Shawn Weatherly

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Shawn Weatherly
Shawn Weatherly in the Oval Office, 1981
Spouse
Chip Harris
(m. 1994)
Children2
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title
Major
competition(s)
  • Miss South Carolina USA 1980 (winner)
  • Miss USA 1980 (Winner)
  • Miss Universe 1980 (winner)
Alma materClemson University
OccupationActress
Known for

Shawn Weatherly is an American actress and beauty queen who won the titles of Miss USA and Miss Universe in 1980. She starred as Cadet Karen Adams in the film Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and as Jill Riley in the first season of the TV series Baywatch (1989–1990).

Early life[edit]

Weatherly attended Clemson University as a nursing major. She was also a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority.[1]

Career[edit]

Weatherly is best known for her work as Jill Riley on the television show Baywatch and for the early reality show Oceanquest, which had her swimming with sharks.[2][3][4] She played a small part on a Dukes of Hazzard episode "Coy vs. Vance," and she appeared in other shows such as The A-Team, T. J. Hooker and Happy Days.[5] She also had a main role in the 1986 comedy film Police Academy 3: Back in Training.[6] In 2014, she was in the horror-comedy film Love in the Time of Monsters.[5]

Personal life[edit]

In 1994 she married Chip Harris, president of a biotech research company, and they have two children. Previously she had relationships with Lee Majors and Dwight Clark.[1][7][8]

Filmography[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1983 T.J. Hooker Claudia Cole
The Dukes of Hazzard Billie Ann Baxley
The A-Team Woman driving through garage
Happy Days Sissy
1984 Cannonball Run II Girl in Jamie Blake's (Dean Martin's) bed
Shaping Up Melissa McDonald
1986 Police Academy 3: Back in Training Cadet Karen Adams
1987 The New Leave It to Beaver Christine
1987 Matlock Debra O'Keefe
1987–1988 J.J. Starbuck Jill Starbuck
1989–1990 Baywatch Jill Riley
1990 Thieves of Fortune Petra Christopher
1992 Amityville: It's About Time Andrea Livingston
1995 Murder, She Wrote Kate Danbury
1999 Chicago Hope Carol Derricks

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Apodaca, Patrice (June 24, 2011). "Miss Universe gives more than beauty tips". The Los Angeles Times. No. Daily Pilot. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  2. ^ Shales, Tom (March 10, 1990). "TROUBLESOME CHARACTERS GET DEEP-SIXED". The Sun-Sentinel.
  3. ^ Shales, Tom (March 11, 1990). "JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK INTO PRIME TIME TV . . ". Deseret News.
  4. ^ Hill, Michael E. (August 25, 1985). "TAKING THE PLUNGE FORMER MISS UNIVERSE RELISHES UNDERWATER CHALLENGE OF 'OCEANQUEST'". The Orlando Sentinel.
  5. ^ a b Longmire, Becca (June 2, 2016). "You'll never BELIEVE what Baywatch sex symbol Jill Riley looks like nowadays..." Daily Express. UK. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  6. ^ "Police Academy 3: Back in Training". Rotten Tomatoes.
  7. ^ "The Harris team". The Orange County Register. May 14, 2006.
  8. ^ Faber, Nancy (January 21, 1985). "San Francisco's Top Receiver Dwight Clark, Thinks His Best Catch May Be His Wife, Ashley". People Magazine. was known as much for his romance with former Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by Miss Universe
1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by Miss USA
1980
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Janice McDonald
Miss South Carolina USA
1980
Succeeded by
Zade Turner