Teagan Clive (born c. 1955) is an American writer,
bodybuilder
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and actress. She has appeared in various roles in movies and on television.
Clive writes articles for periodicals, including ''
Iron Man Magazine'' and the Weider magazine ''
Muscle & Fitness
''Muscle & Fitness'' is an American fitness and bodybuilding magazine founded in 1935 by Canadian entrepreneur Joe Weider. It was originally published under the title ''Your Physique'', before being renamed to ''Muscle Builder'' in 1954, and ac ...
'', and has since the 1980s. She wrote
screenplays
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which were produced for the television series ''
Conan the Adventurer'' and ''
Acapulco H.E.A.T.
''Acapulco H.E.A.T.'' is a 1993 syndicated television series. It follows the adventures of the "Hemisphere Emergency Action Team" (H.E.A.T.), a group of top-secret agents based in Acapulco, Mexico, recruited by "C-5", a secret, inter-governmental ...
''
She is married to writer Stan Berkowitz.
Early life
Clive was abandoned as a baby, and was cared for by a series of institutions and foster homes. In public school and college she pursued athletic curricula including baseball and varsity volleyball.
Early training
In 1983, Clive began training with
Don Ross at the Olympia Health Club in
Oakland, California
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, where she told him, "I want to be the Arnold Schwarzenegger of female bodybuilding."
Acting career
Filmography
:
Television appearances
*''The Incredibly Strange Film Show'', season 2, episode 5: "Fred Olen Ray & Doris Wishman". A UK documentary program which in 1988 took a behind the scenes look at ''Alienator''.
*Clive, not Kay Baxter is the female bodybuilder in "
California Girls
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", the David Lee Roth music video, which premiered on MTV New Year's Eve, 1984.
Writing career
Journalist
Clive wrote the "Power Café" diet column in ''Iron Man'' for 14 years.
In the 1990s ''
Sports Illustrated
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'' hired Clive to investigate murder in bodybuilding, but she declined to capitalize on her work because her "participation in the project was met with so much disapproval" among her friends in the sport.
Television screenplays
*''Acapulco H.E.A.T.'' "Code Name: Cult Zero" (March 13, 1999)
*''Acapulco H.E.A.T.'' "Code Name: Bucket of Blood" (March 6, 1999)
*''Conan: The Adventurer'' "Lethal Wizards" (May 17, 1998) (with Charles Henry Fabian)
*''Conan: The Adventurer'' "Impostor" (November 28, 1997) (with Charles Henry Fabian)
*''Conan: The Adventurer'' "The Siege of Ahl Sohn-Bar" (October 13, 1997) (with Charles Henry Fabian)
Books
*''Body Sculpturing (Getting Strong)'' Anderson World Books (1984)
References
External links
*
Filmographyat ''
The New York Times
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'' website
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American film actresses
1959 births
Living people
American female bodybuilders
21st-century American sportswomen
20th-century American sportswomen