Jeannie Bell

Jeannie Bell

Born: November 23, 1944
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Born Annie Lee Morgan in St. Louis, Missouri, Jeannie is a former Playboy Playmate of the Month (October 1969) and was only the second African American woman to feature in this role. She also became the first-ever African American to actually grace the magazine's cover of their January 1970 issue. Bell later had a career as an actress in movies, most prominently in TNT Jackson (1975), in which she played the title character, and supporting roles in Mean Streets and The Klansman, as well as occasional TV appearances. She retired from show business for good after a second pictorial in Playboy in 1979 and, in 1986, married multi-millionaire businessman Gary Judis after 8 years of courtship. The two have one son.

Movies for Jeannie Bell...

The Choirboys
Title: The Choirboys
Character: Fanny Forbes
Released: December 23, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.
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Casanova & Co.
Title: Casanova & Co.
Character: Fatme
Released: March 1, 1977
Type: Movie
While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.
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The Muthers
Title: The Muthers
Character: Kelly
Released: November 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.
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Disco 9000
Title: Disco 9000
Character: Karen (as Jeanie Bell)
Released: July 27, 1976
Type: Movie
Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.
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The Klansman
Title: The Klansman
Character: Mary Anne
Released: October 25, 1974
Type: Movie
A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.
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Black Is Beautiful
Title: Black Is Beautiful
Character: Joyce
Released: October 3, 1974
Type: Movie
An affluent Mexican performer is troubled when her son announces his intentions to marry a Black American woman, and her daughter exhibits erratic behavior.
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Three the Hard Way
Title: Three the Hard Way
Character: Polly
Released: June 26, 1974
Type: Movie
A record producer, a PR man, and a black belt in karate foil a white supremacist plot to poison the water supply.
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TNT Jackson
Title: TNT Jackson
Character: Diana 'T.N.T.' Jackson (as Jeanne Bell)
Released: June 8, 1974
Type: Movie
A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.
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Policewomen
Title: Policewomen
Character: Pam
Released: February 9, 1974
Type: Movie
A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.
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Mean Streets
Title: Mean Streets
Character: Diane
Released: October 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.
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Cleopatra Jones
Title: Cleopatra Jones
Character: Terry (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1973
Type: Movie
After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.
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Black Gunn
Title: Black Gunn
Character: Lisa
Released: December 20, 1972
Type: Movie
A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.
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Trouble Man
Title: Trouble Man
Character: Leona
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.
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Melinda
Title: Melinda
Character: Jean
Released: August 6, 1972
Type: Movie
A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.