biography of Shannon Tweed

Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons 

(born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1982.

Tweed is also known for Gene Simmons Family Jewels, a reality TV show that portrayed the life of her family from 2006 until 2012. She is married to Gene Simmons, bassist and co-lead singer of the band Kiss; Tweed and Simmons have two children, Nicholas Adam Tweed-Simmons and Sophie Alexandra Tweed-Simmons.

Tweed was born on March 10, 1957,  in St. John's, Newfoundland. She is the daughter of Donald Keith Tweed, a mink rancher, and Louise (née Wall) Tweed,  and was raised on a mink ranch in Whitbourne. She is one of seven children and has three sisters, including actress Tracy Tweed. 

After Donald Tweed fell into a coma after a car crash, Louise moved with her children to her mother's home in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and studied nursing while the family survived on welfare. Shannon had breast enhancement surgery at the age of 20 and subsequently became involved in beauty pageants. 

In 1978, Tweed was the third runner-up in the Miss Canada Pageant event and won the Miss Canada talent competition for her singing. 

After the Canadian wish-fulfilment TV show Thrill of a Lifetime arranged for her to pose for Playboy magazine, Tweed was chosen to be the Playmate of the Month for the November 1981 issue, and eventually the Playmate of the Year for 198 Tweed and her sister Tracy appeared together in a Playboy spread.

Tweed primarily acted in B movies and in television series such as the HBO comedy 1st and Ten  and the prime-time soap opera Falcon Crest,^[5][8] She also appeared in an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard as well as Married... with Children. In 1985, she landed a year-long role on Days of Our Lives as Savannah Wilder.^[8][4] Tweed has appeared as a guest on Frasier.^[10] She has also lent her voice to the Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants in the episode "20,000 Patties Under the Sea", which also featured Gene Simmons as a guest.

The first major theatrical film in which Tweed appeared was the horror film Of Unknown Origin (1983). Since then, Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films, including Detroit Rock City, produced by Simmons, in 1999. Tweed and her sister Tracy co-starred in the film Night Eyes 3 She is known as one of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica  Vanity Fair has described Tweed as "one of home video's most rented erotic thriller goddesses". 

Tweed was featured along with her family on the reality TV show Gene Simmons Family Jewels from 2006 until 2012. One of the highlights of the series was Simmons' proposal to her and their subsequent marriage at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.  In 2010, an episode of the series was taped in Tweed's former hometown of Saskatoon. During the visit, she was presented with an honorary street sign denoting the (nonexistent) "Tweed Lane". Tourism Saskatoon subsequently requested Saskatoon City Council approve the naming of a real Tweed Lane in her honou  The Council approved the request, and the street is located in the neighbourhood of Rosewood. 

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American film actress who began her career as a Playboy model and starred in Hot Dog…The Movie in 1984. She starred in Electra in 1996 and appeared in Dead Sexy in 2001.

Before Fame

She competed in beauty pageants and came in fourth place in the 1978 Miss Canada Pageant.

Trivia

She was named Playmate of the Year in 1982, which launched her acting career.

• Playboy Playmate of the Year 1982.
• Playboy Playmate of the Month November 1981.
• Her appearance in Playboy was arranged by a Canadian television series entitled Thrill of a Lifetime (1981) which fulfilled real-life fantasies of ordinary Canadians.
• Represented the Ottawa Valley in the 1978 Miss Canada Pageant, placing fourth.
• Has two children with Gene Simmons: Nick Simmons and Sophie Simmons.
• In No Contest (1995), she beat Nicholas Campbell and Andrew Dice Clay.
• Is the third of seven children. She has three brothers and three sisters.
• Has appeared with Andrew Stevens in four films: Night Eyes II (1991), Night Eyes Three (1993), Scorned (1993) and Illicit Dreams (1994).
• Older sister of Tracy Tweed.
• Daughter of Louise Tweed.
• Aunt of Emily Tweed, Hunter Tweed and Jake Tweed.

Family Life

She began dating KISS frontman Gene Simmons in the 1980s, but they didn't get married until 2011. They had two children together, a son named Nicholas and a daughter named Sophie.

ssociated With

She appeared alongside Edward Furlong in the 1999 film Detroit Rock City.

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