Linnea Quigley


Linnea Barbara Quigley is an American actress, film producer, model, singer and author. She is best known as a B movie actress and is often referred to as a scream queen due to her frequent appearances in lowbudget horror films during the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Quigley first pursued her career in the late 1970s shortly after moving to Los Angeles, California. While working at Jack LaLannes health spa, she was encouraged by her friends to try modeling and also began taking acting and guitarplaying classes. After appearing as an extra in various film, Quigley got her first acting role in the Charles Bandproduced film Fairy Tales . She continued receiving small parts mostly in B movies. Her first bigger part was in the 1981 slasher film, Graduation Day. Quigley followed with more films such as Savage Streets and Silent Night, Deadly Night .

Quigley was born on May 27, 1958 in Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of Dorothy and William Heath Quigley . Her father was a chiropractor and psychologist. He worked as an executive vice president at Palmer College of Chiropractic. An only child, Quigley attended Garfield Elementary and Sudlow Middle schools in Davenport. In 1972, she began attending Bettendorf High School in Bettendorf, Iowa. Quigley later reminisced about her school years I was so shy. I didnt move my mouth, didnt sing in glee club or anything like that, didnt do any plays. I was terribly, terribly shy.

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