Randee Lynn Jensen, born April 28, 1949 is an actress from San Bernardino, California. During the 1960s she acted in films such as The Pit and the Pendulum and The Gay Deceivers. From the late 1960s to the early 1970s, she had a number of parts in exploitation and biker films. She had appeared in over ten films in the biker genre alone. These include The Glory Stompers, The Cycle Savages and The Girls from Thunder Strip. She has also worked in film production, casting and other behind the scenes roles. Prior to her main work in film she had done stage work.
Acting roles In 1961, she had a small part in the Roger Corman directed horror film, Pit and the Pendulum.OVGuide The Pit and the Pendulum In 1967, she would work again in another Corman directed film, The Trip that starred Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg and Bruce Dern.Fantasy Femmes of Sixties Cinema: Interviews with 20 Actresses from Biker, Beach and Elvis Movies By Tom Lisanti Page 230Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: The Complete Guide to the Movie Trivia Game By Jeff Milne 1967 The Trip (PETER FONDA) Around 1969 / 1970, she had the part of Joy in the Paul Rapp directed film The Curious Female which also starred Angelique Pettyjohn, Charlene Jones, Bunny Allister and David Westberg.Turner Classic Movies The Curious Female(1969) Cast & Crew, See all cast and crew The following year she had a part in Evel Knievel.Turner Classic Movies Evel Knievel(1971), Cast & Crew, See all cast and crew In 1976, she acted in the Jack Starrett directed film, A Small Town in Texas that starred Timothy Bottoms and Susan George.Western Movies: A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed. By Michael R. Pitts Page 320 3961 A Small Town in Texas
Biker genre Possibly her earliest entry into the biker genre was a bit part in the film Hells Angels on Wheels that starred Adam Roarke and Jack Nicholson. This film was released in 1967. The same year she had a bit part in The Born Losers that starred Tom Laughlin and featured Robert Tessier.Popcorn Time The Born Losers (1967) Around the same time she appeared in the Dennis Hopper directed The Glory Stompers.Grindhouse Database The Glory Stompers She also had a bit part in Angels From Hell which was directed by Bruce Kessler and released in 1968.celebritywc.com 2015 Angels from Hell, Cast At the end of the 1960s she appeared in Run, Angel, Run!,filmaffinity Run, Angel, Run! Easy Rider,Blu-ray.com Artists, Randee Lynne Jensen and Wild Wheels playing the part of Joy.TV Guide Wild Wheels, Cast In the Al Adamson directed Satan's Sadists, her character Rita she met an untimely end.Filmweb Satan's Sadists(1969)Letterboxd Satan’s Sadists 1969 Directed by Al AdamsonCinemorgue Randee Lynne Jensen a.k.a. Randee Lynne Other biker films she did at the end of the 1960s were The Cycle Savages,MovieWeb The Cycle Savages (1970) Hells Angels 69.MovieWeb Hell's Angels '69 Cast and the Bill Frame directed Scream Free! which starred Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn and Lana Wood.Cinemagia.ro Randee Lynne Jensen, ActorCinemagia.ro Scream Free! (1969) She had parts in two other biker films that were released in 1970. They were The Girls from Thunder Strip and The Losers.Cinetvx.com Assistir Filme The Girls from Thunder Strip OnlineBlu-ray.com Actress, Randee Lynne Jensen The Girls from Thunder Strip was produced by David L. Hewitt and Michael Mehas. Hewitt also directed it. It featured Maray Ayres, Casey Kasem and Megan Timothy.The New Poverty Row: Independent Filmmakers as Distributors By Fred Olen Ray Page 102 American General Pictures, Inc. FilmographyWild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s By Brian Albright Page 202 The Girl from Thunder Strip Megan Timothy The Losers aka Nam's Angels was filmed in the Philippines and directed by Jack Starrett. It starred William Smith, Bernie Hamilton and Adam Roarke.Blu-ray.com Directed by Jack Starrett, The Losers 1970, The Losers Cast & CrewNam: The Lost Conflict Film Guide By Terry Rowan Page 77 The Losers/Nan's Angels (1970)
Filmography as actor (selective) + Film Title Role Director Year Notes # Wild Wheels Joy Ken Osborne 1969 Satan's Sadists Rita Al Adamson 1969 credited as Randee Lynn The Gay Deceivers Sheryl Bruce Kessler 1969 credited as Randee Lynne The Cycle Savages One of the girls Bill Brame 1969 credited as Randee Lee The Girls from Thunder Strip Raped girl David L. Hewitt 1970 The Curious Female Joy Paul Rapp 1970 Evel Knievel Bathtub Girl Marvin J. Chomsky 1971 credited as Randee Jensen Aloha, Bobby and Rose Girl at ice rink Floyd Mutrux 1975 Murph the Surf Girl at Party Marvin J. Chomsky 1975 A Small Town in Texas Vera Jack Starrett 1969 Smokey and the Hotwire Gang Cheryle Anthony Cardoza 1979
Production and crew She worked in the 1969 film Hello, Dolly! as a production assistant.Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music, and Screen Career By Scott Allen Nollen Page 209 Hello, Dolly! (December 16, 1969) In the mid 1980s she worked in the Michael Mann directed Manhunter that starred William Petersen, Kim Greist and Dennis Farina.Turner Classic Movies Manhunter(1986), Cast & Crew, See all cast and crew She was musical coordinator for the music soundtrack to the television show Miami Vice.Connolly & Company LLC Miami Vice II, CreditsDiscogs Various – Miami Vice II Some years later she was an associate producer for the Edward James Olmos directed American Me, which was a film about Chicano gang life in Los Angeles.Theiapolis Cinema American MeTurner Classic Movies American Me (1992), Cast & Crew, See all cast and crew The film starred Olmos as well.cinetvX / American Me
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