- Born
- Birth nameMary Cathleen Collins
- Nickname
- Cathy
- Height5′ 3¾″ (1.62 m)
- Bo Derek (born Mary Cathleen Collins) is an American actress and model. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy 10 (1979). Her first husband John Derek directed her in Fantasies; Tarzan, the Ape Man (both 1981); Bolero (1984) and Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), all of which received negative reviews. Widowed in 1998, she married actor John Corbett in 2020. Now semi-retired, she makes occasional film, television, and documentary appearances.- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpousesJohn Corbett(December 2020 - present)John Derek(June 10, 1976 - May 22, 1998) (his death)
- ChildrenRussell DerekNo Children
- ParentsPaul Collins
- RelativesAlyce Derek(Grandchild)Kerry Perez(Sibling)
- Cat-like blue eyes
- Prominent cheekbones
- Met her current husband John Corbett on a blind date.
- Turned down the role of "Dwan" in the remake King Kong (1976), which went to Jessica Lange.
- Has her own pampering pet care product company: "Bo Derek's Bless the Beasts", products in the range include numerous nourishing dog shampoos and conditioners, fragrances and fur polish.
- Named envoy to Fight Animal Trafficking by the United States State Department.
- Turned down Priscilla Presley's role in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988).
- I played a definite part in it. I guess the things that I played in films and the way the nudity and the love scenes were handled were really different.
- Also there is a twist to the story as I'm being haunted and driven crazy, attacked and so on. All I seem to do is run and scream and cry in every scene.
- There's an incredible fascination for that and that goes with violence and everything else in pictures.
- I love Spain. I go back two or three times a year usually to visit friends and ride horses.
- Glorifying violence is terrible. Simulating sex is nothing--it's something so impersonal really.
- Bolero (1984) - $1,500,000
- Tarzan the Ape Man (1981) - $1,000,000
- 10 (1980) - $35,000
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