Colleen Celest Camp is an American film and television actress, screenwriter and producer. She began her career at an early age, performing on stage in a children's theater. The fame brought her roles in the projects: "They all laughed", "Smokey and the Bandit 3", "Police Academy 2", "Police Academy 4".
In the creative biography of the actress, 158 roles in television and film projects, including participation in popular American show programs, film award ceremonies and documentaries.
In the mid-1990s, Camp began working as a producer and wrote scripts for several films.
Facts from the biography
The future actress was born in the USA in the summer of 1953. Already at the age of three, the girl first appeared on the stage in one of the children's theater performances.
In school, she continued to perform on stage, taking part in the staging of theater studio performances.
Having received primary education, the girl entered the Joanne Baron DW Brown Studio, where she studied acting.
Her television debut took place in the "Dean Martin Show", where she performed the song "One Day Since Yesterday", which hit the Billboard charts.
There is an interesting fact in Camp's biography. For some time, she worked as a bird trainer in the Busch Gardens Bird Sanctuary, located in the San Fernando Valley.
Film career
Camp played one of the first roles in the musical biographical melodrama "Funny Lady". The main role in the film was played by the famous Barbara Streisand. The film is dedicated to the unique pop singer Fanny Bryce, who had a great voice, sense of humor, acting and became the star of American musicals. The film received 5 Academy Award nominations and 6 Golden Globe Award nominations.
In 1978, Colleen was lucky enough to be on the set with the famous actor and martial artist Bruce Lee in the action movie "Death Game", where the girl played the girlfriend of the protagonist.
A year later, the actress starred in Coppola's military drama Apocalypse Today. The project received many nominations and film awards, including: Oscar, British Academy, Cesar, Cannes Film Festival, Golden Globe.
In those years, Colleen had a very attractive appearance. In the late 1970s, she took part in a photo shoot for Playboy magazine.
After a while, Camp got a role in the famous Dallas series. But she starred in only 2 episodes and subsequently refused to participate in the project.
The next role Collin received in the comedy "They all laughed", where she played the role of singer Christie and earned good reviews from film critics and viewers.
Later Camp worked in many projects, including: “Police Academy”, “Girl from the Valley”, “Smokey and the Bandit 3”, “She wrote the murder”, “Tales of the Dark Side”, “Daryl”, “Ulica”, "Tales from the crypt, " "My blue paradise."
Colleen’s career was also complete failure. She was twice nominated for Golden Raspberry, playing supporting roles in the films Seduction and Sliver.
Currently, the actress rarely appears on the screens, mainly engaged in producing activities and writing scripts.
Among the works of recent years, one can note her appearance in the science-fiction film "The Secret of the House with a Clock", where she played the role of Mrs. Hanshett.
In 2019, Camp can be seen in Peter Berg's crime thriller Wonderland.
