Eve Meyer (born Evelyn Eugene Turner; December 13, 1928 – March 27, 1977)[1] was an American pin-up model, motion picture actress, and film producer. Much of her work was in conjunction with sexploitation filmmaker Russ Meyer, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. She was killed in the Tenerife airport disaster in 1977.[2]
| Eve Meyer | |
|---|---|
Meyer in 1955 | |
| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| June 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Marguerite Empey |
| Succeeded by | Janet Pilgrim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evelyn Eugene Turner December 13, 1928 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | March 27, 1977 (aged 48) Tenerife, Spain |
History
editBorn Eve Turner in Atlanta, Georgia,[3] Turner was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s and was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1955.[4] 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).
Death
editOn March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport in the Canary Islands, Meyer, onboard Pan Am Flight 1736 from New York, was one of 335 passengers killed when KLM Flight 4805 collided with the Pan Am aircraft during take-off. The disaster is the deadliest in aviation history, with 583 total fatalities.[5]
Filmography
editActress
edit- Operation Dames (1959) .... Lorry Evering[6]
- Eve and the Handyman (1961) .... Eve/Other roles
Producer
edit- Lorna (1964)
- Mudhoney (1965)
- Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)
- Motorpsycho (1965)
- Mondo Topless (1966)
- Common Law Cabin (1967)
- Good Morning and... Goodbye! (1967)
- Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers! (1968)
- Vixen! (1968)
- Cherry, Harry & Raquel! (1970)
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
- The Seven Minutes (1971)
- The Jesus Trip (1971)
- Black Snake (1973)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Playmate listing". Retrieved June 1, 2009.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (December 16, 2018). "The A to Z of Russ Meyer". Filmink.
- ^ McDonough, Jimmy (2005). Big Bosoms and Square Jaws: The Biography of Russ Meyer, King of the Sex Film. Crown. p. 76. ISBN 1-4000-5044-8.
- ^ Everyday, Vintage (April 16, 2019). "Eve Meyer: Classic Pin-Up Beauty With the Tragic Ending of Life". Vintage News Daily. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
- ^ Frasier, David K. (1998). Russ Meyer-The Life and Films: A Biography and a Comprehensive, Illustrated and Annotated Filmography and Bibliography. McFarland. p. 51. ISBN 0-7864-0472-8.
- ^ Lentz, Robert J. (2003). "Operation Dames". Korean war filmography: 91 English language features through 2000. Jefferson, North Carolina, USA: McFarland. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-0-7864-3876-1.