Bo Derek

Derek was born Mary Cathleen Collins in Long Beach, California. She is of Irish, French, Dutch and Welsh descent.[citation needed] Her father, Paul Collins, was a Hobie Cat executive, and her mother, Norma Bass, was a make-up artist and hairdresser to Ann-Margret.[1] Derek's dad and mom divorced, and her mother married American stunt performer Bobby Bass
Derek attended Narbonne High Faculty in Harbor City, California. She then attended George S. Patton Continuation School, which is adjoining to Narbonne.
Derek started modeling to pay for a new surfboard, and after just a few shoots and a deodorant commercial, she discovered she had a knack for performance. She secured a Hollywood agent, and on the audition trail met director John Derek, 30 years her senior. John filed for divorce from his wife, actress Linda Evans, and John and Bo moved to Germany to avoid John being charged with statutory rape under U.S. legislation as a result of Bo's being only 16. The couple returned to America quickly after Bo's 18th birthday, and so they married in 1976 They remained married till his dying in 1998.