Pamela Des Barres

Pamela Des Barres

Born: September 9, 1948
in Reseda, California, USA
Pamela Des Barres is an actress and writer, but is most famous as a rock 'n roll groupie, starting in the late 1960's on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, the heart of rock 'n roll in Los Angeles. Pamela had relationships with Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Keith Moon, Nick St. Nicholas, Noel Redding, Jim Morrison, Chris Hillman, Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, and actors Brandon deWilde, Michael Richards, Woody Allen and Don Johnson. She has written several books about her experiences and currently teaches writing.

Movies for Pamela Des Barres...

Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Title: Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
Character: Self
Released: October 8, 2021
Type: Movie
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The Sparks Brothers
Title: The Sparks Brothers
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2021
Type: Movie
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
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Zappa
Title: Zappa
Character: Self - Author, Former Member of the GTOs
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.
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Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Title: Michael Des Barres: Who Do You Want Me To Be?
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 2020
Type: Movie
The son of a junkie aristocrat and a schizophrenic showgirl becomes a master of reinvention on a 50+ year journey through rock and roll, TV, and movies.
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Deaners
Title: Deaners
Character: Herself
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A documentary pilgrimage to the annual James Dean Festival in Fairmount, IN as seen through the eyes of the cultural icon's die-hard fans, affectionately known as 'Deaners'.
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Roxy: The Movie
Title: Roxy: The Movie
Character: Herself
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism. An unparalleled Composer and Guitarist, Zappa redefined rock n roll paradigms by introducing into the mix his favorite influences from classical music, jazz, blues, doowop, traditional and non-traditional music. And he did so with unparalleled humor and audacity. But it was the music itself that influenced generations of musicians and, quite frankly, blew minds. Roxy: The Movie, filmed over three nights in December 1973, at the Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, CA, is a powerful display of this experience, and reveals what made him such a pioneering musical revolutionary.
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Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Title: Feats First: The Life and Music of Lowell George
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: Movie
This film, the first ever to chronicle Lowell George's life, music and career, uses archive footage and interviews of and with Lowell and Little Feat, plus contributions from many of those who knew him best, to visually recount the sometimes ecstatic, other times tragic life and times of this maverick genius.
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Super Duper Alice Cooper
Title: Super Duper Alice Cooper
Character: Self (voice)
Released: April 17, 2014
Type: Movie
Emerging from the Detroit music scene of the 1970s in a flurry of long hair and sequins, Alice Cooper restored hard rock with a sense of showmanship, while simultaneously striking fear into the hearts of Middle America with the chicken-slaughtering, dead-baby-eating theatrics that would cement his identity as a glam metal icon. Meticulously crafted from rare archival footage, Super Duper Alice Cooper tells the story of the man behind the makeup, Vincent Furnier, the son of a preacher, who got caught in the grip of his own monster.
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The Source Family
Title: The Source Family
Character: Self - Former Groupie, Writer
Released: May 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yod's 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.
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Wild Thing
Title: Wild Thing
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A documentary about The Troggs (performers of Wild Thing) and other Rock bands.
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From Straight to Bizarre
Title: From Straight to Bizarre
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2012
Type: Movie
Documentary about the rise and fall of Frank Zappa's record labels, Bizarre and Straight which featured a collection of acts that included: Alice Cooper, The GTOs, and Wild Man Fischer.
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Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Title: Let’s Spend the Night Together: Confessions of Rock’s Greatest Groupies
Released: December 13, 2010
Type: Movie
A documentary about the groupie scene in the 1970s.
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Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
Title: Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape
Character: Herself - Interviewee
Released: May 5, 2008
Type: Movie
It all started with a carton at an auction... In 2007, a collector of rock memorabilia bought a carton of vintage records, posters, concert ephemera, and an old film reel at an auction in Europe. When he got home, he examined the contents and saw the 8mm film labeled "Black Man". He borrowed a projector and discovered the unbelievable truth: The man was Jimi Hendrix. After authenticating the image as best he could, the collector found Vivid, and a vast investigation was launched. A group of Hendrix experts and historians directed Vivid to two girls who knew the artist intimately: Cynthia "Plaster Caster", who personally cast Jimi's penis in plaster, along with Pamela Des Barres, the world famous "supergroupie".
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Title: Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop
Character: Self
Released: October 23, 2005
Type: TV
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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Title: Metal: A Headbanger's Journey
Character: Self
Released: September 14, 2005
Type: Movie
