Acting

Jeannie Bell

Born November 23, 1944 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (age 81)

Born Annie Lee Morgan in St. Louis, Missouri, Jeannie is a former Playboy Playmate of the Month (October 1969) and was only the second African American woman to feature in this role. She also became the first-ever African American to actually grace the magazine's cover of their January 1970 issue. Bell later had a career as an actress in movies, most prominently in TNT Jackson (1975), in which she…

Known For

Mean Streets

Mean Streets · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

The Choirboys

The Choirboys · 1977

MovieComedyCrime

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Casanova & Co.

Casanova & Co. · 1977

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.

The Klansman

The Klansman · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.

Cleopatra Jones

Cleopatra Jones · 1973

Cleopatra Jones

MovieActionCrime

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Policewomen

Policewomen · 1974

MovieDramaAction

A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.

Three the Hard Way

Three the Hard Way · 1974

Three the Hard Way

MovieActionThriller

After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.

TNT Jackson

TNT Jackson · 1974

MovieActionThriller

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

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Mean Streets

Mean Streets · 1973

MovieDramaCrime

A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Diane

The Choirboys

The Choirboys · 1977

MovieComedyCrime

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Fanny Forbes

Casanova & Co.

Casanova & Co. · 1977

While hiding from the royal authorities, Giacomo Casanova, the famous romancer, encounters his look-alike: Giacomino, a fugitive petty con man. Meanwhile, the Arabian Caliph and his wife are arriving in Venice for a state visit, and she insists on a night with the legendary lover. Through a series of erotic encounters and mistaken-identity comedies, Giacomo and Giacomino make their way back to Venice for their appointment with the Caliph's wife.

Fatme

The Klansman

The Klansman · 1974

MovieCrimeDrama

A small southern town has just been rocked by a tragedy: a young white woman has been raped by a black man. When young black man Garth witnesses the Ku Klux Klan's violent retaliation against his innocent friend, Garth declares a one-man war on the Klan and hunts them down one-by-one.

Mary Anne

Cleopatra Jones

Cleopatra Jones · 1973

Cleopatra Jones

MovieActionCrime

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Terry (uncredited)

Policewomen

Policewomen · 1974

MovieDramaAction

A lady cop infiltrates an all-female criminal gang.

Pam

Three the Hard Way

Three the Hard Way · 1974

Three the Hard Way

MovieActionThriller

After his wife is kidnapped by a group of White supremacists, a record producer teams up with a PR man and a martial artist to get her back and put a stop to their plot to poison the water supply with a toxin that only kills Black people.

Polly

TNT Jackson

TNT Jackson · 1974

MovieActionThriller

A woman encounters thugs and drug dealers after traveling to Hong Kong to search for her missing brother.

Diana 'T.N.T.' Jackson (as Jeanne Bell)

Black Gunn

Black Gunn · 1972

MovieActionThriller

A successful and popular nightclub owner who believes financial independence is the path to equality and success, must act as a go-between for militant-minded brother and the white gang syndicate his brother has attacked and robbed. Their involvements lead to a breathless race course chase, the destruction of a dopepusher and a violent waterfront climax.

Lisa

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight · 1992

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Don Wilson returns to the screen as a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.

(archive footage)

Trouble Man

Trouble Man · 1972

MovieCrimeAction

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pete hire the cool, loose, elegant Mr. T to fix things. Then, the masked manipulators set up the death of a collector for a rival gang lord. It looks like it's up to T to hold a gang war from breaking out, keep the police off his back, and earn his fee from Chalky and Pete.

Leona

Melinda

Melinda · 1972

MovieActionCrime

A slick, smooth-talking, womanizing young black DJ falls hard for an enigmatic woman he's just met. Things take a turn for the worse, though, when she is found dead in his apartment. It turns out that she was killed by the local mob, which is trying to frame him for the crime. With the police after him, he calls on some of his old acquaintances to help clear his name and avenge the woman's death.

Jean

Disco 9000

Disco 9000 · 1976

MovieDramaCrime

Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough.

Karen (as Jeanie Bell)

The Muthers

The Muthers · 1976

MovieDramaAction

A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.

Kelly

Black Is Beautiful

Black Is Beautiful · 1974

Black Is Beautiful

MovieDramaFamily

An affluent Mexican performer is troubled when her son announces his intentions to marry a Black American woman, and her daughter exhibits erratic behavior.

Joyce

The Beverly Hillbillies

The Beverly Hillbillies · 1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

SeriesComedyFamily

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.