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Shannon Lee Tweed (born March 10, 1957), St.
John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's
Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland is a
Canada|Canadian actor|actress and model who has
acted primarily in soft core low budget films. 

Shannon became involved in beauty pageants at a
young age. After the Canadian wish-fulfillment TV
series Thrill of a Lifetime arranged for her to
pose for Hugh Hefner's Playboy, she gained fame as
the Playmate of the Year for 1982. She was briefly
involved with Hugh Hefner at that time. Since
then, Shannon has primarily acted in TV series
(including a guest appearance in Frasier) and B
movies. Shannon is one of the best known actresses
in mainstream erotica.  She lives with KISS member
Gene Simmons (they are not married) and they have
two children. She occasionally acts with (and
models with) her younger sister, Tracy Tweed.

Shannon has appeared in over 60 films over the
past twenty years. Most of them seem to involve
her having sex with people of various professions
such as detectives, lawyers and evil geniuses. In
addition to having sex, she frequently gets to
beat up the bad guys while wearing figure-hugging
outfits e.g. No Contest
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110675/.

Shannon has played bad characters just as
frequently as good characters. One memorable evil
character was Electra, a kind of superhuman
dominatrix intent on world domination.



On rare occasions she has made into mainstream
films such as Detroit Rock City
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165710/, but only in
minor roles.


==Her appearances in Playboy Special Editions==
*Playboy's Women of Television 1984.
*Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads July
1985.
*Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 2 March 1987 -
cover.
*Playboy's Wet & Wild Women July 1987 - page 36.
*Playboy's Women on the Move September 1988.
*Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 6 March 1989.
*Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 10 November 1989.
*Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads February
1990.
*Playboy's Nudes October 1990.
*Playboy's Sisters March 1992 (with her sister
Tracy Tweed).
*Playboy's Blondes, Brunettes & Redheads August
1993.
*Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates September 1994 -
pages 12-13.
*Playboy's Hot Denim Daze May 1995 - page 44 (with
her sister Tracy Tweed).
*Playboy's Playmates in Bed February 1999 - pages
18-19.
*Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds Vol. 2 April
1999 - pages 18-19.

==External link==
*imdb name | id=0000238 | name=Shannon Tweed




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