Taaffe O'Connell

Gorgeously buxom and curvaceous blonde bombshell 'Taaffe O'Connell' (qv) was born into an upper class family on May 14, 1951 in Providence, Rhode Island. She primarily grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee and was a straight-A student in her grade school years. O'Connell received a masters degree in drama from the University of Mississippi.Taaffe moved to Hollywood, California to pursue an acting career. She started out doing guest spots on such TV shows as _Starsky and Hutch (1975)_ (qv), _Baretta (1975)_ (qv), _Police Woman (1974)_ (qv), _Vega$ (1978)_ (qv) and _CHiPs (1977)_ (qv). O'Connell made her film debut with an uncredited bit part in _Rocky II (1979)_ (qv). Taaffe had a regular role as showgirl "Hillary S. Prentiss" on the short-lived sitcom _Blansky's Beauties (1977)_ (qv). She played ill-fated nurse "Jane" in the seasonal slasher opus _New Year's Evil (1980)_ (qv).Taaffe achieved her greatest enduring cult cinema popularity as "Dameia", a spaceship crew technical chief who gets gruesomely raped and killed by a giant slimy maggot in the marvelously warped sci-fi/horror winner _Galaxy of Terror (1981)_ (qv). She went on to play wisecracking USO showgirl "Honey" in the trashy women-in-prison exploitation outing _Caged Fury (1983)_ (qv) and insatiable German nymphomaniac "Brigitte Fritz" in the amusing lowbrow comedy romp _Hot Chili (1985)_ (qv).Moreover, O'Connell made guest appearances on a handful of TV shows that included _Happy Days (1974)_ (qv), _The Incredible Hulk (1977)_ (qv), _Laverne & Shirley (1976)_ (qv), _Archie Bunker's Place (1979)_ (qv), _Three's Company (1976)_ (qv), _Knight Rider (1982)_ (qv), _Dallas (1978)_ (qv) and _Dangerous Women (1991)_ (qv). More recently, Taaffe popped up in minor parts in the low-budget fright features _The Stoneman (2002)_ (qv) and _Dismembered (2003)_ (qv). Outside of acting, 'Taaffe O'Connell' (qv) has developed a special directory to help out her fellow thespians, writes articles for magazines specializing in casting, and makes occasional guest appearances at film conventions.::woodyanders