1. Darlanne Fluegel was an American actress, fashion model, film producer and professor.
17 Facts About Darlanne Fluegel
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Darlanne Fluegel was born November 25,1953, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, the second child of Donald Raymond and Jane Darlanne Fluegel's five children.
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Darlanne Fluegel had one older sister and three younger brothers, as well as an older maternal half-sister.
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Darlanne Fluegel graduated from Binghamton Central High School in Binghamton, New York in 1971, the year after her father died.
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In 1971, Darlanne Fluegel was hired as a model by Eileen Ford, initially earning $100 per hour and ended her modeling career in 1981 earning $300 per hour.
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Darlanne Fluegel was represented for 15 years by Ford Models and then with the Zoli Agency in New York while studying acting at Stella Adler.
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Darlanne Fluegel worked at it and didn't let the hype go to her head.
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Darlanne Fluegel was featured as Robert De Niro's girlfriend Eve in Sergio Leone's 1984 film Once Upon a Time in America.
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Darlanne Fluegel was featured in Tough Guys as Kirk Douglas' girlfriend.
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Darlanne Fluegel had a primary role during the first season of Michael Mann's NBC film noir drama series Crime Story playing Julie Torello, Detective Michael Torello's wife in 11 episodes from 1986 to 1987.
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Darlanne Fluegel taught acting and drama as a professor at University of Central Florida's School of Film and Digital Media program from 2002 to 2007.
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At the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles in 2011, Darlanne Fluegel encouraged the audience to be receptive to their life experiences.
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Darlanne Fluegel co-produced the 2010 documentary film The Land of the Rising Fastball, an examination of Japan's interest in baseball and the sociological role it has held throughout that nation's growth, from its introduction in 1872, through World War II, to today.
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Darlanne Fluegel said she was pressured into changing her surname when she started her acting career.
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From 1983 until 2004, Darlanne Fluegel was married to Michael Ira Small, a rodeo rider who acted under the stage name Michael Moore.
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Darlanne Fluegel was diagnosed at age 56 with early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
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Darlanne Fluegel's body was cremated and her ashes were given to family members.