Megan D'Ewes Timothy (born June 21, 1943) is a Rhodesian-–American actress, singer, and writer.

Background The daughter of an architect,The Tennessean Sunday, March 19, 1967 Page 5 Club Singer Defends Native Rhodesia, Rips British Timothy was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1943. At the age of 16, she began working for the Victoria Times and later pursued a career as a horse trainer.

In 1964, at the age of 21, Timothy moved to California.The Southern Herald April 6, 2006 Page 1 Author's Ride of Meaning by Coyette StuartChicago Tribune May 19, 1999 Wild Ride Overseas, Solo Adventurer Is Turning 60 On Biking Odyssey – By Carol Bidwell, Los Angeles Daily NewsHildalgo County Herald Friday March 107, 2006 Author treks across nation promoting literacy She initially worked as a switchboard operatorWild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s By Brian Albright Page 202 – 204 The Girl From Thunder Strip, Megan Timothy and later as a waitress at the Playboy Club. She was fired from the club after an incident where she reportedly set fire to a patron's beard while trying to light his cigarette and then attempted to extinguish it by throwing water in his face. Timothy later became an actor and screenwriter.The Times News Sunday, April 23, 2006 2E Timothy signing at Accent on Books

During the mid-1970s, Timothy purchased La Maida House, a bed and breakfast in North Hollywood, Los Angeles.The Indianapolis Star September 17, 1986 Page 34 – Bed and Breakfast She ran the establishment until the 1990s.Los Angeles Times July 03, 1992 DISCOVERY : All the Comforts of Home – Cindy LaFavre Yorks In 1999, Timothy went on a solo bicycle journey about 12,000 miles long throughout Western Europe and parts of Africa, selling North Hollywood home, car, and several possessions in preparation for the trip. In 2003, Timothy experienced a brain aneurysm that resulted in the loss of her ability to speak. Her book Let Me Die Laughing!: Waking from The Nightmare of a Brain Explosion chronicles her injury and recovery.

Hiking Timothy spent one year bicycling solo through 23 European nations, including Morocco and Turkey. Timothy circumnavigated the U.S. by bicycle. Timothy drifted down the Mississippi on a homemade craft and canoed down the Amazon, as well as hiked the Macchu Picchu trail in Peru. Timothy also hiked the Camino de Santiago from Paris to Santiago, and Spain, twice. During Timothy's youthful days as a vocalist, she made a trip to Viet Nam with the USO. Timothy lived in England, Costa Rica, Africa, and now Washington State.

Film career In 1967, Timothy made her debut with a credited film role in the Russ Meyer film Good Morning... and Goodbye!.Russ Meyer—The Life and Films by David K. Frasier Page 97 The following year she appeared in Hell's Chosen Few, her first of three films directed by David L. Hewitt.Wild Beyond Belief!: Interviews with Exploitation Filmmakers of the 1960s and 1970s By Brian Albright Page 202 – 204 – The Girl From Thunder Strip, Megan Timothy Her second collaboration with Hewitt was The Mighty Gorga in which she portrayed April Adams, a trapper on a mission to locate a 50-foot gorilla.A Year of Fear: A Day-by-Day Guide to 366 Horror Films By Bryan Senn Page 189 – May 16. The Mighty Gorga Timothy's final film with Hewitt was The Girls from Thunder Strip,The Grindhouse Database The Girls from Thunder Strip which was about three bootlegging sisters who confront a gang of bikers.

Filmography + Film list Title Role Director Year Notes # Good Morning... and Goodbye! Lottie Russ Meyer 1967 Hells Chosen Few David L. Hewitt 1968 The Mighty Gorga April Adams David L. Hewitt 1969 2nd lead role Charro! Bit Part Charles Marquis Warren 1969 Uncredited The Girls from Thunder Strip Jesse David L. Hewitt 1970 The Female Bunch "Pug" Al AdamsonJohn 'Bud' Cardos 1970Imdb Megan TimothyRotten Tomatoes The Female BunchCinema Montreal The Female Bunch Chicken DocumentaryThe Examiner July 28, 2010 – Stroke awareness and special outreach event with Megan Timothy – By Laurel Zien

Music During the 1960s, Timothy played folk music at various coffee houses and also participated in a USO tour to entertain troops in Vietnam. In February 1967, she had a regular performance schedule at the Rainbow Room in Nashville, Tennessee.The Tennessean Sunday, February 26, 1967 Page 151 At The Rainbow

Around 2010, several years after experiencing a stroke, Timothy worked with vocal coach Michael Rivers. Despite challenges from her brain injury,Sequim Gazette Nov 24, 2014 Rediscovering her voice by Alana Linderoth Timothy released her first CD album four years later. In 2014, she released the album "As I Wander: Songs of Christmas," with vocalist Dan Cobb, the singer-guitarist/producer Rivers, and cellist Marlene Moore.Peninsula Daily News November 09. 2014 Singer-writer tells of surviving brain injury; will fete CD release in Port Angeles today By Diane Urbani de la Paz

Recordings As I Wander: Songs of Christmas

Stroke After the death of her mother and the loss of most of her belongings in a fire,Virginia Grantier, "In search of confidence", Bismarck Tribune August 12, 2006. Timothy experienced a stroke in September 2003, at the age of 63. The stroke was a result of an arteriovenous malformation and led to severe aphasia,Rob Ollikainen, "Author coming to Port Angeles to speak about brain injuries", Peninsula Daily News March 20, 2011. rendering her unable to speak. With no family or financial means to support herself, she became a ward of the state and was temporarily housed in a rehabilitation facility for two weeks.Jon Caswell, "Let Me Die Laughing"Stroke Connection, September/October 2007, p. 20, Cover Story. Prior to the stroke, Timothy did not have medical coverage, but she later became enrolled in a California Medicaid program.Long Term Rehabilitation for Stroke and TBI: Building a Community By Beverly Greer ACUTE REHABILITATION—WHO DOES WHAT?, Vocational Therapists ... A documentary titled "Chicken," which chronicled her stroke and journey, was screened at the Fontaine Auditorium of Samuel Merritt University in Oakland on August 4, 2010.Laurel Zien, Stroke awareness and special outreach event with Megan Timothy], The Examiner July 28, 2010.

Publications

+ List Title Publisher ISBN Year Notes # Let Me Die Laughing!: Waking from The Nightmare of a Brain Explosion Crone House Publishing 2006 12,000 Miles For Hope's Sake Crone House Publishing 2009

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External links

Out of Africa April 2000 article page 24 – Saddle-sore Megan’s 10,000-mile odyssey Youtube: Megan Timothy California Library Literacy Services – 26-07-07: Interview with Megan Timothy, Part 1 California Library Literacy Services – 26-07-07: Interview with Megan Timothy, Part 2, Q&A