Kristine DeBell is an American film actress.

Career

Born in Chatham, New York, DeBell began her career as a fashion model with

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. She later moved into acting, debuting as the star of the 1976

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musical comedy film ''

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'' at the age of 21. She was on the April 1976 cover of ''

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'', photographed by

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. She also appeared in Playboy's classic August 1976

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pictorial "200 Motels, or How I Spent My Summer Vacation", from which 11 original prints were sold at auctions of the ''Playboy'' archives by Butterfields in 2002 for $21,075, and three by

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in December 2003 for $26,290. Subsequently, she moved to mainstream film and television. Her most prominent film roles included playing A.L., a camp counselor, alongside

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, in the comedy ''

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'' (1979) and

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's girlfriend in ''

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'' (1980). She appeared in a number of television pilots and individual episodes of various television series through the early 1980s. She returned to acting in 2012, appearing in a number of direct-to-video productions.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Kristine DeBell's website
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''Meatballs'' movie website
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