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Sunny Johnson is a Actor American born on 21 september 1953 at Bakersfield (USA)
Sunny Sue Johnson (September 21, 1953 – June 19, 1984) was an American actress who was most notable for portraying figure skater Jeanie in the 1983 film Flashdance.
Death
On the night of June 18, 1984, the actress was found unconscious in the home she shared with her boyfriend, Archie Hahn.
She was taken to UCLA Medical Center (now Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center), where she remained on a life-support system until June 19, when she was declared clinically dead. Without any hope of her mental recovery, her family agreed to take her off the respirator. Johnson had suffered a burst blood vessel in her brain. Sunny Johnson was 30 years of age at the time of her death.
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Nationality USA
Birth 21 september 1953 at Bakersfield (USA)
Death 19 june 1984 (at 30 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 21 september 1953 at Bakersfield (USA)
Death 19 june 1984 (at 30 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Sunny Sue Johnson (September 21, 1953 – June 19, 1984) was an American actress who was most notable for portraying figure skater Jeanie in the 1983 film Flashdance.
Biography
The actress first appeared in the Baretta series on television. She also appeared in an episode of Charlie's Angels. She also had roles in the films The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia and the spoof Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype with the English actor Oliver Reed. She is listed in the credits of Animal House ("Otter's Coed"), but does not appear in the movie as her scene was cut due to time constraints.Death
On the night of June 18, 1984, the actress was found unconscious in the home she shared with her boyfriend, Archie Hahn.
She was taken to UCLA Medical Center (now Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center), where she remained on a life-support system until June 19, when she was declared clinically dead. Without any hope of her mental recovery, her family agreed to take her off the respirator. Johnson had suffered a burst blood vessel in her brain. Sunny Johnson was 30 years of age at the time of her death.
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The Red-Light Sting (1984)
, 1h40Directed by Rod Holcomb
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Farrah Fawcett, Beau Bridges, Harold Gould, Paul Burke, Alex Henteloff, Katherine Cannon
Roles Sonia
Rating51%
Flashdance (1983)
, 1h35Directed by Adrian Lyne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri, Lilia Skala, Sunny Johnson, Kyle T. Heffner, Malcolm Danare
Roles Jeanie Szabo
Rating62%
Alexandra "Alex" Owens (Jennifer Beals) is an eighteen-year-old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who lives with her dog Grunt in a converted warehouse. Although she aspires to become a professional dancer, she has no formal education, and works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby's, a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret.
Imps* (1983)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Linda Blair, John Carradine, Colleen Camp, Keenan Wynn, Julia Duffy, Erika Eleniak
Roles Missy
Rating39%
, 2hDirected by Ronald F. Maxwell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kristy McNichol, Dennis Quaid, Mark Hamill, Don Stroud, Barry Corbin, Sunny Johnson
Roles Melody
Rating59%
A young singer and his sister/manager travel to Nashville in search of stardom. As they journey from one grimy hotel to another, it becomes increasingly obvious that only one of them has what it takes to become a star.
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
, 1h36Directed by Art Linson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Bill Murray, Peter Boyle, Bruno Kirby, René Auberjonois, R.G. Armstrong, Mark Metcalf
Roles Lil / Infirmière
Rating64%
The film opens in the Rocky Mountains on the Colorado ranch of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, a journalist furiously trying to finish a story about his former attorney and friend, Carl Lazlo, Esq. Thompson then flashes back to a series of exploits involving the author and his attorney.
Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
Directed by Charles B. Griffith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Oliver Reed, Sunny Johnson, Virgil Frye, Mel Welles, Corinne Calvet, Dick Miller
Roles Coral Careen
Rating40%
The film is a reversal of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story, about a malformed doctor who drinks a potion and becomes a handsome (and violent) ladies man.
Animal House (1978)
, 1h49Directed by Ivan Reitman, John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Teen movie
Actors John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom Hulce, Peter Riegert
Roles Otter's Co-Ed
Rating73%
In 1962, college freshmen Lawrence "Larry" Kroger and Kent Dorfman seek to join a fraternity at Faber College. Finding themselves out of place at the prestigious Omega Theta Pi House's party, and rejected by other houses, they finally visit the slovenly and riotous Delta Tau Chi House, where Kent's brother was once a member, making Kent a "legacy", unable to be declined. Larry and Kent are invited to pledge and given the fraternity names "Pinto" and "Flounder," respectively, by John "Bluto" Blutarsky.