May 21, 2013
Day 21
No clouds.
But!! A Hot
Pink ‘Vette with Angelyne inside.
Angelyne in her brand new Hot Pink Corvette was on a Sunday drive and I get to share the story.
“Angel Luv” on her license plate reminded of the first time
I saw Angelyne parked in a red zone on
Hollywood Boulevard. In the
seventies billboards all over town featured Angelyne all in pink up and down the boulevard. Sometime in the 1980s, I was at a hotel out on the Sunset
Strip where a friend was producing a comedy show for up and coming comics
(including Sherrie Shepard he
shamelessly name dropped). As I descended the stairs, this gorgeous bubble of
pink and blonde climbed up the stairs with a rather large entourage. She deliberately found my eyes and
smiled a genuine smile.
What I love about this photograph is the serendipitous juxtaposition of the hot pink against
the stark angles in color on the store fronts behind. She must have been looking away from the street when I
snapped the shutter. All I could
see was a froth of blonde.
I learned from Bonham and Bonham that some of her personal
items were up for auction there recently. This Hollywood self proclaimed icon remains slightly off center in Hollywood history, but for the life
of me I don’t know what she’s done except decorate Hollywood Boulevard with her
billboards and her presence around town.
Where has she appeared? Who
has paid for all this publicity and her perennial new cars?
By most guesses, she is well into her sixties now, at least, though her IMDB page says she was born in '58. I wonder who knows her story and
if we’ll ever know if she was ever happy in her life. Recent photos on line have not been kind. She is a person, no matter how
bizarre: a human being whose story
might be fascinating! Does anyone
really know this lady? It’s a mystery that
I’d love some insights on. Anyone?
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