13 Facts About Shelley Plimpton

Shelley Plimpton was born on February 27,1947 and is an American former actress and Broadway performer.

Shelley Plimpton is perhaps best known for originating the role of Crissy in the off-Broadway production of Hair, a role she resumed when the production moved to Broadway in 1968.

Shelley Plimpton is a "very distant" cousin of writer George Plimpton.

Shelley Plimpton's parents divorced when she was five years old, and her father died of cancer, aged 50, when Plimpton was twelve years old.

When Shelley Plimpton was fourteen, she relocated with her mother from Roseburg to New York City, where her mother took a job working as a researcher for a Manhattan fertility doctor.

Shelley Plimpton's acting career spanned from the mid-1960s to the late-1980s.

Shelley Plimpton created the role of "Crissy" in the original 1967 Off-Broadway production of Hair, and continued the role as a member of the original Broadway cast when the production moved to Broadway in 1968.

In 1971, Shelley Plimpton appeared in Jim McBride's post-apocalyptic drama film, Glen and Randa, in which she portrays Randa, a young woman part of a group of scavengers who survived a nuclear apocalypse many years prior and sets off with her lover Glen to discover a ravaged world and to search for a city which Glen has seen in comic books.

Shelley Plimpton worked with McBride when she was cast in the 1974 comedy film Hot Times.

Shelley Plimpton made a brief return to acting in 1986 when she made a guest appearance on the short-lived television sitcom Throb, which starred Diana Canova, Paul Walker and Jane Leeves, after which she retired from acting.

In 1970, Shelley Plimpton gave birth to Martha Shelley Plimpton in New York City, where she raised her in Manhattan's Upper West Side.

From 1970 to 1971, Shelley Plimpton was married to Steve Curry, the father of Susan Anspach's daughter.

In 2002, it was reported that Shelley Plimpton was living in Seattle, Washington, working a day job at a gift center.