Hollywood (wrestler) explained

Hollywood
Birth Name:Jeanne Marie Basone
Birth Date:19 May 1963[1]
Birth Place:Glendale, California, U.S.
Names:Hollywood
Jeanne Basone
Wonder Womyn
Height:5 ft 7 in
Weight:122 lb
Trainer:Mando Guerrero
Cynthia Peretti
Debut:December 1985

Jeanne Marie Basone (born May 19, 1963),[2] better known by her ring name Hollywood, is an American professional wrestler, actress, model and stuntwoman. She was selected for women's wrestling promotion, Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW) in 1986 by its founder, David McLane. Basone won the United States Championship in a match against Tulsa on the 1993 pay-per-view. She is the only contestant to star in both the pilot and all four seasons of the promotion.

Career

After the cancellation of GLOW in 1989, Basone continued to compete on the independent circuit as Hollywood. She appeared in several all-female wrestling promotions, including CRUSH, Beauty Slammers, Hottest Ladies of Wrestling, and NWA.[3]

Acting

Basone appeared in numerous television series and films as an actress and stuntwoman, including JAG, Days of Our Lives, Chuck, Married... with Children, Saved by the Bell, The Larry Sanders Show, In Living Color, and Me, Myself & Irene. She also played Jane in the game Plumbers Don't Wear Ties for the 3DO home console and Windows PC. She has teamed up with international award-winning filmmaker Christopher Annino, ECW legend Angel Orsini and producer Evan Ginzburg. She is in the first silent feature film in 80 years, Silent Times,[4] and Confessions of Nick Sargenti and the Lollipop Gang.[5] Hollywood appeared on 15 episodes of Family Feud and appeared on The Phil Donahue Show and The Sally Jessy Raphael Show. She appeared in the pictorial Dec. 1989 issue of Playboy magazine.

Basone's first GLOW autobiography written with Dan Murphy is set for 2023 release.

Basone currently owns an artisan soap company, Hollywood Botanika.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hollywood's Bio & Contact Page. wrestlingbabe.com. April 26, 2021.
  2. Web site: Jeanne Marie Basone on MobyGames.
  3. Web site: Hollywood of GLORY Wrestling. September 21, 2011. GLORY Wrestling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111011030213/http://glorywrestling.com/gg/Hollywood/H.asp. October 11, 2011.
  4. Web site: Silent Times. IMDb. September 15, 2019.
  5. Web site: Confessions of Nick Sargenti and the Lolipop Gang. IMDb. September 15, 2019.
  6. Web site: GLOW's Hollywood soaks in her passion for soaps. July 13, 2020.
  7. Web site: About.