Althea Currier was a popular glamour model

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 and erotic B-movie

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 star of the 1960s.
She moved to Southern California

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 and worked as a dance instructor for Arthur Murray studios and became involved in the entertainment field from there. Althea worked as chorus girl

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 in San Francisco for a while and was part of Barry Ashton's touring stage show "Les Girls" making a stop in Reno

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Althea worked as a dancer for Chuck Landis, who was the owner of the Largo Strip Club in L.A. This led to Althea becoming involved in glamour/nude modeling; she appeared in many magazines of the era, including Mosaic, Modern Man, Adam, Scamp, All Man, Man's Life, etc. She is also featured in Adam magazine's 1964 full-color calendar. Althea wrote an advice column in Adam magazine from 1964 to 1967, and appeared in occasional layouts in the magazine.

Althea also appeared in films directed by Peter Perry and Russ Meyer

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. Althea eventually retired from the entertainment field towards the end of the 1960s to raise a family.

Filmography

• Erotica, 1961 Directed by Russ Meyer;
• Mr. Peter's Pets, 1962 Directed by Peter Perry;
• Surftide 77, 1962 Directed by Lee Frost;
• Heavenly Bodies!, 1963 Directed by Russ Meyer;
• Knockers Up, 1963 Directed by Peter Perry;
• The Naked Flame, 1964 Directed by Lawrence Matlansky
• Everybody Loves It, 1964 Directed by David Friedman;
• Kiss Me Quick!
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  , 1964 Directed by Peter Perry;
• Lorna
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  , 1964 Directed by Russ Meyer;
• Sinderella and the Golden Bra, 1964 Directed by Loel Minardi;
• The Girls on F Street aka Maidens of Fetish Street, 1966 Directed by Saul Resnick;

Select Magazine Photo Layouts

• Scamp 1961 Vol.5, No.3;
• Adam 1962 Vol.6, No.6;
• Sir Knight 1962 Vol.3, No.2;
• Mosaic 1962 No.4;
• RizKay 1962 No.1;
• Modern Man 1963 November;
• Adam 1963 Vol.7, No.11;
• Modern Man Annual 1963 Winter;
• French Follies 1964 Vol.2, No.1;
• Adam 1964 Vol.8, No.6;
• Adam 1965 Vol.9, No.6;
• Modern Man Deluxe 1966 Vol.38;
• Beau 1967 Vol.3 No.14;
• All Man 1967 Vol.8 No.2;
• Man's Life 1970 Vol.14 No.1
• Candid Unknown Year, Vol.78, No.7;