Alexandra Hay

Alexandra Lynn Hay (July 24, 1947 – October 11, 1993) was an American actress of the 1960s and 1970s best known for her role as Gloria in the 1969 film Model Shop.

Alexandra Hay
Born	July 24, 1947 Los Angeles, California
Died	October 11, 1993 (aged 46) Los Angeles, California
Other names	Alexandra Lynn Hay
Years active	1967–1978
Known for	Playing Gloria in the film Model Shop in 1969

Early life and modeling

Alexandra Hay was a native of Los Angeles, and attended Arroyo High School in El Monte.

At age 12, Alexandra was signed to the Adrian Teen Model Agency, where she would book modeling jobs for the next four years. She was featured as “Gal of the Month” for the June 1963 issue of Dig magazine.

After her mother died on August 25, 1963 when Hay was age 16, she was orphaned. On April 2, 1964 she married former naval officer Cedric Kehoe as a means to move to Europe. In an interview, she described her time in Europe: "I modeled in London to earn a living and I had a ball. That was in 1964 when London was exploding – all the excitement about The Beatles and The Beat – I nearly blew my mind."

Mainstream career

On October 29th, 1966, the Los Angeles Times reported "Columbia's New Talent Program has developed another young actress, Alexandra Hay, who has been signed to a long-term exclusive contract by the studio."[1]

Hay's first credited role was in an episode of The Monkees, "Monkee Mother" (episode 27, original airdate March 20, 1967). Her career continued with small roles in the 1967 movies Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Ambushers.[2] In the former, she portrayed a carhop who takes an ice cream order from Spencer Tracy’s character.[3]

The Beard arrests

Alexandra Hay played the role of Jean Harlow in Michael McClure's controversial play The Beard. She was arrested 12 times for lewd conduct and later acquitted by the California Supreme Court.[4]

Later career and death

In 1968, Hay co-starred in the romantic comedy How Sweet It Is! as Gloria, and in Skidoo, as Jackie Gleason's and Carol Channing's daughter, in love with a hippie boy, played by John Phillip Law.[5] She and Law were re-teamed later, in The Love Machine (1971).[6] She also starred as Gloria in the 1969 film Model Shop.[7] Her later films included Fun and Games (1971) (released in the U.S. as 1000 Convicts and a Woman),[8] How to Seduce a Woman (1974), and The One Man Jury (1978).

Hay had television roles in episodes of Mission: Impossible, Love, American Style, Dan August, Kojak, The Streets of San Francisco, Thriller, and Police Story. She appeared in the television movies, The F.B.I. Story: The FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One and The Screaming Woman. She was also featured in a February 1974 pictorial in Playboy magazine titled "Alexandra the Great".[9]

Hay died in 1993 at age 46, of arteriosclerotic heart disease. She was cremated, and her ashes were scattered off the coast of Marina del Rey, California.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Carhop
1967	The Ambushers	Quintana's Secretary	Uncredited
1968	How Sweet It Is!	Gloria
1968	Skidoo	Darlene
1969	Model Shop	Gloria
1971	The Love Machine	Tina St. Claire
1971	1000 Convicts and a Woman	Angela Thorne
1974	How to Seduce a Woman	Nell Brinkman
1975	How Come Nobody's on Our Side?	Brigitte
1975	That Girl from Boston	Willa Starch
1978	The One Man Jury	Tessie

References

1. Martin, Betty (October 29, 1966). "Movie Call Sheet". Los Angeles Times. p. 37. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
2. Pitts, Michael R. (2010). Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928–1982. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7864-4447-2.
3. Crowther, Bosley (December 12, 1967). "Screen: 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' Arrives". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
4. "Play Ruled Exempt From Lewdness Law". Los Angeles Times. January 31, 1970. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2020.
5. Kehr, Dave (July 22, 2011). "Gleason as Tripster, Groucho as God". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
6. Jarlett, Franklin (1990). Robert Ryan: A Biography and Critical Filmography. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 260. ISBN 0-7864-0476-0.
7. Canby, Vincent (February 12, 1969). "Screen: 'Model Shop' Looks Out on Los Angeles". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
8. Thompson, Howard (August 18, 1972). "The Screen: 'Boxcar Bertha' Tops Local Double Bill". The New York Times. Retrieved January 27, 2017.
9. Lisanti, Tom (2008). Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-Five Profiles. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-7864-3172-4.

External links

• Alexandra Hay at IMDb