Biography

The Queen of "Sex and Scare" cinema, Linnea Quigley at first looks a bit like Goldie Hawn or Barbara Harris, with her often teased blonde hair and playful, wide-eyed expression. Quigley began in more straightforward soft-core erotic fare, and also played a small roles in the rowdy comedy, "Cheech and Chong's Nice Dreams" (1981) and the low-budget actioner "Savage Streets" (1984), in which she played a deaf mute who gets beaten up and raped. Quigley reached the top of the B-movie pyramid with films like "Return of the Living Dead" (1985) and "Treasure of the Moon Goddess" (1987). 5 Quigley's films are often filmed in days and on budgets that are rarely more than a very few hundred thousand dollars. What one remembers are the titles: "Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers" (1988), "Assault of the Party Nerds" (1989), "Sexbomb" (1989), "Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama" (1988), "Virgin High" (1990) and "Beach Babes from Beyond" (1993). Connoisseurs of these films also remember some of the dramatic highlights: Quigley getting squeezed to death by a giant thing in a warehouse in "Creepozoids" (1987), or driving a tube of lipstick through her own chest in "Night of the Demons" (1988). Quigley herself is playfully uninhibited and yet consciously campy about her antics, considering herself first and foremost a comedienne. She has also arranged her own "genre" of films so that she doesn't do complete nudity. In interviews Quigley has noted that she probably won't continue her star reign indefinitely; on her sojourn to Hollywood, she mused philosophically, "You know, I came out here more to be warm than to act."

Filmography

Case of the Frightened Lady, The (2002)
Death Island (2002)
Each Time I Kill (2002) .... Aunt Belle
Nerve (2002) (V) .... Elli Kroger
Venice Beach (2001)
Horrorvision (2001) (V) (uncredited) .... Photo Model
Antena Criminal: The Making of Jess Franco's 'Blind Target' (2000) (V) .... Herself
Blind Target (2000) .... Serena Erwin
Monster Man, The (2000) (V) .... Aunt Ruth
Prophecy 3: The Ascent, The (2000) (V) .... Hooker
... aka God's Army III (2000) (V) (Europe: English title: video title)

Frost (1999) .... Sandra
Pleasureville (1999/I) .... Texas Lilly
Play It to the Bone (1999) (uncredited) .... Overdosed Hooker
... aka Play It (1999) (USA: promotional title)
Kolobos (1999) .... Dorothy
Animals (1998) .... Dana Miles-Evans
Death Mask (1998) .... Angel Wilson
Killer Eye, The (1998) (uncredited) .... TV Shower Girl
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula (1998) .... Tere
... aka 8 Legs to Love You (2001) (USA)
Moving Targets (1998) .... District Attorney
Girls of the 'B' Movies (1998) (V) .... Herself
Boogie Boy (1997) .... Gretchen
Hollywood Cops (1997) .... Ryder
Bimbo Movie Bash (1997)
100 Years of Horror: Scream Queens (1996) (V) .... Herself
100 Years of Horror: The Walking Dead (1996) (V) .... Herself
100 Years of Horror: Witchcraft and Demons (1996) (V) .... Herself
Fatal Frames (1996) .... Wendy Williams
... aka Fotogrammi mortali (1996) (Italy)
Sick-o-pathics (1996) .... Scream Queen
Burial of the Rats (1995) (TV) .... Rat Woman
... aka Bram Stoker's 'Burial of the Rats' (1995) (TV)
... aka Roger Corman Presents Burial of the Rats (1995) (TV)
Jack-O (1995) .... Carolyn Miller
... aka Jack O'Lantern (1995) (Europe: video box title)
Stripteaser (1995) (uncredited) .... Waitress
... aka Zippers Clown Palace (1995)
Assault of the Party Nerds 2: The Heavy Petting Detective (1995) .... Bambi
... aka Assault of the Party Nerds II (1995) (USA: short title)
Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994) .... Nadine
... aka Pumpkinhead 2: The Demon Returns (1994) (Australia: video title)
Girl I Want, The (1993) .... Teri
Beach Babes from Beyond (1993) .... Sally
Blood Church (1992)
Innocent Blood (1992) .... Nurse
... aka French Vampire in America, A (1992)
Guyver, The (1991) .... Scream Queen
... aka Mutronics (1991)
Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991) (V) (archive footage) (uncredited)
... aka Hollywood Scream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991) (V)
Virgin High (1991) .... Kathleen
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991) .... Soul From Freddy's Chest
... aka Nightmare On Elm Street 6, A (1991)
Diggin' Up Business (1990) .... Mona
Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout (1990) (V) .... Herself
Murder Weapon (1990) .... Dawn
Robot Ninja (1990) .... Miss Barbeau
Vice Academy Part 2 (1990) .... Didi

American Rampage (1989)
Assault of the Party Nerds (1989) (V) .... Bambi
Blood Nasty (1989) .... Wanda Dance
Deadly Embrace (1989) .... Michelle Arno
Sexbomb (1989) (as Linnea) .... Phoebe Love
Witchtrap (1989) .... Ginger Kowolski
... aka Presence, The (1989)
Dr. Alien (1988) .... Rocker Chick #2
... aka I Was a Teenage Sex Maniac (1988)
... aka I Was a Teenage Sex Mutant (1988)
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) .... Samantha
... aka Hollywood Hookers (1988) (UK: video title)
Vice Academy (1988) .... Didi
Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, A (1988) .... Soul from Freddy's Chest
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988) .... Spider
... aka Imp, The (1988)
Creepozoids (1987) .... Bianca
Drive-In Madness! (1987) .... Herself
... aka Screen Scaries (1987) (USA: video title)
Night of the Demons (1987) .... Suzanne
... aka Halloween Party (1987)
Nightmare Sisters (1987) .... Melody
... aka Sorority Succubus Sisters (1987) (USA)
Treasure of the Moon Goddess (1987) .... Lu Du Belle
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) (archive footage) .... Denise
Avenged (1986) (as Jesse Dalton) .... Carol 'Cici' Chambers
Beverly Hills Girls (1986) .... Lead Singer
... aka New Beverly Hills Girls, The (1986)
Return of the Living Dead, The (1985) .... Trash
Black Room, The (1984) .... Milly
Fatal Games (1984) .... Athlete
... aka Killing Touch (1984)
... aka Olympic Nightmare (1984) (Europe: English title)
Savage Streets (1984) .... Heather
Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) .... Denise
... aka Slayride (1984)
Kidnapped Girls Agency (1983) (as Jessie Dalton) .... Cathy
Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 4 (1983) (V) .... Flashdancer
Young Warriors (1983) .... Ginger
... aka Graduates of Malibu High, The (1983) (USA)
Still Smokin' (1983) .... Blonde in Spa
... aka Cheech and Chong: Still Smokin' (1983)
Don't Go Near the Park (1981) .... Bondi's Mother
... aka Curse of the Living Dead (1981)
... aka Nightstalker (1981)
... aka Sanctuary for Evil (1981) (USA)
Psycho from Texas (1981) .... Barmaid
... aka Butcher, The (1981)
... aka Evil + Hate = Killer (1981)
Nice Dreams (1981) .... Blondie Group #2
... aka Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams (1981) (USA: complete title)
Graduation Day (1981) .... Dolores

Summer Camp (1979/I) (as Barbara Gold) .... Pam
Stone Cold Dead (1979) (uncredited) .... Melody Stevens
Auditions (1978) .... Sally Webster
Fairy Tales (1978) .... Sleeping Beauty
... aka Adult Fairytales (1978) (UK)