Eve Meyer (born Evelyn Eugene Turner; December 13, 1928 – March 27, 1977) was an American

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model, motion picture actress, and film producer. Much of her work was in conjunction with

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maker

Russ Meyer Russell Albion Meyer (March 21, 1922 – September 18, 2004) was an American filmmaker. He was primarily known for writing and directing a successful series of sexploitation films featuring campy humor, sly satire and large-breasted women, wh ...

, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. She was killed in the

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in 1977.

History

Born Eve Turner in

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, Georgia, Turner was a high-profile pin-up model in the 1950s and was ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month in June 1955. Her unbilled film debut was in ''

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'' (1955). She worked frequently as a photographic model for Russ Meyer after their marriage, appeared in the film ''Operation Dames'' (1959), and took a lead role in Meyer's 1960 exploitation film ''Eve and the Handyman''. Eve Meyer served as producer, or associate or executive producer, on Meyer's 1960s and early 1970s films, including ''

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'' (1970).

Death

On March 27, 1977, at Los Rodeos Airport in the

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, Meyer, onboard

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Flight 1736 from

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, was one of 335 passengers killed when

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Flight 4805 collided with the Pan Am aircraft during take-off. The disaster is the deadliest accident in aviation history, with 583 total fatalities.

Filmography

Actress

* '' Operation Dames'' (1959) .... Lorry Evering * '' Eve and the Handyman'' (1961) .... Eve/Other roles

Producer

* '' Lorna'' (1964) * ''

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'' (1965) * ''

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! ''Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!'' is a 1965 American exploitation film directed by Russ Meyer and co-written by Meyer and Jack Moran. It follows three go-go dancers who embark on a spree of kidnapping and murder in the California desert. The ...

'' (1965) * ''

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'' (1965) * '' Mondo Topless'' (1966) * '' Common Law Cabin'' (1967) * '' Good Morning and... Goodbye!'' (1967) * '' Finders Keepers, Lovers Weepers!'' (1968) * '' Vixen!'' (1968) * '' Cherry, Harry & Raquel!'' (1970) * ''

'' (1970) * '' The Seven Minutes'' (1971) * '' The Jesus Trip'' (1971) * '' Black Snake'' (1973)

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