AN ODE TO JOAN SEVERANCE

Joan Severance is a model-turned-actress perhaps best known for her role in the TV series Wiseguy and in movies such as the Roger Corman superhero flick Black Scorpion along with its sequel and in the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder vehicle See No Evil, Hear No Evil and she even co-starred with noted-pro-wrestler-turned-"reality"-TV-star Hulk Hogan in one of his forays into cinema No Holds Barred (and what a "foray" THAT was!). Joan is also known to other movie fans as being the "star" of a number of late-night-cable/straight-to-video "erotic thrillers" with pretty much generic "erotic thriller" names such as Criminal Passion, Illicit Behavior, Hard Evidence, you get the picture. She also appeared--mostly starkers--in more "upscale" soft-core entertainment such as Lake Consequence and the Showtime "erotic" series Red Shoe Diaries--which was the 50 Shades Of Grey of its day--that aired during much of the nineties and was produced by Playboy, which is rather fitting since Joan posed for PB two--count 'em!--TWO times (the second time was much hotter than the first time, in my oh-so-humble opinion!). As far as her acting skills are concerned, Joan is actually not a bad actress. In fact, she's pretty damn good, if I do say so myself (and I'm sure my opinion would mean A LOT to her!). And the fact that she's appeared--mostly starkers--in a number of "erotic thrillers" shouldn't detract from her talent in ANY way, shape or form (again, in my oh-so-humble opinion!). And, just in case you were wondering (and I'm sure that you were!), Joan DID in fact appear "starkers" in See No Evil, Hear No Evil during a shower scene with none other than Gene Wilder (boy, I bet he hated to do THAT scene!).