Laura Misch Owens

Laura Misch Owens

Born: November 23, 1953
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Laura Misch Owens was born on November 23, 1953 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She's the second of three daughters of an engineer and a school teacher. At age nineteen Owens moved to Louisiana and got a job working as a Bunny at the Playboy Club in New Orleans. Laura was the Playmate of the Month in the February, 1975 issue of "Playboy." While living in New Orleans she met and married a cop named Eddie; the couple later got divorced. Owens acted in a handful of movies in the mid to late 70s that were made on location in New Orleans: She played prostitutes in the made-for-TV picture "A Shadow in the Streets," the notorious "Mandingo," the excellent "Hard Times," the offbeat and underrated "French Quarter," and the cruddy horror splatter stinker "Mardi Gras Massacre." Moreover, she also appeared in a TV commercial for Miller Lite beer. Laura eventually moved to Miami, Florida and worked as a reporter for the newspaper "The Miami Herald." She then moved to Denver, Colorado and worked for "The Rocky Mountain News." Laura met and married her second husband Joe Watt in Denver. In 1997 Owens wrote her first novel "Carry Me Back" under her married name of Laura Watt.

Movies for Laura Misch Owens...

Mardi Gras Massacre
Title: Mardi Gras Massacre
Character: Shirley Anderson
Released: August 11, 1978
Type: Movie
Police try to capture someone who is commiting ritual murders of women during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
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French Quarter
Title: French Quarter
Character: Ice Box Josie / Girl on Bus
Released: August 1, 1978
Type: Movie
Chronicles the life of a young New Orleans prostitute and her co-workers.
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Crypt of Dark Secrets
Title: Crypt of Dark Secrets
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A witch resurrects a murdered Vietnam vet and takes revenge on his killers.
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Hard Times
Title: Hard Times
Character: Prostitute (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1975
Type: Movie
In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.
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Mandingo
Title: Mandingo
Character: Prostitute
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.