship

| Kristy Fullbright

| 30 episodes

1990

| Hollywood Dog

|

| TV film

rowspan=4|1991

| Tagteam

| Leona

| TV film

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

| Ms. Mason

| Season 2 episode 5: "The Undergraduate"

Baywatch

| Allison Fowles

| Season 2 episode 11: "If Looks Could Kill"

Fly by Night

| Sally "Slick" Monroe

| 13 episodes

rowspan=2|1992

| Civil Wars

| Luree

| Season 1 episode 8: "For Better or Perverse"

Sexual Response

| Eve Anderson

|

1993

| Matrix

| Andrea Hopper

| Episode 2: "To Err Is Human"

rowspan="2"|1994

| Hot Line

| Rebecca

| Season 1 episodes 5 and 6: ""Payback" and "Payback"

Model by Day

| Shannon

| TV film

rowspan=3|1995

| Married... with Children

| Shannon Tweed

| Season 10 episode 9: "The Two That Got Away"

Murder, She Wrote

| Priscilla Lake

|Season 11 episode 15: "Twice Dead"

Marker

| Samantha Kent

| Episode 12: "Factor X"

1995–2001

| Frasier

| Dr. Honey Snow

| Season 2 episode 15: "You Scratch My Book..."
Season 9 episode 2: "Don Juan in Hell: Part 2"

1996

| Pacific Blue

| Sheila Silver

| Season 1 episodes 1 and 8: Pilot and "Burnout"

rowspan=4|1997

| Homeboys in Outer Space

| Delia

| Episode 18: "The Naked and the Dred, or the Toast of the Town"

Wings

| Emily Palmer

| Season 8 episode 21: "Oedipus Wrecks"

Nash Bridges

| Bess

| Season 3 episode 2: "Payback"

Assault on Devil's Island

| Hunter Wiley

| TV film

1997–1998

| data-sort-value="Tom Show, The" | The Tom Show

| Maggie Amross

| Episodes 2, 12, and 16: "Bad Publicity," "Maggie Returns," and "The Centerfold"

rowspan=5|1999

| Assault on Death Mountain

| Hunter Wiley

| TV film

Powerplay

| Jacqueline Knight

| TV film

V.I.P.

| Herself

| Season 1 episode 15: "Val on the Run"

Beggars and Choosers

| Shannon Tweed

| Season 1 episode 8: "Unsafe Sex"

Get Real

| Joanna Parsons

| Episode 3: "Passages"

2000–2003

| data-sort-value="Parkers, The" | The Parkers

| Sophia Van Lowe

| Season 1 episode 19: "Moving on Out"
Season 3 episode 20: "Mother's Day Blues"
Season 5 episode 11: "Out with the Old, in with the New"

2002

| My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

| Mom

| 11 episodes

rowspan=2|2003

| Run of the House

| Ms. Dee Dee Cole

| Episode 5: "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire"

Banzai

| Herself

| Uncredited

rowspan=2|2004

| Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter

| Dr. Honey Snow

| Uncredited

When Playboy Ruled the World

| Herself

| Documentary

2006

| Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds

| Herself

| Documentary

2006–2012

| Gene Simmons Family Jewels

| Herself

| 158 episodes

2007

| SpongeBob SquarePants

| Woman Fish

| Voice
Season 5 episode 17: "20,000 Patties Under the Sea/The Battle of Bikini Bottom"

2008

| Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

| Herself, Audience Member

|

2009

| Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

| Herself: Playmate of the Year 1982 / Actress

| Documentary

rowspan=2|2010

| United States of Tara

| Knatasha Knightblade

| Season 2 episode 7: "Dept. of F'd Up Family Services"

Bill Zucker's Day with the Simmons

| Herself

|

rowspan=2|2012

| How Playboy Changed the World

| Herself

| Documentary

America's Book of Secrets

| Herself

| Season 1 episode 6: "The Playboy Mansion"

2012–2013

| Republic of Doyle

| Frances Lemont

| Season 3 episode 2: "Head Over Heels"
Season 5 episode 7: "Hook, Line and Sinker"

rowspan=2|2014

| Seed

| Wendy Maybely

| Season 2 episode 7: "Mother Sucker"
Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons

Canada's Smartest Person

| Herself, Lie Detector Guest

| Season 1 episode 6: "#1.6"
Credited as Shannon Tweed-Simmons

2013

| Ex-Wives of Rock

| Herself

| Narrator

rowspan=2|2014

| Shannon & Sophie

| Herself

| Executive producer

13 Nights of Elvira

| Dr. Margo Hunt

| Episode 1: Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

2015

| Sunday Brunch

|

| Set decorator
Episode 6: "The Smoking Pistol"

2017

| Hell's Kitchen

| Herself

| Season 17 episode 4: "Just Letter Cook"

See also

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References

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