Slim, shapely and well-tanned blonde bombshell Cheri Caffaro was born in 1945 in Miami, Florida. Caffaro won a "Lifetime" magazine Brigitte Bardot lookalike contest when she was a teenager and worked as a model throughout the 60s. Cheri achieved a substantial amount of 70s exploitation cinema notoriety by portraying sexy, resourceful and ...
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Slim, shapely and well-tanned blonde bombshell Cheri Caffaro was born in 1945 in Miami, Florida. Caffaro won a "Lifetime" magazine Brigitte Bardot lookalike contest when she was a teenager and worked as a model throughout the 60s. Cheri achieved a substantial amount of 70s exploitation cinema notoriety by portraying sexy, resourceful and formidable undercover government agent Ginger McAllister in a delightfully down'n'dirty trio of blithely seedy drive-in soft-core action romps: the supremely scuzzy Ginger (1971), the splendidly sleazy The Abductors (1972), and the pleasingly trashy Girls Are for Loving (1973). The "Ginger" pictures were a series of gleefully low-rent affairs with a funky distaff James Bond-type anti-heroine using both her brains and her body to thwart assorted nasty criminals. Caffaro brought a hard, fierce, steely edge and raw, earthy, unbridled sex appeal to the part of Ginger that's alluring and unnerving in equal measure. Cheri was likewise solid and effective as a stuck-up spoiled rich woman in the tawdry A Place Called Today (1972), a tough revolutionary in the fun Savage Sisters (1974), and a cunning, deadly, yet enticing international lady assassin in the entertainingly tacky Too Hot to Handle (1977). Alas, Caffaro's moment in the acting spotlight proved to be fleeting. Cheri went on to co-write and co-produce the hilariously raunchy comedy hoot H.O.T.S. (1979). She also served as an associate producer for the cruddy horror flick The Demons of Ludlow (1983). Her last known credit is supplying a voice for the Extreme Ghostbusters (1997) cartoon TV series. Cheri Caffaro abruptly quit show business and now lives in Los Angeles, where she raises her own honey bees. Show less «
I wanted women to love the characters I played in films so I consciously chose strong female roles. ...Show more »
I wanted women to love the characters I played in films so I consciously chose strong female roles. I also performed my own stunts and advocated martial arts for women. Show less «
[on the "Ginger" movies] When I did those films, they were kind of breakthrough. They were fun to me...Show more »
[on the "Ginger" movies] When I did those films, they were kind of breakthrough. They were fun to me. It put women in the front line of doing action. And look at them now; now they're getting millions of dollars for this stuff. [Interview with Brian Abrams, November, 2005.] Show less «
[on making movies in the Phillipines] I loved shooting there, it was fun, very different and unusual...Show more »
[on making movies in the Phillipines] I loved shooting there, it was fun, very different and unusual. There was a dictatorship government at the time, which was strange being born and raised in the United States myself. I really loved working there, though. You had to have a sense of humor to shoot a film there, you had to be really laid back. It could be as hot as 120 degrees! It was a completely different experience shooting in the Phillipines and everyone on set became really closely knit. Show less «