The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.
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Title: Love Lounge
Released: March 27, 2005
Type: TV
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Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Title: Fallen Angel: Gram Parsons
Character: Herself
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
On September 19, 1973, the musician and heir to a million-dollar fortune died under the influence of drugs and alcohol near his favourite place - the Joshua Tree National Monument in the Californian desert. As the founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers, a member of the hit-making, legendary Byrds, an important influence on the Rolling Stones and the man who catapulted Emmylou Harris to fame, Gram Parsons made music history in only a few years. Friends, contemporaries and devotees of Gram Parsons talk about the importance of his work and the bizarre circumstances of his early death. Rare footage of his performances shows why Gram Parsons has become a legend. Interviewees include Gram's wife Gretchen, his sister and his daughter, Keith Richards, Emmylou Harris, Chris Hillman and "Road Manager" Phil Kaufman.
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Plaster Caster
Title: Plaster Caster
Character: Self
Released: September 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Portrait of legendary artist and groupie Cynthia Plaster Caster famous for plaster casting the penises of rock stars.
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Title: E! True Hollywood Story
Released: August 21, 1996
Type: TV
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
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The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Title: The True Story of Frank Zappa's 200 Motels
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A one-hour documentary on the making of Frank Zappa's bizarre 1971 comic musical. Vintage private footage from Frank's personal archives plus behind-the-scenes of the actual shooting and recording. With Ringo Starr, Theodore Bikel, Keith Moon and such songs as "Sleeping in a Jar," and "Strictly Genteel." The inside history of the first feature-length film to be shot on video in 6 days.
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Video From Hell
Title: Video From Hell
Character: Self (as Pamela Miller)
Released: February 28, 1987
Type: Movie
In a little over an hour, 'VIDEO FROM HELL' provides a preview of current and projected Honker releases, including 'BABY SNAKES', 'THE TRUE STORY OF 200 MOTELS' and 'UNCLE MEAT' (all 1987 releases) along with segments of 1988 shows still in preparation ('YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON STAGE ANYMORE'- which will be released after the multi-CD package, 'I NEED YOUR LOVE' - the homespun philosophy of Al Malkin, and 'AN AMERICAN DISSIDENT' - the homespun philosophy of Frank Zappa).
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Human Feelings
Title: Human Feelings
Released: October 16, 1978
Type: Movie
A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there in seven days, and it's all up to an eager-to-please young angel, a frustrated clerk-typist in the heavenly music department, to try to hold off the devastation while disguised as a mortal.
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Paradise Alley
Title: Paradise Alley
Character: Vonny
Released: September 22, 1978
Type: Movie
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
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The Carhops
Title: The Carhops
Character: Vickii
Released: April 4, 1975
Type: Movie
If you've ever wondered about the sexual proclivities and appetites of those rollerskating waitresses at old fashioned fast food drive ins, you're surely not alone. A lot of very smart people have given it a lot of thought and the result is this groundbreaking motion picture. Carrying trays of burgers and milkshakes is just the tip of the iceberg, from there it gets heavy. Can you handle it?
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Slaughter's Big Rip Off
Title: Slaughter's Big Rip Off
Character: Burtoli's Girl
Released: August 31, 1973
Type: Movie
Vigilante Slaughter comes under attack from Duncan, a local money launderer whose hit-man traps Slaughter in a car at a cliff, but Slaughter escapes, arms himself, and goes after Duncan's hideout.
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Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Title: Frank Zappa filmt 200 Motels
Character: Self
Released: December 23, 1971
Type: Movie
Making of "200 Motels".
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200 Motels
Title: 200 Motels
Character: Interviewer (as Pamela Miller)
Released: November 10, 1971
Type: Movie
"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.
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Frank Zappa
Title: Frank Zappa
Character: Self
Released: February 11, 1971
Type: Movie
The Documentary centers around Zappa at home, and on Tour. The amazing thing is that Zappa allowed a guy with a camera to film the band at the Fillmore West w/ Flo and Eddie. There are times when the camera man seems to be on the stage. The performance is recorded from only one camera angle. There are only 4-5 songs presented here.....and Zappa referring to the Fillmore West as the ‘Psychedelic Dungeon’ is priceless………..It is a great piece of history.
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Groupies
Title: Groupies
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: Movie
This documentary on rock 'n' roll groupies, including the infamous Plaster Casters, features performances (musical) by such bands as Ten Years After, Terry Reid, Spooky Tooth, and Cat Mother.
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Arizona Slim
Title: Arizona Slim
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Plot unknown but described as a rock 'n' roll western. Shot in Times Square during New Years Eve of 1973. Possibly unreleased.
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TURA!
Title: TURA!
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Incredible True Life Story of the Russ Meyer & Burlesque Superstar, Asian American Cinema Pioneer and Ultimate Self-Empowered Female. A loving look at one of the big screen's most dynamic and exciting talents, the late, great Tura Satana.