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13. Elizabeth Hurley in
"Aria"
About 10 years before she became the Shagadelic star of "Austin Powers", Hurley made her screen debut lip synching opera in a segment from the arty and dull "Aria" (1987).
Over the past 18 years, Liz has become a regular face on magazine covers and is still one of the most beautiful women working in Hollywood today.
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12. Marlee Matlin in
"Children of a Lesser God"
Not the best nudity per se, but chew on this.... Not only was she nude in her film debut, she also took home the Best Actress Oscar for the this role!
Best of all...she later went on to show more skin in several movies.
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11. Marina Sirtis in "The Wicked Lady"
She will forever be remembered as Counselor Deanna Troi from the "Star Trek The Next Generation" TV series and four feature films that followed. However, prior to putting on the TNG jump suit, she made 3 films that featured her topless. "Death Wish 3", "Blind Date" and "The Wicked Lady".
Of the 3, "Blind Date" probably has the better nudity, but "The Wicked Lady" does feature Sirtis topless in a cat fight :-)
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10. Joan Severance in
"See no Evil, Hear no Evil"
This tall, beautiful, Texas native began modeling at age 15 and didn't even begin acting until she was nearly 30! However, it didn't take long for her to break in to the biz.
After a few small TV parts, she made her film debut in the Richard Pryor/Gene Wilder movie "See No Evil, Hear No Evil". During the 90's she made the direct-to-vid market her own by starring in several erotic thrillers.
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9. Bridget Fonda in
"Aria"
The first surprise of the poll. Fonda ranking higher than Hurley while co-starring in the same movie
(different sections directed by different men)!
There is no doubt that Fonda looked great here, but if I had to guess, I'd say her higher ranking had less to do with physical hotness and more to do with box office hotness. Fonda made about 6 hit films prior to '95, whereas Hurley pretty much had nothing before "Austin Powers" in '97.
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8. Kelly LeBrock in
"The Woman in Red"
The plot is lame 80's formula comedy. But once you add fantastic cinematography and a model at the height of her career showing all 3 B's....well brother, what you end up with ain't too shabby.
Granted there are much better movies to rent or buy, but as any "Weird Science" fan will tell you, in 1984-1985 there was no one more photogenic on the big screen than LeBrock.
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7. Diane Franklin in
"The Last American Virgin"
For most of us, she will always be Lane Myer's girlfriend in "Better Off Dead".
For her film/nude debut, Franklin co-starred in one of the best of the 80's youthsploitation movies.
It's a must-see for genre fans because of the great T&A, soundtrack and surprisingly not-so-happy and more true to life ending.
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6. Virginia Madsen in "Class"
Possibly the bustiest actress in our poll. She literally burst into stardom in the 1983 movie "Class".
Story wise, I've always thought of this as one of the lesser coming of age 80's teen flicks. However, it is an important entry in modern movie history as it also featured soon to be 80's mega-stars John Cusack, Andrew McCarthy and Rob Lowe. This was also the debut film for Cusack and McCarthy.
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5. Béatrice Dalle in
"Betty Blue"
Béatrice who? Thankfully our readers did not let the fact that she's a French star keep them from voting for her.
In "37°2 le matin" (original title of the Euro-version), the nudity is extremely beautiful, quite explicit, and magnificently photographed. For lovers of French cinema, this is a must see. For fans of movie nudity, skip the shorter North American version, and enjoy Dalle showing everything in many scenes during the 185 minute director's cut.
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4. Lisa Bonet in
"Angel Heart"
One of the most shocking TV-to-Film transitions ever
made by an actress! By 1987, Bonet was already a co-star of the most popular show on
television, the very G-rated "The Cosby Show".
With "Angel Heart" she instantly shattered her "goody-two-shoes-Cosby-kid" image by filming intense sex scenes with Mickey Rourke. At the time, rumors floated around saying that backlash from the movie was the reason she left the "The Cosby Show" for a couple of seasons.
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3. Kathleen Turner in
"Body Heat"
The second surprise of our poll...why did Turner finish 3rd and not 2nd
or 1st?
To tell the truth, we didn't even think about Turner
for the nominee list at first. Why? Well, wasn't she already a big
star then? No! That's how big her film debut was. "Body Heat" instantly made the husky voiced Turner an A-list celebrity.
In addition, the movie itself plays a very important role in modern cinema history as "Body Heat" has become one of the most widely imitated films in history,
and single-handedly revived a genre dormant since the 40s. Just about every contemporary straight-to-vid "erotic thriller" seems to be a variation of this film.
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2. Michelle Johnson in
"Blame it on Rio"
Part 2 of the surprise second place finish. Who would have guessed that a not-so-talented actress co-starring in a "just average" movie would leave such a huge impression on movie goers!
Johnson truly earned her "Worst Newcomer" Razzie nomination as each line she delivered caused audiences to flash back to that bad high school musical they were forced to sit through all those years ago. But gorgeous cinematography and Johnson's nude body overcame her lack of talent and put her close to the top in this poll.
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1. Phoebe Cates in
"Paradise"
The poll wasn't even close! Cates cleaned house with 33.5% of the votes! Almost twice as many as the #2 spot!
Phoebe Cates certainly made an interesting, unique contribution to cinema nudity. Basically, she spent the entire year of 1982 naked (this film plus Fast Times at Ridgemont High), and then kept her clothes on for the rest of her career, which was only about a dozen years before she retired to be Mrs. Kevin Kline.
Her entire collection of nude scenes was packed into a single year, more or less. But what a year! In fact, it is possible to argue that her nudity in this
year is the all-time summit of celebrity nudity in film.
As for the movie "Paradise"...there is really only one reason for this film to exist - Phoebe Cates gets naked constantly.
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