Eve Meyer
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| Playboy centerfold appearance |
June 1955 |
|---|---|
| Birthplace | Griffin, Georgia |
| Birthdate | December 13, 1928 |
| Date of death | March 27, 1977 |
| Measurements | 39" - 25" - 35" |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in |
| Weight | ? |
| Preceded by | Marguerite Empey |
| Succeeded by | Janet Pilgrim |
Eve Meyer (born December 13, 1928 in Griffin, Georgia, died March 27, 1977) was an American pin-up model, motion picture actor and, later, film producer. Much of her work was done in conjunction with exploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer to whom she was married from April 2, 1952 until 1969.
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Born Eve Turner, Meyer was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s, and was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1955. Her unbilled film debut was in Artists and Models (1955). She worked frequently as a photographic model for Russ Meyer after their marriage, appeared in the film Operation Dames (1959), and took a lead role in Meyer's 1960 exploitation film Eve and the Handyman.
Eve Meyer served as Producer (or Associate or Executive Producer) on Meyer's 1960s and early 1970s films, including Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970). She was a successful business woman at the time of her death in the Tenerife disaster in 1977 in which two 747 jets collided on takeoff. Meyer was aboard Pan Am Flight 1736.
- Black Snake (1973)
- The Jesus Trip (1971)
- The Seven Minutes (1971)
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
- Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970)
- Vixen! (1968)
- Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968)
- Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967)
- Common Law Cabin (1967)
- Mondo Topless(1966)
- Motor Psycho (1965)
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
- Mudhoney (1965)
- Lorna (1964)
- Eve and the Handyman (1961) .... Eve/Other roles
- Operation Dames (1959) .... Lorry Evering
- Eve Meyer at Playboy.com
- Eve Meyer at the Internet Movie Database