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Yasmine Bleeth (born June 14, 1968) is an American actress and model. Her television roles include Caroline Holden on Baywatch, Ryan Fenelli on Ryan's Hope, Inspector Caitlin Cross on Nash Bridges and LeeAnn Demerest on One Life to Live.
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Jewish Celebrities: Yasmine Bleeth Jewish United Fund. JUF.org. Retrieved December 23, 2015. AMC Profiles: Yasmine Bleeth American Movie Company. AMC.com. Retrieved December 23, 2015. Her mother was a Pied-Noir from Algeria, with French ancestry; she was Catholic. Phil Bleeth was associated with a group of friends that included Arlo Guthrie and Alice Brock (of "Alice's Restaurant" fame) around the time of Yasmine's birth.Giuliano, Charles (March 27, 2014). Alice's Restaurant Returns to the Berkshires. Berkshire Fine Arts. Retrieved October 24, 2015. Yasmine's earliest known acting role was in a Johnson & Johnson's No More Tears baby shampoo television commercial at age 10 months in 1969. At the age of 6, she appeared on Candid Camera. Later that year she appeared in a Max Factor cosmetic advertising campaign with model Cristina Ferrare. Her work in this campaign caught the eye of fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, who subsequently included her and her mother in his book entitled Scavullo Women.
Total Film magazine quoted Bleeth stating, "When I was a little girl I used to have to force boys to kiss me. My toughest friend had to hold them down." Total Film, No. 21 (October 1998)
In 1980, 12-year-old Bleeth was cast in her first film role, opposite Buddy Hackett in the feature film Hey Babe!. In 1983, she was in a commercial with Puerto Rican group Menudo. At age 16, she began appearing as grown up Ryan Fenelli on the daytime soap opera Ryan's Hope in February 1985 until the soap's final episode on January 13, 1989. A few months after that show's 1989 cancellation, Bleeth's mother, Carina Bleeth, was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer. She died within a year at the age of 47, after which Bleeth dealt with her grief, thus: "I stayed home, watching cooking shows, taking walks." She turned down acting offers for eight months, but then won the role of LeeAnn Demerest on the daytime soap opera One Life to Live.
Bleeth accepted a starring role in the short-lived series Titans in 2000. Aaron Spelling was so eager to cast Bleeth in the role of a vixen on Titans that his company convinced CBS to grant her an early release from her Nash Bridges contract. In an interview with Dennis Hensley, she said she delighted in her over-the-top depiction of a crazed beauty queen in the 1997 TV film Crowned and Dangerous. She said, "I keep my crown from that film on my desk in a little Lucite box. My little brother tried it on once, and I screamed at him, 'Take it off! Take it off!' I get a little nasty about my crown."
She is mentioned in popular TV series Friends multiple times, especially by Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani. She appears in the popular TV series The Simpsons in the episode "Treehouse of Horror X".
Following her first effort in a drug rehabilitation clinic in late 2000 (see below), Bleeth only shot one more performance, the 2003 television film .
Bleeth eventually made her comeback after a lengthy hiatus with a 2021 indie comedy Whack the Don.
Bleeth's lawyer, Jerry Sabbota, stated after sentencing that the actress was satisfied with the plea bargain, noting that her record will be cleared of any felony after she fulfills the terms of her probation. "When all is said and done she'll have a traffic ticket on her record. She wasn't treated any better than anyone else, and she wasn't treated any worse," Sabbota said.Errico, Marcus (January 9, 2002). "Bleeth Gets Probation in Drug Bust". E! Her attorney stated that Bleeth was receiving therapy from the founder of the Promises Rehabilitation Clinic that she had previously attended in 2000. Bleeth completely fulfilled the terms of her probation as of January 2004, and her record was cleared as determined by the plea bargain. In an issue of Glamour from April 2003, Bleeth wrote a three-page article titled "Back from My Drugs Hell" about her rocky path to recovery, her cocaine addiction, and her struggle to remain sobriety. Bleeth wrote that her cocaine habit was so severe that she collapsed at a photo shoot for Glamour, and she went without sleep for five days at a time. She wrote that "consciously trying to stay off drugs is now part of my life and always will be".
Filmography
Film
1983 Hey Babe! Theresa O'Brian 1994 Coral Wilson Direct-to-video 1996 Heaven or Vegas Rachel 1998 BASEketball Jenna Reed 1999 Coming Soon Mimi 1999 Undercover Angel Holly Anderson 2003 Game Over Jo Direct-to-video; Bleeth's parts were filmed in 1996
Television
1985–1989 Ryan's Hope Ryan Fenelli 1991–1993 One Life to Live LeeAnn Demerest Buchanan 1993 Herman's Head Linda Episode: "An Actor Prepares" 1993–1997 Baywatch Caroline Holden main (seasons 5-7); guest/recurring (season 4, 8) 1995 Caroline Holden TV film Boy Meets World Herself Episode: The Thrilla in Phila 1996 Baywatch Nights Caroline Holden Episode: "The Curator" A Face to Die For Emily Gilmore TV film Talk to Me Diane Shepherd TV film 1997 Natalie Episode: "The Dating Game" Crowned and Dangerous Danielle Stevens TV film 1998 Jackie Ivers TV film Veronica's Closet Katerena Episode: "Veronica's a Drag" Nash Bridges Inspector Caitlin Cross main (seasons 4–5) 1999 Ultimate Deception Terry Cuff TV film It Came from the Sky Pepper Upper TV film Road Rage Ellen Carson TV film 2000 Goodbye Casanova Lavinia TV film Hidden War Alexia Forman TV film Titans Heather Lane-Williams Main cast 2002 V.I.P. Kristen Grayson Episode: "Miss Con-Jeanie-Ality" 2003 Caroline Holden TV film
Video games
Theatre
Music videos
Awards and nominations
Soap Opera Digest Awards
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Categories: Living People, Actresses From New York City, American People Of French Descent, American People Of German-jewish Descent, American People Of Russian-jewish Descent, American Child Actresses, Female Models From New York, Models From New York City, American Film Actresses, American Soap Opera Actresses, American Television Actresses, 21st-century American Women, 1968 Births
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