Bobbie Shaw Chance

Bobbie Shaw Chance
Bobbi Shaw Chance in 1965
Born
Barbara Shaw
OccupationActress

Bobbie Shaw Chance (born Barbara Shaw) is an American actress most notable for her appearances in American International Pictures' beach party movies of the 1960s.

Biography

Shaw was a singer and dancer in Las Vegas. She was spotted by a talent scout for American International Pictures and cast in Pajama Party (1964). Filmink called her a "breakout" actor from the movie.

Response was strong so she was cast in several more movies for the studio. After several films for AIP she worked with Rob Reiner, Larry Bishop, Richard Dreyfuss and others in the Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe, The Sessions, for a number of years.

Bobbie Shaw married her husband Lawrence Chance and together they opened the Hollywood Actor's Showcase. She runs this with her son Richie Chance.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1963Passion HolidayMiss Miami Rendezvous
1964Pajama PartyHelga
1965Beach Blanket BingoBobbi
Ski PartyNita Elksberg
How to Stuff a Wild BikiniKhola Koku
Sergeant DeadheadGilda
1966The Ghost in the Invisible BikiniPrincess Yolanda
1968I Love You, Alice B. ToklasMaid of HonorUncredited
1973The Devil and LeRoy BassettTwila Zornes
1974You and MeWynona
1976Pipe DreamsSlimey Sue
1989Big Man on CampusChicken Server(final film role)

References

  1. ↑ Lisanti, Tom (August 29, 2012). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-Movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7165-2.
  2. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (December 9, 2024). "Beach Party Movies Part 2: The Boom". Filmink. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  3. ↑ Lisanti, Tom (September 25, 2007). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. McFarland. p. 201. ISBN 9781476612416.
  4. ↑ Lisanti, Tom (January 1, 2003). Drive-in Dream Girls: A Galaxy of B-movie Starlets of the Sixties. McFarland. p. 315. ISBN 9780786415755.
  5. ↑ Canby, Vincent (July 29, 1967). "Young Actors Father a Troupe Without Any Help From Home". New York Times. p. 13.
  6. ↑ "Bobbi's Bio". Hollywood Actor's Showcase. Retrieved December 13, 2016.